Ester Peled

Esther Peled is an Israeli writer and a psychologist.

She was born and lives in Israel. When doing her B.S. degree in literature and psychology she had courses in haiku and Zen buddhism, which made an impact on her work and writings, although she does not identify herself as a Buddhist. She earned M.S. in clinical psychology and Ph.D. in philosophy. She also published several books in psychotherapy, including, 2005: פסיכואנליזה ובודהיזם : על היכולת האנושית לדעת (Psychoanalysis and Buddhism: About the Capacity to Know) 2007: להרבות טוב בעולם: בודהיזם, מדיטציה פסיכותרפיה (To multiply good in the world: Buddhism, Meditation, Psychotherapy) 2022 פתיחות מלאה וספק: שיחות על פסיכותרפיה ודת (Full openness and doubt: Talks on Psychotherapy and Religion)

Awards 2017: Sapir Prize for Literature, for Widely Open Underneath