Hod Orkibi

Hod Orkibi

Adjunct Faculty

Music and Performing Arts Professions

hod.orkibi@nyu.edu
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Hod Orkibi, PhD, is a certified psychodrama therapist and a Full Professor (tenured) of psychodrama at the School of Creative Arts Therapies, University of Haifa, Israel. Prof. Orkibi advises M.A. and Ph.D. students, acts as the Chair of the Doctoral Program Committee and has been the Head of international programs and collaborations. His research areas include drama, creativity, and well-being; psychodrama and drama therapy process and outcomes; and systematic reviews.  His work has been presented at international conferences and published in international refereed journals. 

Prof. Orkibi has been awarded private and public grant funds, including from the Israel Science Foundation, the Ministry of Science and Technology in Israel, the National Insurance Institute of Israel, and the European Union. He serves on the editorial board of the international journal The Arts in Psychotherapy​, the Drama Therapy Review - Journal of the North American Drama Therapy Association, the GMS Journal of Arts Therapies, APA Division 10's journal Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts, and the Academic Journal of Creative Arts Therapies​

Prof. Orkibi is an active member of the Research Committee of the Federation of European Psychodrama Training Organisations and was appointed Chair of the Israeli Higher Council for Creative Arts Therapies (2017-2020).  He is the president-elect of Division 10 – the Society for the Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts of the American Psychological Association. He is the Chair of the International Research Alliance of the NYU Creative Arts Therapies Consortium. His full list of publications is available on his Google Scholar profile.

Selected Publications

Book  

Orkibi, H. (2025). Psychodrama: A creative method to survive and thrive. Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009378338   (open access)

Book Chapters

Orkibi, H. (2023). Positive psychodrama in organizations. In R. Reiter-Palmon, & S. Hunter (Eds.), Handbook of Organizational Creativity (2nd ed., 40 pages). Elsevier Academic Press.

Orkibi, H. & Keisari S. (2023). Creative arts therapies processes and outcomes for emotional well-being. In Z. Ivcevic, J. D. Hoffmann, & J. C. Kaufman (Eds.), Cambridge Handbook of Creativity and Emotions (30 pages). Cambridge University Press.

Orkibi, H. (2014). Positive psychodrama with adolescents. In R. Berger (Ed.), Creation – the heart of therapy (pp. 274-316). Kiryat Bialik: Ach books. (Hebrew)

