Brooklyn Therapies, Inc

"I have been working with Avi for around a year and a half, and our work has dramatically impacted my well being, relationships and orientation towards life . Watching Avi, and working together with Avi, has taught me alot about what it means to be open hearted, compassionate and brave in relationship. Avi is wise, deep, patient,corragous and innovative . I’ve often thought to myself “ I’m never going to find another therapist this amazing.” . I feel deeply grateful to be working with him. In the beginning of our work Avi went into quite some depth explaining gestalt, even going so far as to bring in books on Gestalt and read me passages, so I could feel secure in understanding Avi’s psychological orientation( because I was very curious!) . Avi has also enriched our work with reading from books of poetry and the like. RUNNNN to work with Avi, if you get the chance!"

"I had one appointment and he was unable to explain how the kind of therapy (gestalt) he was going to do with me, worked. As someone putting a lot of trust in his services, I found this very upsetting. Additionally, I emailed him after the session to tell him that I was not going to further my therapy because I found some of his comments judgmental. I told him which comments I was referring to, and he simply replied with an “Ok. I remember.” No apology for the distress he caused me. It wasn’t until I replied with a sardonic comment about his lack of empathy that he wrote me back to apologize. Overall I found Avi to be unprofessional and fairly unempathatic. I only had one session with him, so perhaps he gets better as therapy goes on, but just one woman’s opinion—there are many therapists in New York. I recommend trying someone else."

"Avi is a great therapist. Never prescriptive, an excellent listener, and adept at exploring how your personal issues and attitudes are influenced by cultural narratives."