Personal Details

Address:      Baruch Ivcher School of Psychology, Reichman University (IDC) Herzliya

                          P.O. Box 167, Herzliya 46150, Israel

Phone:         09-9602850

Email:           gdoron@runi.ac.il

Academic Education

2006              M.A./Ph.D. Clinical Psychology, University of Melbourne. 

2000              B.A.,   Psychology (Honours), University of Melbourne

1998              B.A.,   Psychology, Hebrew University, Magna cum Laude.

Academic Appointments

2015-present            Associate Professor, School of Psychology, Interdisciplinary Center, Herzliya (IDC).

2009                               Senior Lecturer, School of Psychology, Interdisciplinary Center, Herzliya

2007-2009                Lecturer, School of Psychology, Interdisciplinary Center, Herzliya 

Clinical/Professional Positions and Experience 

2022               Registered Supervisor of Clinical Psychology, Ministry of Health, Israel (reg no. 44394) .

2015               Registered Clinical Psychologist, Ministry of Health, Israel (reg no. 32867).

2008               Registered CBT specialist – Israeli Association of Behavior and Cognitive Psychotherapies

2007               Registered Psychologist in Israel (Pincas Psychologim).

2006               Full member of Australian Psychological Society (APS).

2006               Full member of the APS College of Clinical Psychologists.

2004               Registered Psychologist with the Psychologists Registration Board of Victoria.

Other Professional Activities                        

2016              Director of board, co- Founder and developer of GGtude - a mHealth mobile platform for the 

                    enhancement of mental health  and well-being 

2015               Co-Developer of Good Blocks, mobile application platform for mental health improvement

                           (see iStore, Google Play)

2014               Founding member of Tipultec– an online treatment platform for psychological difficulties

                          (see https://www.tipultech.com/)

2012               Founder of the Relationship Obsessive Compulsive Research Unit - http://rocd.net

2012               Founding member of Niturix– an Israeli website designed to assist therapists in their

                           clinical work

2010               Member of Multinational Research Consortium on Internal Fear (RCIF)

2008               Board of Directors, Midgam Project (Midgam.com) – Largest private Israeli self-awareness

                           internet website.

Academic Honors and Awards

2010            Outstanding researcher award, Interdisciplinary Center, Herzliya

2003            Special Conference Support Grant (School of Behavioral Science, University of Melbourne).

2003            Melbourne Abroad Postgraduate Traveling Scholarship.

2003            Conference Grant (University of Melbourne).

2002-2006    Australian Postgraduate Award 2002 (APA).

2000-2001    Postgraduate scholarship awarded by the Israeli government.

1997-1998    Undergraduate scholarship awarded by the Israeli government

Research Grants

2020-2022     Joy Ventures (Co-PI with Prof. Daniel Levy), $100,000

2018-2020     Israeli Innovation Authority, KAMIN (Co-PI with Prof. Abraham Zangen), $320,000

2010-2014    US-Israel Binational Science Foundation (Co-PI with Tamar Saguy & John‎ Dovidio), $152,000 

2009-2013    Israel Science Foundation (PI), $137,000

2007-2011    Marie Curie Reintegration Grant, European Union (PI), €100,000  

Professional Membership

 Association of Psychological Science (APS)

 American Association of behavioral and cognitive therapies (AABCT)

 Israeli Association of Behavior and Cognitive Psychotherapies (ITA)

 Australian Psychological Society (APS; 2006-2009)

 APS College of Clinical Psychologists (2006-2009)

Professional Services

Associate/Section Editor/Editorial Board 

Journal of Medical Internet Research (JMIR) Mental Health (2017 - present), Scientific Reports (2024-present), Journal of Obsessive Compulsive Related Disorders (2011), Frontiers in Psychiatry (2015 - present), Frontiers in Psychology (2015 - present) 

Ad Hoc Reviewer      

Psychological Bulletin, Neurotherapeutics, Australian Psychologist, Archives of Suicide Research, Behaviour Research And Therapy (BRAT), Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy, British Journal of Guidance and Counselling, Clinical Psychological Science, Clinical Psychology Review, Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Cognitive Neuropsychiatry (CNS),Depression and Anxiety, Emotion, Guilford Press, International Journal of Cognitive Therapy,Israel Journal of Psychiatry (IJP),Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, Journal of Clinical Psychology, British Journal of Guidance and Counselling, Journal of Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders, Personality and Individual Differences (PAID),Philosophical Psychology, Psychiatry Research, Psychological Medicine, Psychology and Psychotherapy, Psychology Press, Taylor & Francis Group, Psychopathology, Yonsei Medical Journal (YMJ), The Israel Science Foundation (ISF), U.S.-Israel Binational Science Foundation (BSF), Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research, Swiss National Science Foundation.

