CLINICAL TRAINING
I provide services in both English and Russian languages.
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I have an extensive training in working with culturally-diverse population. I have worked in the nonprofit organizations and private practice settings with emphasis on trauma focused and CBT approaches, dealing with adults who had struggled with anxiety, depression, relationships issues, parenting, and family dynamics.
I spent four years practicing depth psychology, mindfulness, and self-awareness training emphasizing on working with dreams, sand therapy, active imagination, and archetypal psychology. I have a wide-ranging training in several theoretical orientations and therapeutic modalities.
My clinical experience involved working in mental health of student services on college campus, psychiatric facilities and rehab center for addiction and dual diagnosis, in-group home facilities for teens with challenging behavior, eating disorder, personality disorders, and OCD.
I developed and implemented a program that was focused on treating school-based therapy for teens ages 12-18. Utilizing Art-therapy and Expressive Arts, at Hebrew Academy in Huntington Beach in both clinical and administrative development. Provided leadership and developed curriculum for educational workshops.
In Jewish Federation of Orange County I specifically worked with Holocaust Survivors and their families by addressing various traumas, acculturation, immigration issues, language barrier, chronic pain, coping with a loss of functionality, grief, PTSD, end-of-life phase, and stressful life events.
My professional affiliations include California Association of Marriage and Family Therapist CAMFT.
“Psychotherapy is both Art and Science; research findings may ultimately shape the broad contours of practice, but the human encounter at the center of therapy will always be a deeply subjective, nonquantifiable experience.”
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Irvin Yalom
INDIVIDUAL THERAPY
Individual therapy is a joined process between a therapist and a person. The aim is to inspire change and help to improve the quality of your life. Psychotherapy provides caterpillar for change to occur where you begin to learn to become clearer, accepting, and nonjudgmental observers of your thoughts and feelings, which reduces stress, anxiety, fear, and vulnerability to depression.
FAMILY & COUPLE THERAPY
When working with family and couples, I utilize a directive, goal-oriented approach by providing psychoeducation around communication to identify negative patterns and overcome blocks. I teach active listening, how to identify and establish a healthy boundaries, how to break unhealthy and destructive patterns, and learn communication skills.
CHILD & ADOLESCENTS THERAPY
In working with children and young adults one of the most essential skills that I implement in my treatment for a healthy development is sharpening their life skills and identifying strength. I utilize integrative approach of various therapeutic techniques. But at the core essence is to be able to collaborate with family support. Parent plays an essential role in their childs’ life and therefore your involvement as a parental guidance, supporter, and observer is essential.
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PARENTING
Parenting is a craft and also a skill that always must be evolved and improved. You will never reach perfection and you will always question whether or not you are doing the right thing. That is what makes it the hardest job in the world. It requires education and learning on a daily basis. Part of my job as a therapist is to be your guide and help you polish those skills that you can apply in your daily practice. In working with parents and guardians, I provide a lot of psychoeducation, teach parental communication skills and how to establish healthy boundaries between a parent and a child.
“Nothing has a stronger influence psychologically on their environment and especially on their children than the unlived life of the parent.”
Carl Jung
IDENTITY EXPLORATION
Love, work, worldview, career, phase of life, values and beliefs, life crisis, having children, staying home vs. working full time, beginning or ending a relationship, losing a loved one, experiencing trauma, divorce, experiencing empty nest, retirement are all related to identity. Identity is something that shifts and growths through life as you confront new challenges and life experiences.
MINDFULNESS MEDITATION
Mindfulness is an ancient practice that requires paying attention in a particular way. It is the kind of attention and mental training that is fully focused on the present moment and the “now” so you can be in touch, acknowledge and accept your thoughts, feelings, and sensations without judgment. Mindfulness techniques use practice of mental imagery, awareness of body and mind, muscle and body relaxation. This simple but powerful tool allows us to reconnect with our inner wisdom and increase the quality of our own lives and relationships. From Neurobiological stand the science of mindfulness indicates the effectiveness in alleviating a wide range of psychological problems: anxiety, depression, stress-related medical problems, addictions, eating disorders, interpersonal problems.
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MINDFULNESS WALK MINDFULNESS ART ILLUSTRATION
