Meet Dr. Hirshfeld (She, Her)
I am a Lacanian Psychoanalyst, a licensed clinical psychologist and a Psychotraumatologist, in practice with teens, young children, adults, adults, couples & families. I acknowledge that suffering experienced in relation to traumata, anxiety, depression, relationship issues, developmental difficulties, marital distress, parenting, illness, medical conditions, pain & other experiences can result in debilitating distress. Amongst other roles, I also have served as a founder and advisor to companies including Tech and understand the incredible toll & joy startup life takes. I am a Health and Trauma consultant to organizations internationally as well. I supervise clinicians.
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Choosing a psychologist & treatment modality can be difficult and confusing. I am here to attempt answering questions you may have about the process of therapy, analysis, or brief analysis.
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Areas of expertise: assessment; treatment planning; trauma informed psychotherapy and psychoanalysis, EMDR; trauma, secondary stress, critical incident stress, PTSD, Dissociative Disorders, Dissociative Identity Disorder, burnout & compassion fatigue; psychoanalysis; brief psychoanalysis; Consultation to clinicians, teachers, executives & institutions.
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I have also authored manuscripts in the areas of child psychoanalysis, psychosomatic conditions, trauma & secondary stress & co-authored & implemented a Brief Lacanian Treatment Model & a "Lacanian Approach" model to the organization and its individuals.
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I have completed my BA at the University of Tel-Aviv. I have completed my doctoral studies in Clinical Psychology at the California School of Professional Psychology, CSPP/AIU. I have completed a postdoc fellowship @ Stanford Counseling & Psychological Services (CAPS). I have completed psychoanalytic training at the Lacan School of Psychoanalysis, LSP. I have also completed a Healthcare Executive Programme at University College London, Global Business School for Health.
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I have conducted extensive research on PTSD and Secondary Stress @ the PTSD Research Program, SFVA/UCSF; I was a consultant to the Brief Lacanian Analysis Project @ MMH; served as Adjunct Clinical Faculty @ CIIS & as Faculty & VP @ Lacanian School of Psychoanalysis (LSP).
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I am English & Hebrew spoken.
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Our Services
Browse through the various services offered by Dr. Ayelet Hirshfeld
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As part of the onboarding process, an extensive clinical assessment will be conducted, in order to determine which treatment best fits your unique needs.
Other assessments include psychodiagnostic, psychoeducational, cognitive, neuropsychological, disability, compensation/pension & hardship
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We see couples in both brief and long-term couple's therapy. In my work with couples i focus on helping couples understand how their individual histories, relationship with their parents, and insight into their own issues present themselves in relation to the other member of the couple, as well as develop compassion and emapthy into hearing one another vis a vis their unique personal and mutual couple's history.
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We see patients in both brief and long-term individual psychotherapy. Patients present with different areas of concern or symptoms ranging from anxiety, depression, grief, work-related difficulties, burnout, parenting related difficulties, intimacy related concerns, trauma related symptoms etc.
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EMDR Therapy
We see adults in EMDR therapy aimed at helping clients process traumatic memories and stressors. EMDR therapy can also be used as an adjunct to talk therapy & psychoanalysis when unprocessed traumatic memories persist. Further, Dr Hirshfeld developed a Lacanian informed EMDR treatment protocol.
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We see patients in both brief and long-term Lacanian Analysis. If you are interested in exploring the option of analysis, we will first meet for a few preliminary meetings in order to establish the modality and whether this is a good fit for your demand as well as explore your underlying desire.
I have also developed a Lacanian Analysis EMDR informed Protocol that i have successfully implemented in cases of treatment resistant trauma persistent symptomatology.
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We provide consultation to organizations & executives interested in promoting their management skills, and clinicians who provide psychotherapy and psychoanalysis. I have been a founder in the area of Health & Tech of various companies, and presently serve on the board of companies within the area of Health & Tech.