Dr. Lilac Lev-Ari

Chair of Clinical Psychology MA Program
Dr. Lilac Lev-Ari
ldlevari@ruppin.ac.il

Teaching

  • The basics of psychodynamic therapy
  • The basics of psychodynamic therapy-II
  • Abnormal Psychology - II
  • Family Systems Therapy
  • On the scale and off the charts

Research

  • Eating disorders
  • Obesity
  • Mentalization
  • Attachment
  • CPTSD

Publications

Lev-Ari, L., Zohar, A. H., & Bachner-Melman, R. (2021). Eating for numbing: A community–based study of trauma exposure, emotion dysregulation, dissociation, body dissatisfaction and eating disorder symptoms. PeerJ, 9, e11899.

Tolmacz, R., Bachner-Melman, R., Lev-Ari, L., & Brondvine, D. (2021). Associations between eating disorder symptoms, relational attitudes, and satisfaction in romantic relationships. Eating and Weight Disorders - Studies on Anorexia, Bulimia and Obesity, 27(4), 1385-1393.

Lev-Ari, L., Kreiner, H., & Avni, O. (2021). Food Attention Bias: Appetite comes with eating. Journal of Eating Disorders, 9(1), 1-10.

Lev-Ari, L., Bachner-Melman, R., & Zohar, A. H. (2021). Eating Disorder Examination Questionnaire (EDE-Q-13): Expanding on the short form​, Journal of Eating Disorders.

Bachner-Melman, R., Lev-Ari, L., Zohar, A. H., & Linketsky, M. (2021). The Eating Disorders Recovery Questionnaire: Psychometric properties and validity​, Eating and weight disorders.

Zohar, A. H., Lev-Ari, L., & Bachner-Melman, R. (2021). Two to tango? The dance of maternal feeding practices and child eating behavior​. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, special issue on eating disorders.

Zohar, A. H., Zamir, M., Lev-Ari, L., & Bachner-Melman, R. (2023). Too healthy for their own good: Orthorexia nervosa and compulsive exercise in the community. Eating and Weight Disorders - Studies on Anorexia, Bulimia and Obesity, 28(1), 55. 

Bachner-Melman, R., & Lev-Ari, L., Tiram, H., & Zohar, A. H. (2024). Self-objectification, disordered eating, and sexual orientation in men. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 21(1), 106. 
 

Brenner, I., Lev-Ari, L., Bachner-Melman, R., Brand, I., Blondheim, A., Hirschmann, S., Sher, R., & Mintz Malchi, K. (2025). The effect of eating disorders and trauma day treatment in women with eating disorders and childhood maltreatment history: A pilot study. Child Abuse and Neglect. 167, Article 107577

Lev-Ari, L., Mintz Malchi, K. (shared authorship), Ludmir, E., Lachter, R., Lurie, I., Nahir Peleg, A., Spector-Dagan, C., & Brenner, I. (2026). Treatment in public centers for adult Jewish women survivors of childhood sexual abuse in Israel: Abuse characteristics, psychiatric profiles, and one-year treatment outcomes. Journal of Trauma & Dissociation 27(3).

Fisher, S., Lev-Ari, L. (shared authorship), & Fonagy, P., Tanzer, M., & Campbell, C. (2026). Epistemic Trust and Trauma: Validation of the Hebrew ETMCQ and Clinical Implications. Current Psychology.

Brenner, I. Mintz Malchi, K., Ludmir, E., Lachter, R., Lurie, I., Nahir Peleg, A., Spector-Dagan, C., & Lev-Ari, L. (2026). Childhood sexual abuse and recovery trajectories among Jewish women survivors: A longitudinal comparison of trauma characteristics and clinical outcomes across the religious spectrum. Child Abuse and Neglect.