Selected Articles 

  • Elkarif, T., Keisari, S., & Orkibi, H. (2025). “It’s as though I woke up”: Tele-drama therapy for older adults with constricted life space mobility: The experiences of older women and professionals. Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity and the Arts, 1–20.
  • Biancalani, G., & Orkibi, H. (2025). Development and initial validation of the state spontaneity scale. Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity and the Arts, 1–17.
  • Biancalani, G., Orkibi, H., Moretto, L., & Keisari, S. (2025). Tele-drama-based intervention for older gay men: A manualized approach for practice and research. The Arts in Psychotherapy, 96, 102385.
  • Shefi, N., Huss, E., & Orkibi, H. (2025). Integrating social arts into creative arts therapies training: Teachers’ and students’ perspectives. The Arts in Psychotherapy, 95, 102332.
  • Singer, N., Keisari, S., Orkibi, H., & Biancalani, G. (2025). Barriers and facilitators to using the creative arts therapies for older adults in Israel. International Journal of Art Therapy, 1–14.
  • Elkarif, T., Keisari, S., & Orkibi, H. (2024). Tele-drama therapy for community-dwelling older adults with constricted life space mobility: A randomized controlled study. Journal of Positive Psychology, 1–16.
  • Biancalani, G., Orkibi, H., Keisari, S., et al. (2024). Italian adolescents’ perception of tele-psychodrama treatment during the COVID-19 pandemic. Arts & Health, 16(1), 1–14.
  • Orkibi, H. (2023). Creative adaptability: A measurable personal resource. Creativity Research Journal, 1–7.
  • Orkibi, H., Ben-Eliyahu, A., Reiter-Palmon, R., Testoni, I., Biancalani, G., Murugavel, V., & Gu, F. (2021). Creative adaptability and emotional well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic: An international study. Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts, 18(2), 245–255.
  • Biancalani, G., Orkibi, H., & Keisari, S. (2023). The life course experiences of older gay men in Italy and their response to a tele-drama-based intervention: A qualitative study protocol. International Journal of Qualitative Methods, 22, 1–9.
  • Kronenberg, T. A., Keisari, S., & Orkibi, H. (2023). Students’ perceptions of crisis-mode drama therapy training with older adults. GeroPsych: The Journal of Gerontopsychology and Geriatric Psychiatry, 37(1), 49–60.
  • Orkibi, H., Keisari, S., Sajnani, N., & DeWitte, M. (2023). Effectiveness of drama-based therapies: A systematic review and meta-analysis of controlled studies. Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts, 1–11.
  • Glanzer, O., Krauskopf, K., Orkibi, H., et al. (2023). Zukunft der Psychodrama-therapieforschung [Future of psychodrama therapy research]. Zeitschrift für Psychodrama und Soziometrie, 22, 35–51.
  • Feniger-Schaal, R., Orkibi, H., Keisari, S., Sajnani, N., & Butler, J. (2022). Shifting to tele-creative arts therapies during the COVID-19 pandemic: An international study on helpful and challenging factors. The Arts in Psychotherapy, 78, 101898.
  • Biancalani, G., Franco, C., et al., Orkibi, H. (2021). Tele-psychodrama therapy during the COVID-19 pandemic: Participants’ experiences. The Arts in Psychotherapy, 75, 101836.
  • DeWitte, M., Orkibi, H., et al. (2021). From therapeutic factors to mechanisms of change in the creative arts therapies: A scoping review. Frontiers in Psychology, 12, 2525.
  • Kushnir, A., & Orkibi, H. (2021). Concretization as a mechanism of change in psychodrama: Procedures and benefits. Frontiers in Psychology, 12, 176.
  • Feniger-Schaal, R., & Orkibi, H. (2020). Integrative systematic review of drama therapy intervention research. Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts, 14(1), 68–80.
  • Orkibi, H. (2019). Positive psychodrama: A framework for research and practice. The Arts in Psychotherapy, 66, 101603.
  • Orkibi, H., & Feniger-Schaal, R. (2019). Integrative systematic review of psychodrama psychotherapy research: Trends and methodological implications. PLoS ONE, 14(2), e0212575.
  • Orkibi, H. (2018). The user-friendliness of drama: Implications for drama therapy and psychodrama admission and training. The Arts in Psychotherapy, 59, 101–108.
  • Orkibi, H., Azoulay, B., Snir, S., & Regev, D. (2017). In-session behaviors and adolescents’ self-concept and loneliness: A psychodrama process-outcome study. Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy, 24(6), O1455–O1463.
  • Orkibi, H., Azoulay, B., Regev, D., & Snir, S. (2017). Adolescents’ dramatic engagement predicts their in-session productive behaviors: A psychodrama change process study. The Arts in Psychotherapy, 56, 46–53.
  • Azoulay, B., & Orkibi, H. (2015). Four-phase CBN psychodrama model: A manualized approach for practice and research. The Arts in Psychotherapy, 42, 10–18.
  • Orkibi, H. (2015). Psychodrama in Israel with adolescents at-risk. Zeitschrift für Psychodrama und Soziometrie, 14, 151–177.
  • Orkibi, H., Bar, N., & Eliakim, I. (2014). The effect of drama-based group therapy on aspects of mental illness stigma. The Arts in Psychotherapy, 41(5), 458–466.
  • Orkibi, H. (2011). Using intermodal psychodrama to personalize drama students’ experience: Two case illustrations. Journal of Aesthetic Education, 45(2), 70–82.
  • Orkibi, H. (2010). Creative arts therapies students’ professional identity and career commitment. The Arts in Psychotherapy, 37(3), 228–232.
  • Orkibi, H. (2008). Identifying psychodramatic elements and techniques in Goethe’s “Lila”. The British Journal of Psychodrama and Sociodrama, 23(2), 3–13.

Programs

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