About Me

My whole life, I was mystified by the intricacies of memory functioning. In the beginning, this interest expressed itself in my dire (and vane) attempts to remember everything I found worth remembering. Later, I went on to study the nuts and bolts of what contemporary science deemed important for understanding how memory and focus work. Only when my search turned inward and became body-inclusive did I feel I picked up a trail. I was trained to work with measurable parameters like verbal memory, visual memory, short-term memory, working memory, attention span, etc. In my home country (Israel), I am licensed to conduct memory and learning disability assessments. Currently, I prefer to relegate personality constructs grounded in statistics to a separate neuropsychological expertise. With years of language learning experiences of different sorts, I have come to appreciate the importance of an integral cognitive-emotional approach that builds on personal motivation and bodily sensations to enhance a subjective experience of being. It became clear that I want to study memory in the context of the whole person upon his/her physical, emotional, and philosophical manifestations and view cognitive peculiarities as the result of a complicated interplay between these three domains of functioning. I moved to Berkeley in 2015, where I trained as a marriage and family therapist and studied several healing modalities, among them: Realization Process, Rosen Bodywork, and Drama Therapy. These modalities helped shape my understanding of memory processes as highly individual codes that unlock feelings of connectedness to oneself and the whole.

I currently work as a touch therapist and a psychotherapist (AMFT151763) under the supervision of Armand Volkas (MFT28789). See the Offerings page to learn about the modalities of services that I offer. In my spare time, I enjoy learning languages, co-creating stories, writing poetry, adoring nature, and doing nothing in the company of my family and friends.