Avraham Edna Mft

A very thoughtful therapist who brings out the best in my fiancée and wife. She’s a great listener and helps us talk to each other. Thank you Edna.

Edna has been our couple therapist for few years now. My husband and I have been going through rough time few years into our relationship and without Edna’s help I doubt we would still be together today. She helped us look into our deeper self, our motives and past history, our patterns that keep provoking each others negative feeling. She used many different techniques to help us re connect and understand each other in a non criticizing and loving way. We have evolved under Edna’s guidance into a more understanding and accepting couple and better parents.
We have many more tools today to communicate and reach out to each other. Edna was very persistent and patient with us (which I really appreciate and admire). Couple therapy can be very draining emotionally and intense and many times I felt like I want to stop. however, thanks to Edna’s technique and hard work, I understand my husband and myself much better today, I feel like we can function much better as parents as well.
I highly recommend Edna for couples who struggle with their marriage/​relationship. Its not easy, but its worth the hard work. Thank you Edna for all your support

I have referred many people to Edna for individual and/​or couple’s work. Her combination of therapy and coaching skills help people discover their root cause and apply tools for moving forward.

I came to Edna with my fiancé before we got married. There were a few difficult issues I could not talk about with my future hubby without fighting. Edna was able to hone in on the underlying issue right away and help us understand each other and ourselves. She was unbiased and patient and taught us a lot about being a strong confident and communicative couple. Her approach made sense and we were able to use her skills on our own long after we got married. I would highly recommend Edna for any couple or relationship issues you have.

She saved my relationship: I didn’t know how much it meant to me until she laid it out. Getting real is hard for me. Edna’s patience and persistence makes all the difference. She always comes with fresh ideas and it’s clear that she has more skill and experience and compassion than other therapists I’ve known. She gently but firmly drives towards resolving the issues and she makes sure everyone owns their stuff. She helps me make a plan, she holds me to it and she gets me to be better person as a result. Without Edna I don’t know where I’d be now, where we’d be now, but I know I/​we wouldn’t be happy.

Edna seriously saved our marriage. After just a few sessions, we went from having almost no trust and fighting all the time to being able to have calm discussions of our innermost feelings and work through problems together. Edna reminded us (it seems simple, but somehow we’d forgotten) of our shared goal of being happy together. She is a great listener, and taught us how to effectively communicate with one another (even in the throes of a fight!). She was also remarkably good at not «taking sides,» which I’d imagine is pretty hard for a couples counselor to do. She gets to the root of what’s going on inside of you, and has an amazing ability to identify the pattern of interaction going on between you and your partner and breaking that pattern with understanding, love and compassion. Her easy to use exercises have really strengthened our bond, and even made us better parents. This is a type of business that I think most people wont write good reviews for, as its hard to admit that you are seeing a counselor or that you have issues, but Edna had such a positive impact on our lives that I really want to encourage others who may be in the same shoes I was in to go see her. Believe me– just a few hours really made a huge difference. I feel like I finally have my best friend back!

Edna was helpful in several ways– but would not recommend her for any cases that were challenging or beyond generic. As time went by, it became clear that she was 1) culturally biased 2) more interested in fitting data into an academic model than seeking the truth .
I believe she could be helpful if your issues are «vanilla ». If there is anything beyond that, my belief is that she is ill equipped. Fine if you are traditional, Jewish or have issues that are middle of the road suburban. Terrible if you have any issues beyond. That. Quite unintuitive.