Dina Kazhdan, MSW

Clinical Social Worker | Psychotherapist

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Yehoshua Ben Gamlah, Old Katemon, 1, Jerusalem, 92338

Credentials

Type of Therapist: Clinical Social Worker | Psychotherapist
Primary Degree(s): MSW
Years in Practice: 14

Licensed in Israel

Finances

Average Cost/Session: 250-350 NIS

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About the Therapist

Choice is so important in our lives. Unfortunately, so many of our choices are rooted in past relationships and the defenses we required in the past to cope with pain. Many of these are no longer helpful now. My goal as a therapist is to help my clients experience their life in the present with increased fullness, creativity, joy and authenticity.

Together we will work through your pain and identify coping patterns you have learned in past relationships and experiences. We will explore the degree to which these patterns continue to aid you in the present and we will develop more healthy and regulated tools and techniques to meet your experience and deal with issues of anxiety, depression, grief, anger, etc. We will process traumas and help store them as past events and not as events that govern the present. Of central value will be our relationship as a place where you can bring both your dreams and hurts, what has come into being and what has not. I am a warm, caring and curious therapist looking to both deepen my clients’ understanding of themselves and their capacity to help themselves with practical techniques. My work includes different modalities including psychodynamic therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Acceptance Commitment Therapy (ACT), Somatic Experience (SE), Spiritual Care and Mindfulness. I tailor my approach to client’s needs and interests.

A bit about my background: I was born in Russia, grew up in America and made aliya 25 years ago. After my move to Israel, I trained as a clinical social worker, a CBT therapist and a psychodynamic psychotherapist. In addition to my work as a therapist, for many years I trained spiritual care providers and am currently running support groups for mothers who recently gave birth. My work is culturally sensitive and I work in English, Hebrew and Russian.

I look forward to talking to you in my clinic or by Zoom.

Qualifications

Degree

Education

Year of Graduation

MSW

Hebrew University

2011

Years in Practice

Licensed in Israel

License / Registration

Number / Category

Registered Social Worker in Israel

18237

Additional Credentials

IFS Level 1 - IFS Israel 2024
EMDR Level 1 and Level 2- Israeli EMDR Association - 2021/ 2022
Completed three year training in psychodynamic therapy in the Psychoanalytical Association 2022
Somatic Intervention (Stage 1,2,3 and Grief and Loss course) - Ricki Bernstein 2020 2021
Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT) - Israeli Trauma Coalition 2019
Treating Trauma with Somatic Intervention - Janina Fisher via Path Center 2018
Completed two year training in CBT in The Israeli Center for Psychtrauma 2017
Training in the 12 Step Program- Israeli Anti Drug Authority 2008
Visual Imagery - Ephim Sversky 2004