"Solving life’s problems is the beginning. Therapy is discovering the meaning of your life hidden under those problems."
Yonasan Bender S.W.

Every person is a world with infinite potential. Yonasan’s approach taps into that potential to help you have the life you deserve. Drawing from years of experience, he will help you solve life’s most serious problems. From Anxiety, depression, and anger, to parenting, marital conflict, personality disorders, and trauma.  No matter what the challenge, there is a way forward.

 
Yonasan combines warm empathy with powerful training. He provides clients with cutting-edge empirical knowledge, compassion, and timeless wisdom.
 
Yonasan’s a graduate of Hebrew University’s School of Social Work and Social Welfare. He completed post graduate training in a wide array of therapeutic approaches. He studied CBT at The Beck Institute, emotion focused therapy, and psychodynamic theory. He is trained in DBT, ACT, and Gottman’s marital therapy. Before Hebrew University, he studied philosophy and ethics at Drake and Washington University in St. Louis. He also received his rabbinic ordination from Rav Yitzchak Berkowitz.
 
Yonasan is a member of the Association for Contextual Behavioral Science. He’s a key member of the clinical team at The Place, the Jerusalem Centre for Emotional Wellbeing. Yonasan has collaborated with Machon Dvir as a Dialectical Behavioral Therapist skills trainer. He’s also a group leader for the Family Connections program. Family Connections helps families learn how to cope with loved ones with anger and personality disorders.
 
He specializes in treating anxiety, depression, anger, poor self-esteem, insomnia, autism, eating disorders, psychosis, problems in parenting, sexual dysfunction, and marital conflict. He has an extensive background working with individuals, couples, families, and children.

Every person is a world with infinite potential. Yonasan’s approach taps into that potential to help you have the life you deserve. Drawing from years of experience, he will help you solve life’s most serious problems. From Anxiety, depression, and anger, to parenting, marital conflict, personality disorders, and trauma.  No matter what the challenge, there is a way forward.

 
Yonasan combines warm empathy with powerful training. He will provide you with cutting-edge empirical knowledge, compassion, and timeless wisdom.
 
Yonasan’s a graduate of Hebrew University’s School of Social Work and Social Welfare. He completed post graduate training in a wide array of therapeutic approaches. He studied Cognitive Behavioral Therapy at The Beck Institute,  Gottman’s marital therapy at the Gottman Institute, and Parent Management Training at Yale University. Before Hebrew University, he studied philosophy and ethics at Drake and Washington University in St. Louis. He also received his rabbinic ordination from Rav Yitzchak Berkowitz.
Yonasan is a member of the Association for Contextual Behavioral Science. He’s a key member of the clinical team at The Place, the Jerusalem Centre for Emotional Wellbeing. Yonasan has collaborated with Machon Dvir as a Dialectical Behavioral Therapist skills trainer. He’s also a group leader for the Family Connections program. Family Connections helps families learn how to cope with loved ones with anger and personality disorders.
 
He specializes in treating anxiety, depression, anger, poor self-esteem, insomnia, autism, eating disorders, psychosis, problems in parenting, sexual dysfunction, and marital conflict. He has an extensive background working with individuals, couples, families, and children.
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ABOUT YONASAN

Specialties

Anxiety & Depression

Overcome fear of the future and the hopelessness of the past to live a richer, heroic life.

Positive Parenting

Build a loving relationship based on respect, personal values, and protective rules.

Anger Management

Learn to unlock the wisdom in powerful emotions to achieve your dreams and hopes.

Self Esteem & Assertiveness

Enhance your sense of inherent worth to seek out what you deserve.

Autism

Discover inner awareness and reach out to form meaningful and lasting relationships. Bridge the gap and end the loneliness.

High-Conflict Couples

Build tools to end the pain and loneliness by rediscovering the love and friendship that was always there.

Certification & Training


• Philosophy and World Religions (Drake University) • Clinical Social Work (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem) • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Anxiety, Depression, and Personality Disorders (The Beck Institute) • Cognitive Processing Therapy for PTSD (Department of Veteran's Affairs) • Gottman Method Couples Therapy (The Gottman Institute) • Parent Management Training (Yale University)