Nir Yehudai

As a social worker, I have been taught to observe the person as a whole, taking into consideration social, economic and cultural factors - forces into which we are born that are outside any individual’s control. I therefore find it appropriate at times to take a pragmatic, solution-focused approach and to engage on a more practical level for the purpose of improving one’s life in a concrete way. Sometimes, CBT techniques and DBT skills might be the best course of action. Alternately, my work is mostly influenced by traditional and contemporary psychoanalytic theories- Freudian, Lacanian, object relations, relational, self-psychology - all of which strive in their own way to make the unconscious conscious and exploring oneself to a profound level. However, imposing a general theory on a person in dogmatic fashion is never helpful. Therefore, one guiding principle that aim to uphold is to not do that. Furthermore, I am not here to tell you what to do or what to think but to listen to you, and, since I do not know you better than you know yourself - I am also here to help you to listen to yourself more carefully and to gain access to that endless ocean of self-knowledge that you already posses, to make it more intelligible and useful for you. In addition to that, the more I get to know you, the better I would be able to make some comments that would be helpful. I invite you to read more on my website: https://www.niryehudai.com/about-1/

2015-Present: therapist in private practice. 2019-2020: Clinical social worker at Yale New Haven Psychiatric Hospital, New Haven. 2016-2019: Clinician at “Integrated Wellness Group” out-patient clinic, New Haven. 2014-2015: Clinician at the Eating Disorders unit, “Ha’Notrim” Clinic, Ra’anana, Irael. 2013-2014: Clinician at the Anxiety and Depression unit, “Ha’notrim” clinic. 2013-2014: Residential counselor at “Emtsa Haderech” eating disorders rehabilitation home, Hod-Hasharon, Israel. 2012-2013: Clinician at “Shalvata” psychiatric hospital, Hod Hasharon, Israel.

PhD. the School of Philosophy, Linguistics and Science Studies, Tel-Aviv University (2022). MSW, Master of Clinical Social Work, Yeshiva University, New York (2014). BA, Psychology, Tel-Aviv University (2012). BA, History and Political Science, Tel-Aviv University (2005). Professional Training: 2016-2018: Psychodynamic Psychotherapy training program at the Western New-England Psychoanalytic Institute, New Haven. 2016-2018: Psychoanalytic theory studies, scholar’s program at the Western New-England Psychoanalytic institute, New Haven. 2014-2015: Eating Disorders treatment and diagnosis post-MSW training, The Weisfeld School of Social Work, Bar-Ilan University. Ramat Gan, Israel.