{"id":4774,"date":"2021-11-30T18:37:51","date_gmt":"2021-11-30T16:37:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gabijohnson.com\/%d7%a4%d7%a1%d7%99%d7%9b%d7%95%d7%aa%d7%a8%d7%a4%d7%99%d7%94-%d7%a4%d7%a1%d7%99%d7%9b%d7%95%d7%90%d7%a0%d7%9c%d7%99%d7%98%d7%99%d7%aa\/"},"modified":"2025-12-12T16:36:29","modified_gmt":"2025-12-12T14:36:29","slug":"psychotherapy-for-adults-and-teens","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/gabijohnson.com\/en\/psychotherapy-for-adults-and-teens\/","title":{"rendered":"Psychotherapy for Adults and Teens"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"4774\" class=\"elementor elementor-4774 elementor-3720\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-111aaa9d elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default sc_fly_static\" data-id=\"111aaa9d\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div 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font-size: 13px;\n    color: #1e6fd9;\n    margin-bottom: 10px;\n  \">\n    Professional Resume\n  <\/p>\n\n  \n  <h2 style=\"\n    font-size: 34px;\n    font-weight: 700;\n    line-height: 1.25;\n    margin: 0 0 6px 0;\n    color: #1f1f1f;\n  \">\n    Gabi Johnson, M.A\n  <\/h2>\n\n  \n  <p style=\"\n    font-size: 15px;\n    font-weight: 500;\n    color: #6b6b6b;\n    margin-bottom: 30px;\n  \">\n    Licensed Educational Psychologist<br>\n    Psychoanalytic Psychotherapist<br>\n    Founder &#038; Director, International Educational Psychology\n  <\/p>\n\n  \n  <h3 style=\"margin-top: 35px;\">Licensing &#038; Professional Registration<\/h3>\n\n  <p><strong>Licensed Educational Psychologist \u2014 Israeli Ministry of Health<\/strong><\/p>\n\n  <ul>\n    <li>License No.: 27-118604<\/li>\n    <li>Initial Registration: 12 March 2012<\/li>\n    <li>Specialist Certificate in Educational Psychology<\/li>\n    <li>Specialist No.: 34052<\/li>\n    <li>Status: Fully licensed, independent practice<\/li>\n  <\/ul>\n\n  \n  <h3>Education<\/h3>\n\n  <p><strong>M.A., Educational Psychology (Magna Cum Laude)<\/strong><br>\n  Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, 2009\u20132011<\/p>\n\n  <ul>\n    <li>\n      Thesis: <em>Perceived Parental Responses to Child Academic Functioning as Predictors of Children\u2019s Experience of Conditional Love and Coercion<\/em>\n    <\/li>\n    <li>\n      Training in clinical psychopathology, psychoeducational assessment, systemic consultation, and psychotherapy\n    <\/li>\n  <\/ul>\n\n  <p><strong>B.A., Behavioral Sciences<\/strong><br>\n  Netanya Academic College, 2001\u20132005<\/p>\n\n  <p><strong>Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy \u2013 Road Map Program<\/strong><br>\n  Winnicott Center Israel (Affiliated with Oxford Winnicott Centre), 2019\u20132022<\/p>\n\n  <ul>\n    <li>\n      Clinical training in adult, child, and adolescent psychotherapy, attachment, and psychodynamic technique\n    <\/li>\n  <\/ul>\n\n  \n  <h3>Professional Experience<\/h3>\n\n  <p><strong>Founder &#038; Director \u2014 International Educational Psychology<\/strong><br>\n  2017\u2013Present<\/p>\n\n  <ul>\n    <li>Conducted <strong>800+ comprehensive psychoeducational and neuropsychological evaluations<\/strong> incorporating cognitive, executive-function, academic, emotional, and language-based assessment.<\/li>\n    <li>Specialization in complex diagnostic cases including ADHD, learning disorders, multilingual learners, anxiety, and mood-related conditions.<\/li>\n    <li>Provide weekly clinical supervision to psychologists and interns.<\/li>\n    <li>Consult with families, psychiatrists, learning support teams, SEN coordinators, and school leadership across multiple countries.<\/li>\n    <li>Develop tailored intervention and accommodation plans for high-stakes testing (IB, AP, SAT, ACT, Israeli Psychometric Exam).<\/li>\n    <li>Built and directed a regional assessment service delivering evaluations to international schools in <strong>Israel, Bulgaria, Greece, Cyprus, Romania, Eastern Europe, and the Far East<\/strong>.<\/li>\n    <li>Recruited, trained, and supervised psychologists and assistants; oversaw diagnostic protocols, scoring accuracy, and culturally informed interpretation.<\/li>\n    <li>Established long-term partnerships with international schools for recurring assessment blocks and consultation.<\/li>\n  <\/ul>\n\n  <p><strong>Educational Psychologist \u2014 Schneider Children\u2019s Medical Center<\/strong><br>\n  Clinic for Learning Disorders, Anxiety &#038; ADHD, 2013\u20132016<\/p>\n\n  <ul>\n    <li>Conducted neuropsychological and psychoeducational evaluations for children with learning disorders, ADHD, anxiety, and executive-function difficulties.<\/li>\n    <li>Delivered IPT-LD-A (Interpersonal Therapy for Learning Disorders \u2013 Adapted for Children).<\/li>\n    <li>Worked within a multidisciplinary medical team including psychiatry, neurology, clinical psychology, speech-language pathology, and occupational therapy.