Early childhood holocaust survivial and the influence on well-being in
later life
Van der Hal-Van Raalte, E.A.M.
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Van der Hal-Van Raalte, E. A. M. (2007, May 16). Early childhood holocaust survivial and
the influence on well-being in later life. Retrieved from https://hdl.handle.net/1887/12148
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CURRICULUM VITAE
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During most of her adult life, the author has been involved with the treatment of very early childhood trauma; with extensive experience in individual and group psychotherapy and supervision, and, during the last 25 years, with Holocaust survivors and their families.
Ms. Van der Hal–van Raalte was born in 1944 in Amersfoort, The Netherlands, while her parents were in hiding. She completed her secondary education at the Johan van Oldebarneveldt Gymnasium, in the same city.
Following a year of law studies at the University of Utrecht, she enrolled in the Academy for Social Work, from which she graduated in 1967. She immigrated to Israel three years later. During a sojourn in Washington, D.C. she graduated with an MA in Counseling Psychology from Bowie State College, Maryland. A decade later she became certified in Psycho-analytic Psychotherapy from Bar Ilan University, Israel. Between her studies and professional employment, she participated in certified courses in Supervision, Crisis Intervention, Family Therapy, Psychodrama, Somatic Experiencing, and EMDR
In addition to her private practice in psychotherapy, she is a senior staff member of AMCHA (The National Israel Center for Psychosocial Support of Holocaust Survivors and their offspring), with which she has been associated for almost two decades, and also provides psychotherapy for “Meuchedet” (Health Management Organization) and for the Defense Ministry (as psychotherapist for bereaved families and wounded soldiers).
During the late 1960s, she was one of the pioneers in dealing with the problems and needs of foreign laborers (“guest workers”, as they were called), while working at Verkade in Zaandam. Her career has included stints [in various capacities] as social worker, supervisor, counselor, psycho-social and family therapist, group facilitator at the Montgomery County Community Crisis Center (Maryland, USA), the Municipality of Jerusalem, the Herzog Hospital–Center for Geriatric and Psychiatric Medicine (Jerusalem), the Elah-Center for Psycho-Social Support for Dutch immigrants (Tel Aviv), the Jordan Rift Local Council, and the Shelter for Battered Women (Jerusalem).
Since the early 1990s she has facilitated workshops in Canada, the US, Europe and Israel at annual conferences of the World Federation of Jewish Child Holocaust Survivors. She has made (co-)presentations at the World Conference of Jewish Community Service (Jerusalem), the European Society for Studies on Traumatic Stress (ESSTS) (Paris and Maastricht), the International Society for Studies on Traumatic Stress (ISSTS) (Jerusalem), , and at the World Federation of Jewish Child Holocaust Survivors (Houston and Detroit).
Her (co-)publications have appeared in professional journals, periodicals and books.
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