Dr. Aaron D. Cherniak is a postdoctoral researcher at the Israel Center on Addiction and Mental Health at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, Israel (ICAMH). He earned a BA in Psychology and Rabbinic Ordination at Yeshiva University, MA in Clinical Psychology at Reichman University, and a PhD in Psychology at Stockholm University. His research examines spirituality/religion and mental health, using a mixed-methods approach that goes beyond descriptive questions to investigate specific causal mechanisms as they are embedded within social and personality development. This interest includes transcendent emotions in everyday life, contemplative exercises, psychedelics, and intense spiritual experiences, and deals with both favorable and unfavorable outcomes. He completed his clinical residency at Mayanei Hayeshua Medical Center and the Jerusalem Mental Health Center, and has conducted additional clinical work in Shaare Zedek Medical Center and in private practice. He has integrative training in psychodynamic approaches and third-wave CBT techniques and has advanced training in spiritually-integrated care and psychedelic-augmented psychotherapy.