Publications: 

Articles in Peer-Reviewed Journals

Chapters in peer-reviewed books

82. Y. H. Yang, R. Moulding, E. M. Nedeljkovic,  Foroughi, G. Doron, M. Kyrios. (2023). Cultural issues in understanding and treating obsessive compulsive and spectrum disorders. D. Tolin (Ed.), Oxford handbook of obsessive compulsive and spectrum disorders, Oxford University Press, UK. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190068752.013.28

83. Doron, G., & Derby, D. (2017). Assessment and treatment of relationship-related OCD symptoms (ROCD): A modular approach. In J. S. Abramowitz, D. McKay, & E. A. Storch (Eds.), The Wiley handbook of obsessive-compulsive disorder across the lifespan. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley.

84. Mikulincer, M., & Doron, G., (2016). Adult attachment and self-related processes. In Kyrios, M., Moulding, R., Doron, G., Bhar, S.S., Nedeljkovic, M. & Mikulincer, M. (Eds.) The self in understanding and treating psychological  disorders (pp.19-28). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Pres.

85. Kyrios, M., Moulding, R., Bhar, S.S., Doron, G., Nedeljkovic, M., & Mikulincer, M. (2016). Future directions in examining the self in psychological disorders. In Kyrios, M., Moulding, R., Doron, G., Bhar, S.S., Nedeljkovic, M. & Mikulincer, M. (Eds.) The self in understanding and treating psychological disorders (pp.233-236). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.

86.   Ein-Dor, T., & Doron, G. (2015). Attachment and Psychopathology. In J. A. Simpson & W. S. Rholes (Eds.), Attachment theory and research: New directions and emerging themes (pp.346-373). New York, NY: Guilford Press.

87. Doron, G., Mikuincer, M., Sar-El, D., & Kyrios, M. (2015). Integrating psychodynamic and cognitive approaches to Obsessive Compulsive Disorder – attachment insecurities and self-related sensitivities in the morality and relational domains in P. Luyten, L. Mayes, P. Fonagy, M. Target, & S. J. Blatt (Eds); Handbook of Contemporary Psychodynamic Approaches to Psychopathology (pp 199-215). NY: Guilford Press.

88. Doron, G., Sar-El., D., Mikulincer, M., & Kyrios, M. (2012). When Moral Concerns Become a Psychological Disorder: The Case of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. In M. Mikulincer & P.R., Shaver (Eds.). Social Psychology of Morality: Exploring the Causes of Good and Evil (pp. 293—310). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.

89. Ben Harush, O., & Doron, G. (2011). Treatment of Adults with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD). In Marom & Gilboa-Schectman. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Adults: An integrative approach. Probook, Israel (in Hebrew.(

90. Nedeljkovic, M., Moulding, R., Foroughi, E., Kyrios, M., & Doron, G. (2011). Cultural issues in understanding and treating obsessive compulsive and spectrum disorders. Invited Chapter for G. Steketee (Ed.). Oxford Handbook of Obsessive Compulsive and Spectrum Disorders (pp.469-520). UK: Oxford University Press.

91. Kyrios, M., Nedeljkovic, M., Moulding, R., & Doron, G. (2007). Problems of employees with personality disorders: The exemplar of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. In J. Langan-Fox, C. Cooper., & R. Klimoski (Eds), Research Companion to the Dysfunctional Workplace: Management Challenges and Symptoms, New Horizons Management Series.

Books

92. Kyrios, M., Moulding, R., Doron, G., Bhar, S.S., Nedeljkovic, M. & Mikulincer, M.  (Eds.) (2016). The self in understanding and treating psychological disorders. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.

Conference Presentations

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Conferences