ABOUT THE THERAPIST

The strongest part of you has decided to find someone to help you create a happier and more successful life! 

I am a clinical social worker licensed in the US. I have 10 years of clinical social work/psychotherapy experience and 20 years doing more general social work practice. 

Your reaching out demonstrates that you are willing to go beyond the discomfort of admitting you might benefit from assistance of a professional, a stranger you do not know yet, who is trained to guide you toward a better life. No, you are not admitting you are crazy! Quite to the contrary, you are doing something rational and smart in assessing your situation and appreciating that it may be good to get some outside help. 

My work is based on my fundamental belief in you. I don't know you specifically, but I do know that the Human Being was created with tremendous potential. Even people with obvious cognative and physical disabilities are much better equipped to deal with challenges than they or we appreciate from a cursory perspective.  You may have the sense that you are not coping as well as you want to be.  My job is to help you learn what you are already doing that is working well for you and help you expand upon it.

In our current situation in Israel, almost everyone has some degree of feeling overwhelmed. October 7th was a huge shock. Even more than 500 days later the affects of October 7 are being felt. Although it is not surprising, the ongoing knowledge that our cruel enemy still has hostages who are suffering terribly is lot for all of us. Even if we are not constantly consciously thinking of them, it is a troubling background as everyone is just trying to carry on with life. The fact that our soldiers are in active combat is also deeply concerning. When we hear sad news of deaths or injury of our soldiers, incidents of terror or troubling reports about the captives it only adds to the difficulty of doing what we must to carry on.

Besides what everyone is dealing with, you are dealing with whatever challenges you may have in various relationships in and outside of your family, or at work. These are difficult times for everyone in Israel. When you have other personal concerns, on top of the general situation, it's a lot to contend with. I believe that most people could benefit from talking to a therapist, counselor or coach, who is outside of one's personal circle in order to gain more perspective. It is powerful to start noticing how we are mostly successfully navigating through our lives even as the war is continuing on for more than one and a half years.

While I certainly do not ignore the pain and the difficulties, the methods I mostly use are focused on solutions, reframing and understanding that we are doing our best with the tools we have. My purpose is to aid you in reducing your challenges and pain by helping you to tap into your many under-appreciated or unrealized resources.

I have a lot of experience helping people cope with chronic illnesses both physical and mental. I am experienced with dealing with a wide range of disabilities from learning disabilities to the disabilities that often accompany aging including dementia. I have most recently being getting experience with treating trauma. 

My role as a therapist is to hold up a mirror to help you see you are much more capable than you know.

Did you know that the average number of sessions of treatment people attend for psychotherapy/counseling is ONE?

Since I know that, it is my commitment to you to give you substantial benefit from our very first meeting.