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== Early life ==
== Early life ==
Rifkind is a graduate of [[Manchester University]] and [[Edinburgh University]], where she gained a post-graduate qualification in [[Social work]]. After working for the [[Probation Service]], she trained as an [[Art therapy|art therapist]] in London.<ref>{{Cite journal|title=Health: How Kim drew back from the brink|journal= The Independent|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/health-news/health-how-kim-drew-back-from-the-brink-a-suicidal-patient-goes-to-an-art-therapist-here-they-talk-about-his-pictures-which-chart-where-they-got-to-in-18-months-celia-hall-reports-1504550.html|author=Hall, Celia|date=1993-11-16}}</ref> Subsequently, she joined the [[Institute of Group Analysis]] and became a group analyst.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Clinical Counselling in Further and Higher Education|chapter=Establishing group psychotherapy in a student counselling service|editor2=Vaspé, Alison|editor1=Lees, John |author1=Mark, Peter|author2=Rifkind, Gabrielle|pages=87–102|isbn=978-0-415-19281-1|location= United Kingdom|publisher= Taylor & Francis|date=2016}}(See contributors, p. ix)</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|title=The light house - A psychotherapist who specialises in conflict resolution has transformed her London home with glass and modern art|author=Rivailland, Monique|journal=[[Times]]|date=2014-04-05}}</ref>
Rifkind is a graduate of [[Manchester University]] and [[Edinburgh University]]. After working for the [[Probation Service]], she trained as an [[Art therapy|art therapist]] in London.<ref>{{Cite journal|title=Health: How Kim drew back from the brink|journal= The Independent|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/health-news/health-how-kim-drew-back-from-the-brink-a-suicidal-patient-goes-to-an-art-therapist-here-they-talk-about-his-pictures-which-chart-where-they-got-to-in-18-months-celia-hall-reports-1504550.html|author=Hall, Celia|date=1993-11-16}}</ref> Subsequently, she joined the [[Institute of Group Analysis]] and became a group analyst.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Clinical Counselling in Further and Higher Education|chapter=Establishing group psychotherapy in a student counselling service|editor2=Vaspé, Alison|editor1=Lees, John |author1=Mark, Peter|author2=Rifkind, Gabrielle|pages=87–102|isbn=978-0-415-19281-1|location= United Kingdom|publisher= Taylor & Francis|date=2016}}(See contributors, p. ix)</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|title=The light house - A psychotherapist who specialises in conflict resolution has transformed her London home with glass and modern art|author=Rivailland, Monique|journal=[[Times]]|date=2014-04-05}}</ref>


== Later career ==
== Later career ==

Revision as of 19:16, 1 February 2021

Gabrielle Rifkind
Gabrielle Rifkind
Born1953
NationalityBritish
Alma materManchester University
Edinburgh University
London University
Occupation(s)mediator, group analyst
Known forcollaboration, conflict resolution, art therapy, groupwork

Gabrielle Rifkind is a British mediator who has specialised in international conflict resolution working through non-governmental organisations, (NGOs) in the Middle East and United Kingdom. She is known as a commentator on international peacemaking and related themes and author of several titles.

Early life

Rifkind is a graduate of Manchester University and Edinburgh University. After working for the Probation Service, she trained as an art therapist in London.[1] Subsequently, she joined the Institute of Group Analysis and became a group analyst.[2][3]

Later career

Rifkind joined the Oxford Research Group in the late 1990s to explore peace-making in the Palestine-Israel conflict.[4] She became head of the Israel/Palestine programme. She next turned her attention to Iran, before intervening on Northern Ireland.[citation needed]

In 2017 she founded Oxford Process, a Community interest company which works in conflict situations to build relationships with conflicted parties to identify opportunities to reduce tensions or prevent further escalation of violence.[5]

Rifkind has frequently appeared on broadcast media in the UK has given public lectures on peace-making and contributed to a colloquium at Princeton University.[6][7] She has been one of the conflict mediators for four series of BBC Radio 4's “Across the Red Line” presented by British political journalist, Anne McElvoy.[8]

She is the co-author, with peace activist Scilla Elworthy of Making Terrorism History (2005)[9] and, with former senior UN diplomat Giandomenico Picco, of The Fog of Peace: The Human Face of Conflict Resolution,[10] and author of, The Psychology of Political Extremism: What would Sigmund Freud have thought about Islamic State,[11]

Publications

Books

  • Co-author with Tessa Dalley and Kim Terry. Three Voices of Art Therapy: Image, Client, Therapist. United Kingdom: Routledge, 1993 and 2014. ISBN 9780415077965
  • Co-author with Scilla Elworthy. Hearts and Minds: Human Security Approaches to Political Violence. United Kingdom: Demos, 2005. ISBN 9781841801483
  • Co-author with Scilla Elworthy. Making Terrorism History. London: Penguin/Random House, 2006. ISBN 9781846040474
  • Co-Author with Giandomenico Picco. The Fog of Peace: How to Prevent War, Bloomsbury/I.B. Tauris, 2017. ISBN 9781780768977
  • The Psychology of Political Extremism: What would Sigmund Freud have thought about Islamic State, 2018. ISBN 9-781-78220-663-7
  • Contributor, "When Empathy Fails: Managing Radical Differences" in Encounters: The Art of Interfaith Dialogue 2018.[12]

Articles

Her contributions to journals include:

Broadcast Media

References

  1. ^ Hall, Celia (16 November 1993). "Health: How Kim drew back from the brink". The Independent.
  2. ^ Mark, Peter; Rifkind, Gabrielle (2016). "Establishing group psychotherapy in a student counselling service". In Lees, John; Vaspé, Alison (eds.). Clinical Counselling in Further and Higher Education. United Kingdom: Taylor & Francis. pp. 87–102. ISBN 978-0-415-19281-1.(See contributors, p. ix)
  3. ^ Rivailland, Monique (5 April 2014). "The light house - A psychotherapist who specialises in conflict resolution has transformed her London home with glass and modern art". Times.
  4. ^ https://www.oxfordresearchgroup.org.uk/gabrielle-rifkind
  5. ^ https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/10507450
  6. ^ Gabrielle Rifkind; Elworthy, Scilla. "Hamas: Time to Talk". All-Party Parliamentary Group on Conflict Issues (APPGCI). Retrieved 9 December 2011.
  7. ^ "Iran, the West, and the Region (March 11‐12, 2007)" (PDF). Princeton University. Retrieved 9 December 2011.
  8. ^ "Across the Red Line - Is Tax a Burden". BBC 4 Today. 1 October 2020. Retrieved 25 August 2018.
  9. ^ "Making Terrorism History". www.penguin.co.uk. Retrieved 1 October 2020.
  10. ^ Rifkind, Gabrielle; Picco, Giandomenico (2017). The Fog of Peace: The Human Face of Conflict Resolution. Bloomsbury - I. B. Tauris. ISBN 978-1-7807-6897-7.
  11. ^ The Psychology of Political Extremism: What Would Sigmund Freud have Thought About Islamic State. London: Routledge. 2018. ISBN 9781782206637.
  12. ^ Rosen, A; Green, N, eds. (2018). "When Empathy Fails: Managing Radical Differences". in Encounters: The Art of Interfaith Dialogue. Belgium: Brepols. ISBN 978-2-503-58032-6.
  13. ^ https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0b86z4v
  14. ^ https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09m2bj1
  15. ^ https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0003svr
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