Get compassionate help for your specific needs:

There are many reasons why people lose touch with their unique “spark.” Some of those have to do with current stressors or problems, while others have to do with their early experiences as children in their families. I particularly specialize in helping people who are:

-Reclaiming the self following sexual abuse. Rape, incest, sexual abuse all happen in the context of relationships. It is therefore crucial that the process of healing from them also occurs in the context of a meaningful therapeutic relationship. However, truly trusting another human being after your sexual boundaries have been crossed is extremely challenging for most survivors. To read more, click here.

-Growing into an adult lesbian, gay, or transgender self. If you, like many others, feel that you have been coming out over and over and over again, know that you are not alone. Coming out is a lifelong process, contrary to what many of us believe. You may find yourself coming out to and educating employers, friends, family and even intimate partners. At best, these can be opportunities for empowerment and self-growth, at worst, these are times when old wounds get re-opened. To read more, click here.

-Women have special and particular struggles around being fully themselves. Many women feel like they can’t relax in their own skin, that they are walking around and living a life that is a “good life” by many standards, yet does not feel completely their own. To read more, click here.

-Children’s emotional distress, including depression or anxiety, often manifests differently than it does in adults. As a parent, it can be heartbreaking to see your child suffer and not know what to do. Click here to find more about child therapy.

-Parenting presents such an overwhelming and unpredictable set of psychological challenges, that many have called it “the most difficult job in the world.” Many parents I have worked with feel incredible shame around their difficulties, believing that their experiences are abnormal, even unnatural. To read more, click here.

-Cultural, political, community and social justice activists tend to have unique needs in therapy that need to be understood and addressed for personal healing to occur. In my thirteen years experience working to support activists, as well as being involved in community organizing myself, I have come to understand some of the unique wounding, as well as unique gifts, that activists bring into the work of therapy. To read more, click here.

I am Israeli-American and my services are available in English and in Hebrew.