Yael Kadish Is a clinical psychologist, psychoanalyst and a senior psychoanalytic
psychotherapist. She is an adjunct professor of clinical psychology and research
associate at Wits. She is the Head of Research and a senior supervisor at the South
African Psychoanalytic Clinics, Johannesburg. She was the Head of Psychology at Tara
Hospital for eight years, and before that, a full time senior lecturer in the Wits
Psychology department for 7 years.
Prof Kadish supervised Masters and PhD research of psychology students from 2011 to
2025. She has published papers on clinical topics in local and international journals,
several of which are on the topic of eating disorders. She has presented her work at
local and international conferences.