Dr. Lt. Col. (Res.) Eran Shadach
Senior Researcher, International Institute for Counter-Terrorism (ICT), Reichman University; Senior Lecturer, Department of Psychology, MTA; Clinical Psychologist and Expert Supervisor; Professional Director, Reut Psychotherapy Institute; Lt. Col. (Res.), IDF Crisis Management and Negotiation Unit
Dr. Lt. Col. (Res.) Eran Shadach is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Psychology at The Academic College of Tel Aviv-Yaffo and a Research Fellow at the Institute for Counter-Terrorism (ICT) at Reichman University (formerly IDC Herzliya). He is a clinical psychologist and an expert supervisor in psychotherapy and psychodiagnostics. Dr. Shadach serves as the Professional Director and Supervisor at the “Reut” Psychotherapy Institute and is a member of the Israeli Association for Group Analysis (IAGA), specializing in group facilitation.
He has extensive academic experience, including long-standing involvement in the “Program for Training Group Leaders” at the School of Social Work at Tel Aviv University. Since 2002, he has been a lecturer at the Academic College of Tel Aviv-Yaffo, where he has also held several administrative positions, including Acting Head of the Clinical Psychology program and Acting Dean of the School of Behavioral Sciences.
Dr. Shadach began his career in the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), where he served in the Armored Corps as a platoon commander and deputy company commander. Since 1996, he has served as a psychologist in the IDF Crisis Management and Negotiation Unit and currently holds the rank of lieutenant colonel (res.). In this role, he specializes in the psychology of crisis management and negotiation.
His research focuses on the psychology of stress and anxiety in academic, medical, and conflict settings, as well as the psychological dimensions of crisis management. He has also conducted earlier research in the field of psychopharmacology.
Dr. Shadach has published several book chapters on topics intersecting group analysis, psychology, and socio-political trauma. These include: Geller, S., & Shadach, E. (2017). Group Analysis goes to the academia: therapeutic approach and professional identity in graduate studies of psychology, in R. Friedman & Y. Doron (Eds.), Group Analysis in the Land of Milk and Honey (pp. 221–234). Karnac. Shadach, E., Geller, S., Schweitzer, Y., & Yogev, E. (2017). Fundamental Terror of ISIS: The Story of a Reversed Family, in E. Hopper & H. Weinberg (Eds.), The Social Unconscious in Persons, Groups and Societies – Volume III (pp. 225–243). Karnac. גלר, ש. ושדך, ע. (2015). האנליזה הקבוצתית הולכת לאקדמיה: גישה טיפולית וזהות מקצועית בלימודי הפסיכולוגיה בישרא בתוך: ר. פרידמן וי. דורון (עורכים), טיפול קבוצתי אנליטי בארץ זבת חלב ודבש (עמ’ 255–269).
