ABOUT ME

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I am a licensed clinical psychologist (New York State and Israel) with experience treating adults, emerging adults, couples, and families. I trained as a clinical psychologist in the United States where I received my doctoral degree in clinical psychology from Long Island University, Brooklyn Campus. I have worked in a wide variety of settings ranging from psychiatric hospitals, major medical centers, mental health clinics, veteran’s hospitals, and college counseling centers. I received a Fulbright award to research trauma and posttraumatic growth in Israeli veterans.  As such, I am passionate about working with veterans and helping them readjust to civilian life. I completed an American Psychological Association accredited clinical internship and post-doctoral clinical fellowship at the New Jersey Veterans Affairs Health Care System, where I specialized in the treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder, working with veterans and their families in PTSD residential units, substance use programs, and outpatient PTSD clinics.

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My therapeutic approach is first and foremost empathic, compassionate, and genuine. In my work, I strive to foster a warm, supportive, and judgement-free environment to help my clients reflect on their struggles and bring about change. Feeling respected, safe, and understood in treatment is necessary to begin the journey, and I aspire to create that space for each client.

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In treatment, I view my clients holistically, helping to identify areas of difficulty and helping them access strengths. I believe that it is important to assess the way in which worries, stressors, or symptoms affect functioning at work, school, home, physical health, and relationships, in order to find ways to manage them. I strive to help my clients bolster internal strengths and help access their resiliency to cope with challenges. I work in an integrative way, working collaboratively with my clients to tailor and incorporate treatment approaches to their specific needs and goals. I find it valuable to explore the early roots of my clients’ difficulties and stressors and think together about the ways these earlier experiences have affected their development of self, their current struggles, and their relationships. I also help my clients recognize behavior and thought patterns that interfere with everyday life, and ways in which they can learn skills to cope with and help manage stressors.