Raya Smail, MFT

Specialties

Russian, Hebrew, English * Bariatric surgery and obesity *relationship issues *Interfaith marriage * Cancer patient and family * Eating disorders. * Psychosomatic issues *chronic pain *Prophylactic mastectomy *Infertility *Depression *anxiety *OCD

History

Established in 1998.

Areas of special focus:

Tri-​lingual: English, Russian, and Hebrew.

Depression, anxiety, OCD.

Relationship issues.

Immigration and acculturation.

Interfaith marriage.

Psychosocial support for cancer patients and their family.

Bariatric surgery, obesity, and eating disorders.

Psychosomatic issues and chronic pain.

Fertility.

Sexual addictions.

Meet the Business Owner

Raya S.

Business Owner

BA in liberal studies, Tel Aviv University, 1998.

Master’s in clinical psychology, Dominican University, 1995,

Subsequently, I have trained at a variety of clinical settings in San Francisco, which afforded me the opportunity to gain experience in working with diverse clinical and ethnic populations.

I was licensed as a marriage and family therapist in 1997.

I have been affiliated with the Lacanian school of psychoanalysis and the Northern California institute for psychoanalysis.