Simon Shimshon Rubin, PhD

Simon Shimshon Rubin is Director of the International Laboratory for the Study of Loss, Bereavement and Human Resilience and Chairman of the Zramim Postgraduate Psychotherapy Program at the University of Haifa in Israel. A Professor Emeritus of Psychology at Haifa, he is Professor of Psychology at the Academic College of Emek Jezreel. Rubin maintains an active psychotherapy and supervision practice. He has held visiting appointments as professor at the Harvard University and Northwestern University Medical Schools. In addition to his clinical work and research in the areas of loss and bereavement, Rubin specializes in professional ethics and furthering the teaching and training of psychotherapists. His books include Working with the Bereaved (co-authored with Malkinson and Witzum) and The Many Faces of Loss and Bereavement.