Prof. Danny Hamiel
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Prof. Danny Hamiel

Baruch Ivcher School of Psychology Ph.D., The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Research and Teaching Expertise

  • Jewish Studies
  • Social Psychology
  • Physiological Psychology
  • Clinical Psychology
  • Psychology of the Internet
  • The Individual and Community Assistance Clinic
  • Prof. Danny Hamiel is a senior clinical and medical psychologist and supervisor, currently focusing on therapy and, more broadly, on integrative cognitive-behavioral interventions (CBT).
    He completed his clinical psychology internship at the Brill Mental Health Clinic (Ramat Chen) of Clalit Health Services and Tel Aviv University in 1991 and earned his Ph.D. at the Hebrew University, researching a personality model based on the writings of Rabbi Kook.

    In 1992, he traveled to the U.S. to specialize in CBT, hypnosis, and biofeedback with leading experts in the field. Upon his return, he headed the CBT and Biofeedback Unit at the Brill Mental Health Center until 2023.
    Since 2004, he has also directed the Education Resilience Unit at the Cohen-Harris Resilience Center, under the OTI Association, where he currently serves as the center’s Professional Director.

    In 1998, he was elected Chair of the Israeli Biofeedback Association, and since 2000 he has been a member of the teaching faculty of the European Association for Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback.
    He teaches CBT integrated with applied psychophysiology in advanced training programs both in Israel and abroad.

    His research and clinical work integrate diverse fields: Jewish and Stoic philosophy, humanistic theories, object relations theory, and psychophysiology — as components of third-wave CBT approaches.
    A central focus of his current work is developing a uniform and simple CBT protocol for a range of disorders based on these approaches.

    Prof. Hamiel is a pioneer in implementing and researching Low-Intensity CBT Interventions (LICBT-I) — a revolutionary therapeutic direction aimed at providing large-scale psychological support through non-mental-health professionals. These interventions are delivered via preventive programs, online treatments, and therapeutic work by “treatment mediators” such as teachers, physicians, nurses, social workers, physiotherapists, dietitians, and more.
    As part of this vision, he also teaches in the M.A. social psychology track, training practitioners to deliver resilience-based interventions for the general population.

    Prof. Hamiel led the development of the “Educational Resilience” program, designed to build resilience in children from preschool to high school. The program has already been implemented with nearly one million students and has been recognized by the Israeli Ministry of Education as a national preventive program.
    He is also involved in developing resilience programs for the elderly and a group intervention program for parents of children on the autism spectrum.

    In a groundbreaking study conducted in collaboration with Prof. Nathaniel Laor and Prof. Leo Wolmer, the program’s effectiveness was demonstrated for the first time on a large scale using treatment mediators.
    Continuing in this innovative therapeutic direction, Prof. Hamiel currently leads research and implementation in Israel of internet-based CBT protocols, including the integration of AI-assisted treatments, focusing on test anxiety and the psychological aspects of type 1 diabetes in adolescents.

    He also serves as a clinical supervisor at the School of Psychology, mentoring both first-year M.A. students in clinical psychology and clinical interns.


  • Rosenberg, A., Hamiel, D. Reducing Test Anxiety and Related Symptoms Using a Biofeedback Respiratory Practice Device: A Randomized Control Trial. Appl Psychophysiol Biofeedback (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10484-020-09494-9


    Pinhas-Hamiel O, Hamiel D. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy in Children and Adolescents with Type 2 Diabetes. Curr Diab Rep. 2020 Sep 22;20(10):55. doi: 10.1007/s11892-020-01345-5. PMID: 32964377.



    Hamiel D, Dealing with Korona – Third wave CBT perspective. “Sichot” - Israel Journal of Psychotherapy 2020, April , p.29-30. (Hebrew).


    Schlesinger Y, Hamiel D, Rousseau S, Perlman S, Gilboa Y, Achiron R, Frenkel TI. Preventing risk for posttraumatic stress following childbirth: Visual biofeedback during childbirth increases maternal connectedness to her newborn thereby preventing risk for posttraumatic stress following childbirth. Psychol Trauma. 2020 Feb 27. doi: 10.1037/tra0000558. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 32105133.



    Wolmer L, Erez C, Hamiel D, Yazgan Y, Dedeoğlu C (2019) LifeEvents and Recovery from Trauma: A Three-Year Follow-Up after PostDisaster Teacher-Mediated Intervention. Ann Psychiatry Ment Health 7(1): 1139.


    Peper, E., Harvey, R., & Hamiel, D. (2019). Transforming thoughts with postural awareness to increase therapeutic and teaching efficacy. NeuroRegulation, 6(3), 153-169.  doi:10.15540/nr.6.3.1533-1  


      L. Wolmer, L. D. Hamiel, Pardo-Aviv, N. Laor. Preschool children facing mass trauma: Disasters, war and terrorism. Journal of Mental Health & Clinical Psychology, 2018, 1-5. 


     Gilboa Y, Frenkel TI, Schlesinger Y, Rousseau S, Hamiel D, Achiron R, Perlman S. Visual biofeedback using transperineal ultrasound in second stage of labor. Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol. 2018 Jul;52(1):91-96. doi: 10.1002/uog.18962. Epub 2018 May 29. PMID: 29155474.



