The FEPTO Research Committee Meeting 2025 will be held in Trieste, Italy this October and will be organized by the Drama and Health Science Lab! 

May 2025: Our team gave a number of presentations and workshops at the 7th European Drama Therapy Conference held in Riga, Latvia! The first panel,

March 2025: Our team presented a symposium titled “Playfulness and Creative Arts in Enhancing Health and Well Being” at the annual Division 10 conference in

February 2025: Our team helped organize and presented at the annual Creative & Expressive Arts Therapies Association in Israel (YAHAT) conference held in Jerusalem  

February 2025: Doctoral candidate, Talia Elkarif and Prof. Shoshi Keisari present the results of a randomized controlled trial on tele-drama therapy with older adults at

October 2024: Prof. Shoshi Keisari and Prof. Hod Orkibi visited Prof. Frieder Lang and Dr. Yaeji Kim-Knauss at the Institute for Psychogerontology at the University

October 2024 – FEPTO Prof. Orkibi and Prof. Keisari, along with doctoral students- Gianmarco Biancalani and Anat Geiger Shabtay, presented their research studies at the

September 2024 – Ecarte Dr. Rinat Feniger-Schaal, together with Tobias Constien, gave a talk on playfulness in adulthood, at the 17th European Arts Therapies Conference,

September 2024 – Prof. Shoshi Keisari and her doctoral students present their drama-based research studies with older adults at the Israel Gerontological Society conference held

September 2024 – Dr. Dafna Kalir presents a poster on arts-based interventions with service providers of the older population at the Israel Gerontological Society conference

August 2024 – The research team and doctoral students present at the annual APA convention, in Seattle, Washington.    

July 2024 – Prof. Shoshi Keisari gives a talk on the impact of playfulness on cognitive function in old age at a conference on research,

July 2024 – Dr. Rinat Feniger-Schaal gives a presentation titled: “Insights Regarding Early Parent-Child Relationships from “Orim” National Early Intervention Project for Parents in Israel”

June 2024 – Prof. Roni Reitman-Palmon, from the University of Nebraska at Omaha, visits our lab and gives a lecture titled “Measuring Creativity and Exploring

June 2024 – Dr. Rinat Feniger-Schaal presents in a panel titled “Dancing with Another”, at the Neuroscience Meets Dance in Therapy conference at Edge Hill

May 2024 – Prof. Hod Orkibi presents doctoral candidate Talia Elkarif’s study titled “Tele-Drama Therapy for Older Adults with Constricted Life Space Mobility” in a

March 2024-  Prof. Hod Orkibi presented at the APA Division 10 convention in Denton, TX  

February 2024- Prof. Orkibi, Prof. Shoshi Keisari and colleagues present a systematic review and meta-analysis titled “The Effectiveness of Drama-Based Therapies on Mental Helath Outcomes.

September 2023-  Prof. Hod Orkibi directed a 2-day workshop on drama-based assessment in Treviso, Italy

August 2023 – APA Convention in Washington D.C.  Prof. Hod Orkibi, Prof. Shoshi Keisari, and Dr. Rinat Feniger-Schaal presented on arts-based interventions at the APA

July 2023 – Arts for Health in Rwanda In July 2023,  Dr. Rinat Feniger-Schaal and colleagues visited Rwanda in east-central Africa, where they worked with street

June 2023 –   Presentations at Edge Hill University, UK In June 2023, Prof. Orkibi and Prof. Keisari presented their Research at a conference at Edge

May 2023 – Our Lab Presented at the International Drama Therapy Conference in the Netherlands Prof. Hod Orkibi gave a keynote talk about therapeutic factors

May 2023 – Ph.D. Students Presentations In May 2023, Ph.D. students  Hila Tuaf,  Amitai Stern, and Anat Geiger presented their study at the research conference

May 2023 – Faculty Research Conference In May 2023, Dr. Keisari and Prof. Orkibi participate in the project to promote Age-Culture-Technology Friendly  Health and Services,

April 2023 – Prof. Orkibi presents and the Yale Child Study Center  

March 2023 – Prof. Orkibi, Prof. Shoshi Keisari and Ph.D. candidate Gianmarco Biancalani present at the FEPTO Research Meeting  

February 2023 – Prof. Orkibi presents Ph.D. candidate, Talia Elkarifs’ study on Tele-Drama Therapy for Older Adults with Constricted Life Space Mobility

Feb. 2023 – Reflections during the Life Course On 2/2/2023, our team was excited to take part in a symposium titled “Reflections during the life

January 2023 – Ph.D. candidates Talia Elkarif and Silvia Piol present their research titled “Creativity, Positive Solitude and Adapting to Change: An Online Creative Arts