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Hod Orkibi
Hod Orkibi, PhD, is a certified psychodrama therapist, a tenured researcher at the School of Creative Arts Therapies, University of Haifa, Israel. Dr. Orkibi advises M.A. and Ph.D. students and serves as the head of international programs and collaborations. His research areas include drama, creativity, and well-being; psychodrama therapy process and outcomes; arts-based community rehabilitation; self-control; training, and professional development. His work has been presented at international conferences and has been published in international refereed journals. Dr. Orkibi has been awarded competitive grant funds, including from the Israel Science Foundation, the Ministry of Science and Technology in Israel, the National Insurance Institute of Israel, and the Erasmus plus program of the European Union. He is a researcher at The Emili Sagol Creative Arts Therapies Research Center and serves on the board of the international journal The Arts in Psychotherapy, the GMS Journal of Arts Therapies, Drama Therapy Review - Journal of the North American Drama Therapy Association, and the Academic Journal of Creative Arts Therapies. Dr. Orkibi was elected as the Chair of the Israeli Higher Council for Creative Arts Therapies (2017-2020) and to represent Division 10 (the Society for the Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts) on the American Psychological Association’s Council of Representatives (2020-2022).
