Naama Gershy Tsahor | Faculty Profiles

Diplomas/Degrees

Post Doctoral Fellow, Yale University Child Study Center (2015)

Ph.D., Long Island University, Brooklyn (2014)

M.A, Tel Aviv University, Israel (2007)

Licenses and Certifications

Licensed Clinical Psychologist, Israel

Licensed Psychologist, NY

Recent Courses

Case Seminar I

Case Seminar II

Child Psychopathology

Psychodynamic Perspectives In Working With Children

Psychotherapy Case Conference I

Psychotherapy Case Conference II

Psychotherapy Case Conference III

Psychotherapy Case Conference IV

Research Interests

My research primarily focuses on parenting. Through my scientific and theoretical work, I aim to understand the factors contributing to parents' ability to respond sensitively, compassionately, and adaptively to their children. I investigate the dynamics that lead to hostile and coercive parenting, as well as the factors that facilitate parental availability to meet and respond to children's needs. In my research, I place particular emphasis on parents' capacity for mentalization and parental capacity for emotion regulation. Additionally, I explore how collaborative co-parenting between partners can support a child's development.

My previous work focused on studying parenting processes related to raising children with ADHD and the development of parenting-based interventions for this population. I also studied parent-child interactions in the academic context and developed an intervention to reduce counterproductive parental involvement during homework time.

My current projects focus on examining the parental role in the digital era and the parental impact on children's adaptive use of digital media. In addition, I am studying the role of the voice in parent-child interactions.

As a clinical psychologist and researcher, I strive to bridge the gap between developmental science, clinical practice, and policy. My mission is to advance the scientific understanding of parenting processes and contribute to the development of evidence-based interventions that empower parents and support children’s well-being.

Chapters

Gershy, N. & Omer, H. (2019). Building collaboration within the couples’ system. In E. Heisman & J. Jude, (Eds.), Non-Violent Resistance Innovations in Practice. Pavilion: East Sussex (pp. 29-38).

Articles

Cohen, R., Gershy, N., & Davidov, M. (2024). Why things can go wrong when parents try to help children with their homework? The role of parental emotion regulation and mentalization. Journal of Educational Psychology

Shutsman, B., & Gershy, N. (2023). Children’s excessive digital media use, mental health problems, and the protective role of parenting during COVID-19. Computers in Human Behavior. doi:10.1016/j.chb.2022.107559

Gershy, N., Cohen, R., & Atzaba Poria, N. (2023). Parental mentalization goes to school: Description and pilot evaluation of a mentalization-based online intervention to improve parental academic support. Attacment & Human Development.

Gershy, N. & Katz. I. (2023). Students' engagement in remote-learning during the Covid-19 crisis: The contributions of school support to teachers and the parent-teacher relationship. Psychology in the Schools.

Cohen, R., Yassin, N., & Gershy, N. (2022). Parenting in Israel amid COVID-19: The protective role of mentalization and emotion regulation. Journal of Adversity and Resilience Science. doi: 10.1007/s42844-022-00072-y

Schorr Sapir, I., Gershy, N. & Omer, H. (2021). Parent-training in Non-Violent Resistance for children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: A controlled outcome study. European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry.

Groenman, A. P., Hornstra, R., Hoekstra, P. J., Steenhuis, L., Aghebati, A., Boyer, B. E., ... Gershy, N. & van den Hoofdakker, B. J. (2021). Behavioral treatments for children and adolescents with ADHD: an individual participant data meta-analysis Running Title: IPD on Behavioral Interventions for ADHD. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.

Gueta, N., Gershy, N., Polak, Y. (2021). The relations between parental knowledge, ADHD symptoms, and adolescent risky behavior at two time points. Israel Journal of Psychiatry.

Rothman Cabir, Y., Gershy, N., & Omer H. (2021). Supervising without controlling: A New Authority intervention for adolescents with Type 1 Diabetes. Journal of Child and Family Studies.

Gershy, N., & Gray, S. (2018). Parental emotion regulation and mentalization: Buffering roles for coercive and hostile parenting in families of children with ADHD. The Journal of Attention Disorders.

Gershy, N. (2018). The Ward and the womb: Psychodynamically informed systemic work with hospitalized youth. Journal of Infant, Child, and Adolescent Psychotherapy.

Gershy, N. (2017). Psychodynamic case formulation; A roadmap to protocol adaptation in CBT. Psychoanalytic Psychology, 34(4), 478-490.

Gershy, N., & Omer, H. (2017). Engaging fathers in parent training: A qualitative study. Journal of Family Psychotherapy, 28(1), 38-58.

Gershy, N., Meehan, K., Papouchis, N., Omer, H., & Schorr Sapir, I. (2017). Randomized clinical trial of mindfulness skills augmentation in parent training. Child and Youth Care Forum, 46 (6),783-803.

Pollak, Y., Poni, B., Gershy, N., & Aran, A. (2017). The role of parental monitoring in mediating the link between adolescent ADHD symptoms and risk-taking behavior. The Journal of Attention Disorders.

Gershy, N. (2014). Trauma under fire; treating PTSD in Sderot. Psychotherapy and Politics International, 12 (2), 73-79.

Psyllou, C., Groenman, A. P., Hornstra, R., Hoekstra, P. J., Steenhuis, L., Aghebati, A., Boyer, B. E., ... Gershy, N. & van den Hoofdakker, B. J. (In Press). Heterogeneity in pathways leading to parenting intervention effects for children with ADHD: An individual participant meta-analysis. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry.

Goueta, N., Gershy, N., & Pollak, Y. (In Press) Reciprocal relations between ADHD and risky behavior in adolescence. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry.

Grants

2023

The Spencer Foundation, Research Grant, PI ($50,000)

2023

The Israel Science Foundation, Research Grant, PI ($250,000)

2021

Leon Kaplan, Family Donation, Research Grant, PI ($100,000)

2020

Israel Ministry of Education, Research Grant, PI ($15,000)

2018

The Milton Rosenbaum Foundation, Research Grant, PI ($25,000)