Play Therapy for Children Inspired by Experiential Dynamic Therapy (EDT)

Ruth Derdikman Eiron, PhD, is a clinical psychologist and licensed supervisor in clinical psychology in Israel and a certified EDT therapist and teacher. Following a BA in psychology (cum laude) in Tel-Aviv university she has completed a Masters (cum laude) in child clinical psychology in Bar-Ilan university, Ramat Gan, Israel. She wrote her Masters thesis under the supervision of Prof. Ruth Feldman, titled: “Conflict management and antecedents of social competence at the age of two years”. She received a PhD in 2012 from NTNU, Trondeim, Norway. Her Doctoral thesis titled: “Symptoms of Anxiety and Depression and Psychosocial Function in Males and Females from Adolescence to Adulthood”, under the supervision of Prof. Matthew Colton and Prof. Marit S. Indredavik. Her training in EDT was completed under the supervision of Dr. Ferrucio Osimo, Milano, Italy. Currently Dr. Derdikman works as a director of the Meuhedet public mental health clinic in Haifa, Israel. The clinic consists of 20 psychologists, all of them trained and working in EDT under her supervision. She has taught courses in EDT in Haifa University, and in many public and private clinics. She teaches, supervises, and practices psychotherapy in a private clinic.
CONTACT Ruth Derdikman Eiron Meuhedet Health Services (NGO), 38 Freud St., Haifa 3475340, Israel.