Ofrit Shapira-Berman
E-mail: ofritsb1212@gmail.com
Higher Education
1996-2000 Ph.D., (Social Work, TAU, Israel)
1992-1995 M.A., (Social Work, TAU, Israel – With Excellency)
1987-1990 B.A., (Social Work, TAU, Israel)
Awards and Excellence Scholarships (Within the Past Five Years)
2016 Michael Milken Award for Long-term Excellence in Teaching
Appointments at the Hebrew University
2015 Senior Lecturer, Faculty, University, Country (If Applicable)
2000 - 2015 Lecturer, Faculty, University, Country
Additional Functions (Within the Past Five Years)
Head of the Clinical Program, MA,
Member of the Ethic Committee
Journal Articles
Shapira-Berman, O., & Valdman, M. (2012). Could A Sonata for Two Be Possible At All? Talking with psychotherapists Who Grew Up in A Kibbutz About Their Professional Choice. Maarag, (3), 229-261.
Shapira-Berman, O. (2018). A 'Mother-of-One’s-Own' - An Analytic View of Object-Relationships in Adult Patients Raised in the Kibbutz. Contemporary Psychoanalysis, 54(3), 431-464.
Shapira-Berman, O. (2018). Psychosomatic Symptoms as Physical Dreams: Emotional Experiences Given Expression Through the Body. Contemporary Psychoanalysis, 54(3): 560-589.
Shapira-Berman, O. (2019). That which was 'Not' – Some thoughts regarding Oedipus's
modern conflicts. The Analytic Review, 106(3):247-271.
Shapira-Berman, O. (2019). When Hunger Strikes – Re-Thinking Kafka's 'A Hunger
Artist' in light of Winnicott's Theory of the Psyche-Soma. Psychoanalytic Review, 106(4):325-341
Shapira-Berman, O. (2019). Has Oedipus Murdered his Parents? Distinguishing Between
Killing, and Murdering One's Parent as Promoting Psychic Growth Vs. Melancholia. The Psychoanalytic Review. To be published in the next Volume.
Shapira-Berman, O. (2020) The Choice Between Illusory Life and Acceptance of the
Death of One's Love Object. ACCEPTED Contemporary Psychoanalysis.
Shapira-Berman, O. (2021) At the Beginning There Was…– Re-Considering the
Concepts of 'Faith' and 'Trust' as Analytic Object. ACCEPTED Contemporary Psychoanalysis
In Progress:
Translation and Scientific editing of Warren Poland's book 'On Intimacy and Separation in Psychoanalysis'. Carmel Publication.