Dr. Yarden AvitalClinical Social Work/Therapist, PhD, LMSW

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English | עברית Psychoanalytic therapy is a singular experience where no one treatment resembles another. This is because each person, while speaking a language seemingly shared with others, also speaks their own unique language. My goal, as a psychoanalyst, is to listen for this uniqueness and help the speaker hear it too, often for the first time. I encourage patients to speak freely and say whatever comes to mind in a way that is rarely possible elsewhere. This not only contributes to a new sense of liberty and fulfilment in one’s life but also leads to the dissipation of anxieties, symptoms, and inhibitions. Before embarking on a clinical career, I earned a PhD in history from Rutgers University. As a historian, I have a particular ear for the different cultures and discourses that shape one’s life, and this is also what I listen for in sessions. I am especially equipped to work with graduate and doctoral students in different stages of their academic careers.

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