Rivka Bertisch Meir

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Rivka Bertisch Meir
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Rivka Bertisch Meir (December 12, 1941 – August 14, 2014)

psychotherapist. She is known for the creation of personal development programs in the United States, Israel, and Argentina in the 1970s and 1980s and for establishing global partnerships in international psychology
.

Meir was a chairperson and International Liaison of International Psychology (

psychologists.[6] Meir was co-founder of the APA National Speakers Network.[7]

Background and education

Rivka Bertisch was born in

Buenos Aires, Argentina to European Jewish parents.[8] Most of her relatives were killed by the Nazis in Poland during World War II. She attended the University of Hawaiʻi, where she received dual bachelor's degrees in communications and psychology and a Masters in public health.[8]

She pursued and completed all but one graduate-level course at the University of Hawaiʻi before receiving a PhD from the University for Humanistic Studies (presently Alliant International University). Her dissertation work used cell memory techniques to access and modify traumatic memories.[9]

In the 1970s, Meir was a program planner and researcher at the School of Community Medicine of the

holistic health promotion, and various spiritual and psychological techniques, including firewalking
.

In 1996, she moved to the New York City area[8] where she became an organizational consultant. In 2004, she founded the American Psychological Association "Adopt a Psychologist" initiative, a mentoring program to foster alliances between psychologists worldwide.[6]

Academic positions

References

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  18. ^ "Rivka Meir – Hunter College". RateMyProfessors.com. Retrieved 2013-07-10.
  19. ^ "Rivka Meir – Borough of Manhattan Community College". RateMyProfessors.com. Retrieved 2013-07-10.
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