Rachel Dekel, Ph.D. is a Full Professor at the Louis and Gabi Weisfeld School of Social Work at Bar-Ilan University, Israel and was the Director of the School between the years 2012-2016.
Over the last two decades Prof. Dekel has been involved in various research projects that examined different facets of human coping with traumatic events such as war, terror, road accidents and family violence. Her research focuses on individuals who have been directly exposed to these events as well as on those who are close to them, such as spouses of veterans, children of fathers with PTSD, and therapists who work in areas particularly exposed to acts of terrorism and war. 
Professor Dekel is the founder and also the current director of the Ripples for Recovery Center. The center is dedicated to conducting research, providing training, and implementing interventions dedicated on addressing trauma from a family perspective.
 Professor Dekel has published over 170 articles and book chapters and has supervised more than 70 students. Professor Dekel's work can be found on ResearchGate, LinkedIn, Google Scholar, or her Bar-Ilan website.  Professor Dekel can be reached at [email protected]