my Story
Dr. Arie enjoys working with children and adults. Her expertise includes supporting individuals in developing emotional regulation skills, social skills, overcoming anxiety, coping with rigid thinking and behaviors, and developing awareness and acceptance of their own thoughts and feelings.
Dr. Arie has expertise in helping parents develop the skills to support kids who struggle with emotional regulation, parent-child relationships, or trauma.
Dr. Arie integrates Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) techniques with Attachment-based intervention and uses Internal Family System (IFS) intervention approach in her work.
Dr. Arie is a certified Groups Psychotherapy (CGP) specializing in group therapy. She offers Process groups for Adults and Process groups for therapists.
Dr. Arie started her professional journey in 1997 as an undergrad with a double major in Psychology and Special Education. During her studies, she worked as an ABA (Applied Behavioral Analysis) technician for home-based intervention programs for children with Autism Spectrum disorder and never stopped working with children in the mental health field since.
Dr. Arie's master's and doctoral training were completed at Tel-Aviv University, Israel. Followed by an internship at an outpatient anxiety clinic at a major children's hospital in Israel, focusing on CBT intervention.
In 2006, Dr. Arie and her family relocated to Chicago IL, where she completed a post-doctoral research fellowship at Northwestern University followed by a clinical post-doc internship at the Pediatric Consultation Center focusing on neuropsychological testing and acquired additional training in interventions focusing on social skills development.
In 2012, Dr. Arie moved to Rochester, NY. During these years Dr. Arie expanded further her interest and training in understanding and working with individuals from an Attachment-based approach and Trauma-informed therapy perspective. Her training included individual and Group therapy approaches. Dr. Arie moved to Bellevue, WA in the summer of 2019 and practicing there since.
Dr. Arie is licensed in NY, FL and WA. She offers therapy in English and Hebrew.