Joshua Lavie, is a clinical psychologist for the last 35 years and group analyst for the last 15 years. Joshua Lavie is a specialist in both adults and children and adolescents. He use to work in public clinics and mental hospitals. He is one of the founders of the Israeli Instiute of Group analysis, and for the last 20 years established the Group Analytic practice in the 'Forum Institute for Psychotherapy' in Tel-Aviv.
In the 1990th Joshua Lavie produced the publication and the translation to Hebrew of Daniel Stern's acclaimed book 'Diary of a Baby', and wrote a moving preface to it; a book which became a best seller in Israel and a foundation stone for young parents. In those years, Lavie also founded 'Mikbatz – The Israeli Journal of Group Psychotherapy', and was for many years its editor.
Joshua Lavie publish extensively in English, Hebrew and Italian, not just in professional journals, but also write in newspapers and magazines in the wide media, about urgent and controversial social and cultural issues.
Lavie is the Head of Stress Management Program in Eco Fusion Company, in which he is part of a team which developed 'Serenita', the innovative bio-feedback stress reduction mobile application.
Main Publications:
2015 - מעבר לאדיפוס באנליזה הקבוצתית: הקרבת הבנים בלא מודע הישראלי כמקרה מבחן, בספר: טיפול קבוצתי בארץ זבת חלב ודבש, הוצאת אח. Forthcoming in Karnac (2016): Beyond Oedipus in Group Analysis: The Sacrifice of the Boys in the Israeli Social Unconscious as a Test Case.
2014 – השורשים האבודים של תיאוריית האנליזה הקבוצתית: "אינדיבידואלים ביחסי גומלין" או אנשים בתלות גומלין", בספר: הלא מודע החברתי בקרב אנשים, קבוצות וחברות, בעריכת ארל הופר וחיים וינברג, הצאת "אח", חיפה.
2011 – The Lost Roots of the Theory of Group Analysis: "Interrelational Individuals" or "persons" in: Hopper and Weinberg "The Social Unconscious in Persons, Groups and Societies".
2011 - Norbert Elias's Innovative Network Language in Sociology and Psychotherapy. Cambio, Rivista sulle trasformazioni sociali, Firenze University.
2008 – 'Uomo aperto", "Homo clausus" e il "quinto assunto di base": concetti tra tradizione bioniana e foulkesiana. In: Stefania Marinelli Studi ed esperienze a partire da Bion, Edizioni Borla, Roma.
2008 – 'Open People', ‘Homo Clausus’ and the ’5th Basic Assumption’: Bridging Concepts between Foulkes’s and Bion’s Traditions
2007 – 'רשום בגוף': טיפול באמצעות פסיכודרמה ואנליזה קבוצתית בארבעת מעגלי השיח הרשומים בגופן של הסובלות מהפרעות אכילה, מקבץ כרך 12/2. [יחד עם סיגל נוסבוים-פלינט. 'Inscribed in the Body': psychodrama and Group Analysis in the Bodies of Women with Eating Disorders.
2006 - Gender, culture and personal Identity in Group Analysis.
2005 – The Lost Roots of the theory of Group Analysis: 'Taking Interrelational Individuals Seriously'! Group Analysis, Vol 38(4): 519-535
2005 – Reply to Farhad Dalal's Response. Group Analysis, Vol 38(4): 546-556
2000 – Object Relations and Subject Relations in Group Analytic Psychotherapy. יחסי-אובייקט ויחסי-סובייקט בטיפול קבוצתי אנליטי, מקבץ, 5/2.
In the 1990th Joshua Lavie produced the publication and the translation to Hebrew of Daniel Stern's acclaimed book 'Diary of a Baby', and wrote a moving preface to it; a book which became a best seller in Israel and a foundation stone for young parents. In those years, Lavie also founded 'Mikbatz – The Israeli Journal of Group Psychotherapy', and was for many years its editor.
Joshua Lavie publish extensively in English, Hebrew and Italian, not just in professional journals, but also write in newspapers and magazines in the wide media, about urgent and controversial social and cultural issues.
Lavie is the Head of Stress Management Program in Eco Fusion Company, in which he is part of a team which developed 'Serenita', the innovative bio-feedback stress reduction mobile application.
Main Publications:
2015 - מעבר לאדיפוס באנליזה הקבוצתית: הקרבת הבנים בלא מודע הישראלי כמקרה מבחן, בספר: טיפול קבוצתי בארץ זבת חלב ודבש, הוצאת אח. Forthcoming in Karnac (2016): Beyond Oedipus in Group Analysis: The Sacrifice of the Boys in the Israeli Social Unconscious as a Test Case.
2014 – השורשים האבודים של תיאוריית האנליזה הקבוצתית: "אינדיבידואלים ביחסי גומלין" או אנשים בתלות גומלין", בספר: הלא מודע החברתי בקרב אנשים, קבוצות וחברות, בעריכת ארל הופר וחיים וינברג, הצאת "אח", חיפה.
2011 – The Lost Roots of the Theory of Group Analysis: "Interrelational Individuals" or "persons" in: Hopper and Weinberg "The Social Unconscious in Persons, Groups and Societies".
2011 - Norbert Elias's Innovative Network Language in Sociology and Psychotherapy. Cambio, Rivista sulle trasformazioni sociali, Firenze University.
2008 – 'Uomo aperto", "Homo clausus" e il "quinto assunto di base": concetti tra tradizione bioniana e foulkesiana. In: Stefania Marinelli Studi ed esperienze a partire da Bion, Edizioni Borla, Roma.
2008 – 'Open People', ‘Homo Clausus’ and the ’5th Basic Assumption’: Bridging Concepts between Foulkes’s and Bion’s Traditions
2007 – 'רשום בגוף': טיפול באמצעות פסיכודרמה ואנליזה קבוצתית בארבעת מעגלי השיח הרשומים בגופן של הסובלות מהפרעות אכילה, מקבץ כרך 12/2. [יחד עם סיגל נוסבוים-פלינט. 'Inscribed in the Body': psychodrama and Group Analysis in the Bodies of Women with Eating Disorders.
2006 - Gender, culture and personal Identity in Group Analysis.
2005 – The Lost Roots of the theory of Group Analysis: 'Taking Interrelational Individuals Seriously'! Group Analysis, Vol 38(4): 519-535
2005 – Reply to Farhad Dalal's Response. Group Analysis, Vol 38(4): 546-556
2000 – Object Relations and Subject Relations in Group Analytic Psychotherapy. יחסי-אובייקט ויחסי-סובייקט בטיפול קבוצתי אנליטי, מקבץ, 5/2.