Elana Carmel
Verified
Clinical Psychologist
MA
250-350 NIS
None
Free Consultation | Student Discount | Lone Soldier Discount
Entering therapy is a courageous step. Most people have tried everything they know to feel better. The decision to enter therapy, requires self awareness and persistence, and often marks a crucial turning point. Each of us has the potential to thrive, but too often obstacles prevent us from living fully. The resulting anguish and suffering deserves to be acknowledged, validated, and understood. This requires the skillful integration of listening, empathy, theoretical knowledge, and, most of all, willingness to fully engage in the process. I am a psychologist with a decade of experience, well-versed in a variety of approaches (Psychodynamic, CBT, Schema Therapy). This offers each person an approach that is individually tailored to his or her unique goals, needs, and challenges. Inherent in the process is an open dialogue in order to maximize the efficacy of our work together. I believe that the combination of insight and hard work with a compassionate and experienced therapist can be healing and yes, life changing. I offer private therapy for adults, adolescents and children, as well as parent counseling and psychodiagnostic testing . I offer therapy in my clinic in Jerusalem, in English or Hebrew.
MA
College of Tel Aviv
2009
15
Clinical Psychologist
27-111424
Telephone Counseling, Online Therapy
Abuse
Anxiety / Panic
Depression
Dissociative Disorders
Family Issues
Life Transitions
Mood Disorders
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
Parenting Issues / Training
Personality Disorders
Phobias
Self-Esteem
Trauma / Post Traumatic Stress Disorder PTSD
Adults
Men
Women
Hebrew
English
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is a type of psychotherapy that focuses on how one's thoughts, feelings and behaviors are connected and can be changed. It is based on the idea that how we think (cognition) and how we feel (emotion) can influence how we behave. CBT helps people identify and challenge distorted thinking and replace it with more balanced thinking, leading to improved mood and behavior. ‘Homework’, usually containing practical writing exercises, is often completed by the client between sessions to reinforce the therapy. Examples of tools that practitioners often use are journaling, challenging beliefs, and mindfulness.
Play TherapyPlay therapy is an evidence-based, developmentally appropriate form of intervention used to facilitate emotional, cognitive, and social growth in children. Play therapy is based on the premise that play is the child's natural medium of self-expression and can be used to assess and help a child work through difficult emotions, thoughts, and behaviors. The goal of play therapy is to help children develop the skills and abilities to navigate life stressors, and build self-esteem. During treatment, the therapist creates a comfortable, safe environment (a playroom) for the child to play with as few limits as possible. The toys in the playroom are intended to encourage the child to express his or her feelings and develop healthier behaviors. The child’s “play” with these toys serve as the child’s symbolic words, which may be difficult to express otherwise.
Psychodynamic TherapyPsychodynamic therapy is a form of therapy that focuses on the unconscious mind and how it affects behavior. It works to help people understand and work through past experiences and feelings that may be causing difficulties in the present. This type of therapy encourages individuals to explore their emotions, relationships, and behaviors in order to gain insight into their current difficulties. It can help individuals better understand themselves and their motivations, and gain insight into how past events have impacted their current lives. People tend to develop defense mechanisms when faced with challenges in life. Defense mechanisms may keep painful feelings, memories, and experiences in the unconscious. A few common defense mechanisms include: denial, repression, and rationalization. Psychodynamic therapists encourage people to speak freely about their emotions, desires, and fears. Being open may help uncover vulnerable feelings that have been pushed out of conscious awareness. According to psychodynamic theory, behavior is influenced by unconscious thought. Once painful feelings are brought forth and processed, the defense mechanisms are no longer needed and a person in treatment can start changing unhelpful patterns when coping with life’s challenges.
Schema TherapySand tray therapy allows a person to construct their own microcosm using miniature toys and colored sand. The scene created acts as a reflection of the person’s own life and allows them the opportunity to resolve conflicts, remove obstacles, and gain acceptance of self. Schema therapy is based on the belief that early maladaptive schemas form when emotional needs such as affection, guidance, love, shelter, and safety, go unmet in childhood. These maladaptive schemas, which can be described as ways that individuals interpret life events, can later lead to them making unhealthy choices, forming toxic relationships, lacking healthy boundaries or social skills, engaging in destructive behavior patterns, having a poor sense of judgment, and experiencing feelings of worthlessness or self-doubt. Discovering the origins of one’s unmet emotional needs and learning to create nurturing relationships through schema therapy can help people begin to build feelings of trust, self-worth and adequacy.
Individual Therapy