Dr. David Mehlhausen-Hassoen is a social worker, certified supervisor for couple and family therapy, group therapist, member of the ethics committee of The Israel Association For Couple and Family Therapy. He works in private praxis, and for the Israeli Ministry of Defense with IDF veterans and personnel and their families. He teaches social work at the University of Haifa and the Tel-Hai College, and various courses in couple and family therapy at other institutions. His main focus of interest are systemic processes in families (communication, emotion transmission, emotion regulation, family functioning etc.), and the impact of societal events and processes on family life. At present, he coordinates a conjoint research project between the Tel-Hai College and The Israeli Ministry of Defense on young bereaved siblings of fallen IDF soldiers.