Ali Begoun, CPC, MHC-LP

I use a trauma-informed, relational approach, which includes my favorite modalities - Internal Family Systems (IFS), Polyvagal Theory, and Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT). My goal as a relational therapist is always to provide a safe place for clients to attend to their relational wounds while also experiencing a felt sense of safety in the body and a growing ability to foster new, reparative relational experiences. 

I am especially skilled at helping clients with relational confusion and self-doubt, attachment injuries and how they play out in adult romantic relationships, shame-based identity and low self-worth, and emotional dysregulation and nervous system overwhelm. Some of the issues that come up frequently include repetition of toxic or abusive relationship patterns (such as trauma bonding and enmeshment), difficulties with boundaries and differentiation, and post-relationship recovery. I bring special sensitivity and expertise to internal fragmentation, identity repair and re-patterning, and building secure relating, which includes learning to tolerate intimacy, conflict and mutuality without losing self. 

My role as a therapist is to provide a safe, attuned relationship where clients can make sense of past relational trauma, restore trust in themselves, and learn to experience connection without losing their sense of self.

I offer therapy in a warm, welcoming private office located in the beautiful Jerusalem neighborhood of Ramot Bet, or online via Zoom.