Gershon Swimmer

I am a therapist who enjoys establishing relationships and creating movement with my clients. I have been described as a skilled therapist who joins well with clients and someone that is not afraid to engage and challenge tough clients. I look at my clients from a family systems perspective and my main modalities include: CBT, EFT, gestalt, and behavioral work combined with psycho-dynamic therapy. I also have extensive experience in working with addictions or all types.

Although, I have been successful working with all types of individuals and couples both pre and post marital; my specialty is working with couples and individuals post addiction/rehab or with OCD. Once the addict stops using or an individual is working on other ways to manage his or her anxiety outside their OCD then the real therapy begins and that is where I work best especially with couples.
As far as other experience, my current and past caseload includes molestation, incest, bi-polar, depression, lack of functioning, trauma, and OCPD.

I have lectured addictions at the Yanar Institute and will be lecturing this year at the Neve Family Institute’s Continuing Education Program on "Integrating Psycho-therapy and the 12 Step Program", for the Gruss Smicha Program on working with couples and addiction (Gruss is the Israel campus of YU) and for Path which is a post Yeshiva program that gives certifications in marriage and family counseling and addiction counseling.

I made Aliyah in December of 2008 and feel I can be helpful in working Olim Hadashim or ba'al teshuvah who are struggling with their integration process.

My background also includes a 25 year a successful multi-industry and entrepreneurial career devoted to establishing relationships and managing people.

This diversity of accomplishments enables me to relate to many different types of people from all types of backgrounds.

FYI, I only work in English.