Dr. Shoshi Keisari, PhD
Dr. Shoshi Keisari is a lecturer at the School of Creative Arts Therapies, University of Haifa, Israel. She is a member of the Center for Research and Study of Aging at the Emilie Sagol Creative Arts Therapies Research Center, University of Haifa, Israel. She earned her PhD on ‘Integrating Life-Review and Playback Theater for Community-Dwelling Older Adults: An Applied Theoretical Model’ from the Department of Gerontology, University of Haifa, Israel, under the supervision of Professor Yuval Plagi, Professor Anat Gesser-Edlsburg, and Dr. Dani Yaniv. She completed her post-doctoral work at the Department of Philosophy, Sociology, Pedagogy, and Applied Psychology (FISPPA), University of Padua, Italy, under the supervision of Professor Ines Testoni.
Research Interests:
- Creative arts therapies for the older population
- Psychotherapy and tele-psychotherapy for the older population
- Arts and creativity in older age
- Narrative gerontology
- Social connectedness in the older population
Keywords:
Creative arts therapies; Drama therapy; Tele-health; Psychotherapy; Narrative gerontology; Social connectedness.
SDG Keywords: Marginalised; Mental health; Vulnerable; Mental health; Empowering women; Culture
She can be contacted at: skeisari@gmail.com