<\/li>\n    <li>Guided families and school teams through diagnostic understanding, intervention planning, and accommodations processes.<\/li>\n  <\/ul>\n\n  <p><strong>Educational Psychologist \u2014 Herzliya Municipality Psychological Services<\/strong><br>\n  2011\u20132019<\/p>\n\n  <p><strong>Mainstream Schools<\/strong><\/p>\n\n  <ul>\n    <li>Provided psychological services to five elementary schools and two high schools, including assessment, early intervention, teacher training, crisis response, and behavioral\/emotional consultation.<\/li>\n    <li>Worked across 12 kindergartens, focusing on early childhood developmental assessment, early detection of learning\/behavioral needs, and preventive intervention.<\/li>\n  <\/ul>\n\n  <p><strong>Special Education (Nativ School \u2013 5 Years)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n  <ul>\n    <li>Worked with students presenting comorbid ADHD, ODD, Conduct Disorder, trauma exposure, and significant emotional\u2013behavioral challenges.<\/li>\n    <li>Conducted comprehensive diagnostic assessments and behavioral\/emotional formulations.<\/li>\n    <li>Collaborated with multidisciplinary teams involving psychiatry, social work, therapy services, and special-education leadership.<\/li>\n  <\/ul>\n\n  <p><strong>Leadership<\/strong><\/p>\n\n  <ul>\n    <li>Supervised classroom teams, therapeutic staff, and the Calm Room behavioral-regulation team.<\/li>\n    <li>Led multidisciplinary school meetings and provided systemic consultation to improve intervention planning and emotional\u2013behavioral support structures.<\/li>\n  <\/ul>\n\n  \n  <h3>Academic &#038; Teaching Experience<\/h3>\n\n  <p><strong>Guest Lecturer \u2013 Psychological Evaluation<\/strong><br>\n  Reichman University (IDC Herzliya), Psychology Department, 2024\u20132025<\/p>\n\n  <ul>\n    <li>Delivered guest lectures on psychological and psychoeducational assessment, diagnostic formulation, and clinical decision-making.<\/li>\n    <li>Provided real-case demonstrations and supervised applied learning exercises.<\/li>\n  <\/ul>\n\n  <p><strong>Academic Supervisor \u2013 B.A. &#038; M.A. Psychology Students<\/strong><br>\n  Reichman University \/ Additional Programs, 2024\u20132025<\/p>\n\n  <ul>\n    <li>Supervised undergraduate and graduate students in psychological skills courses throughout the academic year.<\/li>\n    <li>Trained students in interviewing, behavioral observation, ethical practice, assessment foundations, and case conceptualization.<\/li>\n    <li>Provided mentoring and structured feedback to strengthen clinical reasoning skills.<\/li>\n  <\/ul>\n\n  <p><strong>Lecturer &#038; Instructor \u2013 English as a Second Language (ESL)<\/strong><br>\n  Achva Academic College, 2017\u20132019<\/p>\n\n  <ul>\n    <li>Taught academic English and ESL courses to college students.<\/li>\n    <li>Worked with multilingual learners, deepening expertise in second-language acquisition.<\/li>\n    <li>Developed course materials and assessments tailored to diverse linguistic backgrounds.<\/li>\n  <\/ul>\n\n  \n  <h3>Professional Enrichment &#038; Advanced Training<\/h3>\n\n  <ul>\n    <li>Advanced ADHD Assessment &#038; Intervention for Psychologists<\/li>\n    <li>Russell Barkley Executive Function Workshop (2-day intensive)<\/li>\n    <li>Advanced Neuropsychological Assessment Program (2 years)<\/li>\n    <li>Treatment of Child Survivors of Sexual Abuse (2 years)<\/li>\n    <li>From Disorder to Learning (1 year) \u2013 Cognitive foundations of learning<\/li>\n    <li>Play Therapy (2 years)<\/li>\n    <li>Parental Counseling (2 years)<\/li>\n  <\/ul>\n\n  \n  <h3>Areas of Specialization<\/h3>\n\n  <ul>\n    <li>Psychoeducational &#038; Neuropsychological Assessment<\/li>\n    <li>ADHD Evaluation &#038; Executive-Function Profiles<\/li>\n    <li>Learning Disorders: Dyslexia, Dysgraphia, Dyscalculia<\/li>\n    <li>Multilingual &#038; Cross-Cultural Assessment<\/li>\n    <li>Differentiation Between Second-Language Acquisition and Learning Disorders<\/li>\n    <li>Emotional &#038; Behavioral Assessment<\/li>\n    <li>Psychodynamic Case Formulation<\/li>\n    <li>Trauma-Informed Child &#038; Adolescent Psychotherapy<\/li>\n    <li>Consultation to International Schools<\/li>\n    <li>Assessment for accommodations (IB, AP, SAT, ACT, Psychometric Exam)<\/li>\n  <\/ul>\n\n  \n  <h3>Professional Memberships &#038; Affiliations<\/h3>\n\n  <ul>\n    <li><strong>Israeli Psychological Association (IPA)<\/strong> \u2013 Licensed Educational Psychologist<\/li>\n    <li><strong>PED-NEPSY<\/strong> (U.S. Pediatric Neuropsychology Community) \u2013 Professional Listserv Member<\/li>\n  <\/ul>\n\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-52fdb57d sc_inner_width_none sc_content_align_inherit 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