גּוּלוֹת קוֹרֶה שֶׁהַמִּלִּים נֶעֱלָמוֹת לְתוֹךְ אֲפֵלַת כִּשְׁלוֹן זִכְרוֹנִי. הַמִּשְׁפָּטִים מִתְפָּרְקִים לִרְכִיבִים חֲמַקְמַקִּים שֶׁנֶּעֱלָמִים כְּמוֹ כָּל כָּךְ הַרְבֵּה גּוּלוֹת מִתַּחַת לַשָּׁטִיחַ. אֲנִי צוֹעֵד עָלָיו, מַרְגִּישׁ אֶת הַגַּבְשׁוּשִׁית עַל כַּפּוֹת רַגְלַי הַיְּחֵפוֹת. כּוֹאֵב, אֲבָל מַרְגִּישׁ מְצִיאוּת שֶׁקּוֹרֵאת לִי לְהִתְיַצֵּב מוּלָהּ, לֹא פַּחַד, מִתּוֹךְ הַכָּרָה בִּגְדֻלָּתוֹ שֶׁל הָרֶגַע הַזֶּה, סְתָם רֶגַע, כְּמוֹ כָּל אוֹתָם רְגָעִים

Psychoanalytic Perspectives on Documenting October 7th: A Video Editor Bearing Witness , due out on March 2027, is a journey into the wounded heart of Israeli society following October 7th. Rony Alfandary, a clinical social worker, researcher, and video editor for the Edut 710 (Testimony 710) project, for which he edited 137 testimonies from 28 communities in the Western Negev, details in this book his experiences as an active witness to the harrowing events of the ongoing wa

A Troubled Mind presents a profound exploration of inherited trauma, displacement, and the healing capacity of creativity. Utilizing a non-linear structure inspired by Julio Cortázar’s Hopscotch, the text rejects chronological order to mirror the recursive nature of trauma and the psychoanalytic process. The author employs a methodology termed "fictionalized authenticity," which blends clinical case narratives, biographical elements, and historical testimony. This approach na

Creativity and Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy at Times of War, Exile, and Trauma draws upon decades of clinical experience to illuminate the unique challenges and profound insights that emerge when practicing psychoanalytic psychotherapy within a multifaceted social terrain. With reference to clinical case material and theoretical insight, Alfandary offers readers unprecedented access to therapeutic work conducted in Israel amid ongoing cultural tensions, military conflicts, an

Psychoanalytic and Cultural Aspects of Trauma and the Holocaust presents interdisciplinary postmemorial endeavors of second-, third- and...

Tomorrow I Will Return (2020) A new novel, focusing about the misdeeds of a father whose actions remain unfathomable to his son, who is...

The emotional abuse of children is recognized as a significant cause for mental disturbances. However, opinions vary on what can be...

Studies of the work of Lawrence Durrell abound in the application of literary theory. Seldom do we find a sectoral study which...

Seeking Psychic Space: Fundamentals of Psychodynamic Social Work This collection of essays, edited by Rony Alfandary, written by leading...

Exile and Return: a Psychoanalytic Study of Lawrence Durrell's The Alexandria Quartet The book was published in 2016 by Carmel...

Being Doubtful (2004) A first collection of poems written in Hebrew. Published in 2004 and encompasses material written between 1990 to...

Love is not a Punishment (2000) My first novel in Hebrew. It recounts the story of a young man, finding himself torn between his love to...