About me

I’ve been in the addiction field since 2014. I came to it through a personal connection, and it is close to my heart and soul.

When I started out, I saw people leave treatment or go back to using, and I thought they simply weren’t ready yet, that they hadn’t hit rock bottom. Today I think differently. People can be helped to move themselves toward change long before rock bottom, and there’s no need to wait for things to get worse before asking for help.

Change doesn’t have to be a miracle either. In most cases, what’s needed is simply the right treatment, one that adapts itself to the person and not the other way around. That’s why I meet people where they are, at eye level, and move forward with them at their own pace.

Today I work at, and manage, Orenit Weinstock’s Center for Therapy and Counseling (Hebrew website, opens in a new tab), and I also see clients in my private practice.

When your fear of staying in the same place becomes greater than your fear of change, that’s when you’ll change.

Experience

Rehab centers and day programsPsychiatric rehabilitation, and mental health and addiction treatment clinics

Today

Working at, and managing, Orenit Weinstock’s Center for Therapy and Counselingand a private practice

Master’s degree

Clinical social work (MSW)The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Bachelor’s degree

Behavioral sciences (B.A.)The Academic College of Tel Aviv-Yaffo

Training

Two-year specialist training program in addiction treatmentIsrael Center on Addiction (ICA)

Training

Family interventionThe ARISE training program

Registration

Israel’s Register of Social WorkersRegistration no. 40672