Dr. Shira Diamond

Telephone

03-5318413/7287

Shiradiamond@biu.ac.il

Personal Website

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7893-8336

education:
Bachelor's degree, Hebrew University, Occupational Therapy, 1999

Master's degree Haifa University Art Therapy 2015

Ph.D. Bar Ilan University Integrated Department of Social Sciences 2019 Postdoctoral

2020- University of Cambridge Institute of Criminology

The subject of the postdoctoral thesis: Drawing connections: An exploratory research of an artists led workshop including people from prison and local community.

Moderator's name: Dr. Caroline Lanskey

Dissertation topic: Out of the Darkness: The Meaning of the Act of Creation for Holocaust Survivor Artists

Name of the supervisors: Prof. Amit Shira and Prof. Nati Ronal

The topic of the master's thesis: Looking back on participation in an expressive and creative therapy group: a qualitative study about adults' perceptions of the therapy they underwent in their childhood

Supervisor's name: Prof. Rachel Lev Wiesel

Current job at the academy:

2015- Lecturer in the master's program in visual art therapy, the David Yelin College of Education in Jerusalem.

2016- Lecturer in the "Art Therapy" course at the School of Occupational Therapy of the Hebrew University of Mount Scopus.

2020 - Lecturer in the master's degree program in art therapy, Department of Jewish Art, Bar-Ilan University.

Other current and past jobs:

12/2000-1/2008: Occupational therapy and art therapy in the adult psychiatric department at Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital.

9/2003-8/2009: Art therapy at the special education school "Cypresses".

1/2004-8/2004: Art therapy at "Eitanim" psychiatric hospital.

1/2006-8/2006: Art therapy at "Meshoil" - the Jerusalem center for the therapy of creation and expression.

5/2011-8/2010: Facilitating a therapy group in art therapy for women suffering from eating disorders in the hostel of the "Beit Chaya and Sara" association.

2011- today: individual art therapy in a private clinic.

scholarships and awards

2014: Bar-Ilan University President's Scholarship for outstanding doctoral students.

2016: Scholarship named after Dr. Nathan Dorset for research on the Holocaust. University of Haifa.

2018: Rector's Award for outstanding PhD students. Bar-Ilan University.

Publications

PAPERS PRESENTED AT SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCES

Diamond, S., and Lev-Wiesel, R. The title "treatment" and what do you do with him as a child? Looking back on participation in an expressive and creative therapy group. Presented as part of the 7th Scientific Conference of the Israeli Association for Guidance and Group Therapy "Groups and Identities", the College for the Director of the School of Behavioral Sciences, Rishon Lezion Campus, July, 2015

Diamond, S., Lev-Wiesel, R., and Mizrahi, A. The reflection of "therapy" through the child's unique appearance: A retrospective look at participation in an expressive and creative therapy group. The biennial conference of YHAT "Appearance, Mirrors and Events", Kfar Maccabiah, Ramat Gan, February, 2017.

Diamond, S., Shira, E., and Ronal, N. Out of the Darkness: The Meaning of the Act of Creation for Holocaust Survivor Artists. The conference of the Institute for the Training of Arts Therapists of the David Yelin College of Education "Creation as a source of growth", the David Yelin College of Education, Jerusalem, May, 2019.

Diamond, S., Shira, E., and Ronal, N. Art as an environment of intentionality and possession: the meaning of the act of creation from the point of view of female artists who survived the Holocaust. Women and Gender in the Arts in Israel Conference The Association for the Study of Women's Art and Gender and Bar-Ilan University, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan, June, 2021

Diamond, S., Shira, E., and Ronal, N. Creation in art as a space of possession and deviation from the self: the meaning of the act of creation for Holocaust survivor artists. The biennial conference of YHAT "Coping, Resilience and Treatment Spaces", The Conference Center in Shafiim, July, 2021

Lectures at international scientific conferences

Diamond, S., Shrira, A., & Ronel, N. Combining semi-structured interviews and relational viewing of art work: The exploration of growth among Holocaust survivor artists. International workshop on: Arts based methods to access salutogenic coping of marginalized populations Research Workshop of the Israel Science Foundation, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, March 18, 2019.

Diamond, S., Shrira, A., & Ronel, N. The exploration of growth among Holocaust survivor artists: Research incorporating arts based method of relational viewing. EFAT (European Federation of Art Therapy) Conference 2021: "Places, Spaces and Time - Shaping the European Art Therapy Landscape”, EFAT’s Online Conference, Friday 14 - Sunday 16 May 2021.

Last Updated Date : 14/01/2025