Eli (Eliezer) Somer (Hebrew: אלי זומר; born 1951) is an Israeli Professor of Clinical Psychology at the University of Haifa, School of Social Work. He is the former President of both the European Society for Trauma and Dissociation (ESTD, 2009-2011) and the International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation (ISSTD, 2005-2006). Somer is the founder and a scientific advisor of TDIL – Trauma and Dissociation Israel, and a member of the International Advisory Board of the Jewish Coalition Against Sexual Abuse.
Somer, E. (1999). Dual Relationships: Seduction and sexual exploitation in counseling and psychotherapy. Tel Aviv: Papyrus - Tel Aviv University Publishing House (in Hebrew), 279 pages.
Somer, E. & Bleich, A. (Eds.) (2005). Mental Health In Terror's Shadow: The Israeli Experience . Tel Aviv: Ramot - Tel Aviv University (in Hebrew), 588 pages.
Articles
Sample of Somer's recent scientific publications:
Somer, E.; Ataria, Y. (2014). "Adverse Outcome of Continuous Traumatic Stress: A Qualitative Inquiry". International Journal of Stress Management. 22 (3): 287–305. doi:10.1037/a0038300.
Somer, E.; Ruvio, A. (2013). "Going Gets Tough So Let's Go Shopping: On Materialism, Coping and Consumer Behaviors Under Traumatic Stress". Journal of Loss and Trauma: International Perspectives on Stress & Coping. 19 (5): 426–441. doi:10.1080/15325024.2013.794670.
Somer, E.; Ginzburg, K.; Kramer, L. (2012). "The role of impulsivity in the association between child maltreatment and dissociative psychopathology: mediation versus moderation" (PDF). Psychiatry Research. 196: 133–137. doi:10.1016/j.psychres.2011.08.010. This paper was recommended as being of special significance in its field (Faculty of 1000 Prime, 2013).
Granot, M. Somer; Zisman-Ilani, Y.; Beny, A.; Sadger, R.; Mirkin, R.; Mont, R.; Yovell, Y. (2011). "Characteristics of response to experimental pain in sexually abused women" (PDF). Clinical Journal of Pain. 2 (7): 616–622.
Somer, E.; Klein-Sela, C.; Or-Chen, K. (2011). "Beliefs in Reincarnation and in the Power of Fate and Their Association with Emotional Outcome Among Bereaved Parents of Fallen Soldiers" (PDF). Journal of Loss and Trauma. 16: 459–475. doi:10.1080/15325024.2011.575706.
Somer, Eli. (1984). Doctoral dissertation: Spouse Marital Adjustment and Patient Life Engagement as Factors in Dietary Compliance of Chronic Hemodialysis Patients
