Dr. Rachel Lipschitz-Elhawi

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Email
racheli.lipsch@gmail.com
Fields of Interest

Psychiatric Patients; Populations at Risk; Adolescents; Terminal Patients; Women

    CV

     Education

    1999-2004:

    Ph.D.

    Bar-Ilan University, School of Social Work

    1996-1999:

    M.A.

    Bar-Ilan University, School of Social Work

    1994-1996:

    B.A.

    Bar-Ilan University, School of Social Work

     

    Awards/ Honors:

    1999

    The President’s Excellence Scholarship for Outstanding Doctoral Students

    1996 Dean's  Honor List, Bar-Ilan University
      

    Papers Presented at Scientific Conferences:

     

    Lipschitz-Elhawi, R. (2005). "Emotional adjustment- Comparison at risk and normative adolescents". The Interdisciplinary Center for Children & Youth Studies, Tel-Aviv University, Israel.

    Yedidya, T. & Lipschitz-Elhawi, R. (2007). "Using human figure drawings as a tool to examine self perception of Arab Children in Israel as a minority group and their emotional attitudes towards Jews". The International Conference on Diversity in Organizations communities and Nations, Amsterdam, Netherland.

    Lipschitz-Elhawi, R. & Yedidya, T.(2009). "Examining Social Perceptions among Arab and Jewish Children by Using Human Figure Drawings Art". 19th International Congress of the IACCP, Venezia, Italy.

    Lipschitz, R. (2010). "Notes on Supervision: Supervisor, Trainee and the Third". The Annual Supervision Conference. The Louis and Gabi Weisfeld School of Social Work, Bar Ilan University, Israel.

    Lipschitz, R. (2011). "Forgivness- Psychoanalytic perspective". The Annual Supervision Conference. The Louis and Gabi Weisfeld School of Social Work, Bar Ilan University, Israel.

     

    Additional Information:

    Excellence in Teaching from Rector office – Bar- Ilan University.

    - Recognition as distinguished teacher- chosen as one of the best 10 lecturers at Bar-Ilan University.

    - Graduate of the psychoanalytic psychotherapy program - HALFABA

    Publications

    Itzhaky, H. & Lipschitz-Elhawi R. (2004). Hope as a strategy in supervising therapists of the terminally ill, Health and Social Work, 29(1),46-55.

    Lipschitz-Elhawi R. & Itzhaky, H. (2005). Social support, mastery, self-esteem and individual adjustment among at-risk youth, Child and Youth Care Forum, 34(5), 329-346.

    Lipschitz-Elhawi R. (2006). Hope as a tool in the treatment of terminally ill patients, Society and Welfare, 26(4), 503-508.

    Lipschitz-Elhawi, R. (2009). Ways to enhance feeling of hope among social workers treating  adolescents in residential treatment centers, British Journal of Social Work,39(3), 450-456.

    Lipschitz-Elhawi, R., Itzhaky, H. & Hefetz, M. (2008) The contribution of background variables, internal and external resources to life satisfaction among adolescents in residential treatment centersResidential Treatment for Children and Youth,25(3), 271-288.

    Lipschitz-Elhawi, R. & Itzhaky, H. The Contribution of Internal and External Resources to Emotional Adjustment: A Comparison of At-Risk and Normative Adolescents. The Child & Adolescent Social Work Journal, 25(5), 385-396.

    Lipschitz-Elhawi, R. & Yedidya, T. (2011). Using Human Figure Drawings as a Tool for Examining Self-Perception and Emotional Attitudes among Jewish and Arab Children in Israel. International Journal of Intercultural Relations, 35(5),567-579.

    Yedidya, T. & Lipschitz-Elhawi, R. (2011). Examining Social Perceptions among Arab and Jewish Children by Using Human Figure Drawings. Journal of the American Art Therapy Association.

    Valevski, R., Zalsman, G., Tzafrir, S., Lipschitz-Elhawi, R., Ziona Haklai, Z., Abraham Weizman, A. & Shohat, T. (2020). Rate of Readmission and Mortality Risks of Schizophrenia Patients Who Were Discharged Against Medical Advice. European Psychiatry.

     

    Submitted Article

    Lipschitz-Elhawi, R. "Some Thoughts about the Repercussions of the Social Workers’ Strike”. Psychoanalytic Quarterly.

    Courses

    7678901 - Being a Human Being: Reflections about the Psychology of the Self

     

    Research

    1. Youth in Distress.

    2. Psychiatrist patients.

    3. Emotional attitudes toward myself and toward others among Jewish and Arab children.

    4. Population at risk.

    5. Adolescents.

    6. The terminal patient.

    7. Women.

    Last Updated Date : 29/09/2022