Between 1987 and 2007 he was a Clinical Director of Maytal - Israel Institute for Treatment and Study ofStress.[8][9] Somer's service at the University of Haifa began in 1987, when he joined the R.D. Wolfe Centre for the Study of Stress.[10] He has been afaculty member of the University of Haifa School of Social Work since 1992.[6]
Currently, he is a clinical professor of psychology at the University of Haifa School ofSocial Work. He is also a Clinical Director at Somer Counseling and Psychotherapy,[13] and serves as scientific advisor in Trauma and Dissociation Israel.[4]
Eli Somer has conducted research on maladaptive daydreaming,[14] and is credited with coining the term.[15]
Somer, Eli, and Anat Braunstein. "Are children exposed to interparental violence being psychologically maltreated?." Aggression and Violent Behavior 4.4 (1999): 449-456.
Somer, Eli, and Meir Saadon. "Therapist-client sex: Clients' retrospective reports." Professional Psychology: Research and Practice 30.5 (1999): 504.
Somer, Eli, and Meir Saadon. "Stambali: Dissociative possession and trance in a Tunisian healing dance." Transcultural Psychiatry 37.4 (2000): 580-600.
Somer, Eli, and Sharona Szwarcberg. "Variables in delayed disclosure of childhood sexual abuse." American Journal of Orthopsychiatry 71.3 (2001): 332.
Somer, Eli, Michael Dolgin, and Meir Saadon. "Validation of the Hebrew version of the Dissociative Experiences Scale (H-DES) in Israel." Journal of Trauma & Dissociation 2.2 (2001): 53-65.
Somer, Eli, et al. "The stress and coping of Israeli emergency room social workers following terrorist attacks." Qualitative Health Research 14.8 (2004): 1077-1093.
Somer, Eli, et al. "Terrorism, distress and coping: High versus low impact regions and direct versus indirect civilian exposure." Anxiety, Stress, and Coping 18.3 (2005): 165-182.
Somer, Eli, et al. "Brief cognitive-behavioral phone-based intervention targeting anxiety about the threat of attack: A pilot study." Behaviour Research and Therapy 43.5 (2005): 669-679.
^[Somer, Eli, and Meir Saadon. "Therapist-client sex: Clients' retrospective reports." Professional Psychology: Research and Practice 30.5 (1999): 504.http://www.somer.co.il/articles/1999.tcs.pdf
^Somer, Eli (2002). "Maladaptive Daydreaming: A Qualitative Inquiry".Journal of Contemporary Psychotherapy.32 (2/3):197–212.doi:10.1023/A:1020597026919.
