Shulamit has a BA in sociology and English literature from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and an MA in expressive therapies from Lesley College in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Her MA thesis was titled “The Therapist—an Intimate Stranger? ‘Strangeness’ and ‘Closeness’ through the Different Phases in Therapy.” She is also a graduate of the behavioral sciences-based coaching program of Tel Aviv University’s School of Social Work. At the Van Leer Jerusalem Institute she is the director of the public events department.