    L. Wolmer*, D. Hamiel*, L. Pardo-Aviv, N. Laor. (* equal contribution) Addressing the needs of preschool children in the context of disasters and terrorism: Assessment and interventions. Current Psychiatry Reports, 2017, 19:40. doi:10.1007/s11920-017-0792-8. IF: 3.238 



    D. Hamiel*, L. Wolmer*, L. Pardo-Aviv, N. Laor. (*equal contribution) Addressing the needs of preschool children in the context of disasters and terrorism: Clinical pictures, mediating and moderating factors. Current Psychiatry Reports, 2017, 19:38. doi:10.1007/s11920-017-0793-7. IF: 3.238   


    L. Wolmer*, D. Hamiel*, N. Margalit, T. Versano-Eisman, Y. Findler, N. Laor, M. Slone. Enhancing children's resilience in schools to confront trauma: The impact on the teachers Israel Journal of Psychiatry and Related Science.  2016 Vol: 53, 2: 25-32. (*equal contribution)  


      L. Wolmer, D. Hamiel, T. Versano-Eisman, M. Slone, N. Margalit, N. Laor. Preschool Israeli children exposed to rocket attacks: Assessment, risk and resilience. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 2015, 28:441-447


    A Personality Model Derived from the Writing of Rabbi A.I. Kook. 
    M.A. Thesis, 1987,Department of Psychology, Bar Ilan University, Israel.


    A Personality Model Derived from the Writing of Rabbi A.I. Kook.
    Doctoral dissertation 1993, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel.


    Chapters in Books


    Daniel Hamiel, Stress and Trauma, in Pirker-Binder I Ed. Biofeedback in der praxis (German). pp 107-119, Springer Wein, New York 2006.


    Danie Hamiel ,General Anxiety Disorder and Social Phobia in children and adolescents. Nilly Mor and Yup Mair (Eds.). Teaching Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (in Hebrew). Tel-aviv: Dunon Press 2011.


    Daniel Hamiel and Arnon Rolnick, Biofeedback and Cognitive Behavioral Interventions Reciprocal Contributions, Schwartz MS and Andrasik F (Eds.), Biofeedback A Practitioner's Guide (4th ed.) NY: Guilford Press, 2013 (in press).


    N. Laor, L. Wolmer, S. Spirman, D. Hamiel, Z. Wiener. Child-Oriented Perspective on Community Resilience. In Pat-Horenczyk R., Brom, D., Vogel, J. & Chemtob, C.M. Helping children cope with trauma: Individual, family and community perspectives. London: Routledge, 2013.


    Original Articles


    Daniel Hamiel, Narcissism and love, or two "I" and two "Loves" in M. Buber, Freud & Object Relations Theory. “Sichot” - Israel Journal of Psychotherapy 7 (1), p.31-38, 1992.


    Daniel Hamiel, Logotherapy, a new direction. “Sichot”, Israel Journal of Psychotherapy 1 (3), p. 46-51, 1994.


    Daniel Hamiel,  Stress management and peak performances in the class setting. Group work stress management with biofeedback for children. Biofeedback (26), 4, p.21-22, 1998.


    Daniel  Hamiel , A. Yofe, D. Roe, Trichotillomania - The Aspect of Mania. Israeli Journal of Psychiatry: (36),3, P. 192-199, 1999.


    O. Pinhas-Hamiel, Debra Standiford, D. Hamiel, LM. Dolan, R Cohen, P Zeitler.  The Type 2 family: a setting for development and treatment of adolescent Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus.  Arch pediatrics (153) p. 1063-1067, 1999: 


    D. Hamiel, D. Roe, Psychophysiotherapy: Integrating biofeedback and cognitive behavioral therapy. Sichot. Israel Journal of Psychotherapy (15) 1, p. 51-57, 2000.


    D. Hamiel, D. Moss. P. Shwarzman. Clinical Psychophysiology in Primary Care.   Journal of the Israel Medical Association (142) 3, p. 193-196, 2003.    


    Daniel Hamiel, Children under Stress and Trauma: The Use of Biofeedback, Cognitive Behavioral Techniques and Mindfulness for Integrated and Balanced Coping. Biofeedback 33 (2005): 149-152.


    D, Hamiel, B. Bendict, The use of cognitive behavioral short interventions in the primary care by family physicians and pediatricians. Israel Journal of Family Practice (20) 155, p. 8-11,2010.


    L. Wolmer*, D. Hamiel*, N. Laor. (*equal contribution) Preventing children's   post-traumatic stress after disaster with teacher-based intervention: A controlled study. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry,  2011, 50:340-348.


    L. Wolmer*, D. Hamiel*, J.D. Barchas, M. Slone, N. Laor. (*equal contribution) . Teacher-delivered resilience-focused intervention in schools with traumatized children following the Second Lebanon War. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 2011, 24:309-316.


    Kletter, Hilit, Rebecca A. Rialon, Nathaniel Laor, Daniel Brom, Ruth Pat-Horenczyk, Mohammed Shaheen, Daniel Hamiel et al. "Helping Children Exposed to War and Violence: Perspectives from an International Work Group on Interventions for Youth and Families." In Child & Youth Care Forum, pp. 1-18. Springer US, 2013.


    L. Wolmer, D. Hamiel, M. Slone, M. Faians, M. Picker, N. Laor. Post-traumatic reaction of Israeli Jewish and Arab children exposed to rocket attacks before and after teacher-delivered intervention. Israel Journal of Psychiatry and Related Sciences. 2013, 50, in press.


    D. Hamiel, L. Wolmer, S. Spirman, N. Laor. Comprehensive child-oriented preventive resilience program in Israel based on lessons learned from communities exposed to war, terrorism and disaster. Child and Youth Care Forum,2013, 42:261-274.