the practice

We are an Orthodox Jewish practice with a specialty in dating, relationships, intimacy and marriage. We combine our years of clinical and personal experience to help our clients find, develop and maintain rewarding relationships. We have strong Yeshiva and seminary backgrounds, and a deep understanding of all types of Orthodox communities, including Modern Orthodox, Yeshivish, Heimish, Litvish, Chasidish, Chabad, Persian and Syrian culture.

Many new social, cultural and economic realities are creating strong top-down pressures on Jewish individuals and families. Financial stress, shidduch and marriage challenges, the high cost of education, materialism, technology, social media & internet-addiction and radical new beliefs about sexuality and relationship - no one is immune from these pressures. This is why we put our efforts not only into helping our individual clients, but also into effecting resilience and change in the broader Orthodox community.

Our Values

We bring our in-depth knowledge about dating, relationships, marriage, intimacy and sexuality not just from our training and clinical work, but also from our personal struggles and successes.

We take a big picture approach to an individual’s problem, considering important environmental factors in a person’s family, school and community.

We strive to give clients something tangible and meaningful “to take home” after each and every session.

We maintain an open, but skeptical, stance toward modern science, which can be incompatible with core Jewish values and which is highly dependent on ever-changing cultural norms and values.

In therapy, we believe the fewer sessions the better. We strive to be accurate and efficient, as we value our client’s trust, time and money. We are lucky to have the results to back up this philosophy of care. When we cannot quickly provide help, we are honest and we refer out.

We take a relaxed but professional interpersonal approach with clients. We make generous use of humor, personal anecdotes and role-play to help things “stick” and make sure they don’t get overly intense.

We are honest and straightforward and we leave politics out of the room. We don’t play therapist “head games” (ie; Client: “What do you think of me?” Therapist: “What do you think I think of you?") and we don’t deflect questions, even personal ones. We are able to tell it straight and are not driven by political correctness.  

Our approach is grounded in our strong Jewish background and values, but we maintain a morally and religiously neutral therapeutic stance.

We believe in fighting smarter, not harder.