Alexander Yentin
Brooklyn,NY
Summary
Client-centered psychotherapist with 20+ years of experience counseling individuals, groups, and families with social, emotional and behavioral disorders. An avid public speaker and educator, regularly delivering interactive lectures across Europe and the US on modern relationships, parenting, and sex education. Fluent in English, Russian, and Hebrew, drawing on a rich multicultural background from living and studying in three different countries, enhancing the ability to connect with and support a diverse client base.
Overview
25
25
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Psychotherapist (LCSW-R)
Jewish Board of Family & Children's Services Coney Island Counseling Center
10.2004 - Current
- Conduct psychosocial assessments, evaluation, and developed intervention plans.
- Performed over 21,000 psychotherapy sessions for individuals, couples, families, and groups working with children, adolescents and adults focusing on trauma therapy, CPP, CBT, social and vocational rehabilitation, crisis intervention, domestic violence, and substance abuse treatment.
- Built strong rapport with clients through active listening skills and empathic understanding of their experiences, fostering lasting therapeutic relationships.
- Lead LGBTQ trauma recovery project for refugees from former Soviet Union who undergone discrimination.
- Active member of Confronting Structural Racism and Gender Inequality Initiative. Supervised master degree students since 2018, providing guidance and feedback to enhance their professional development.
Social Worker /Work Study Placement
Jewish Association for Services for the Aged (JASA) West Side Senior Community Center
03.2003 - 10.2004
- Provided individual/family supportive therapy to emotionally disturbed clients
- Educated families on available community resources, connecting them with essential services such as housing assistance, financial aid, or healthcare providers.
- Conducted individual/group therapy and workshops in areas of depression, anxiety, use of medications, memory loss, and other emotional wellness related issues.
- Organized & supervised ongoing educational, recreational & volunteer activities.
- Performed assessment, treatment planning & counseling for seniors including Holocaust Survivors.
- Attended educational, individual & group trainings at JASA & NYC Department for the Aging.
Director of Youth and Student Department
Jewish Agency
09.2000 - 09.2002
- Served as the international representative of the agency in the Siberian branch of Russia
- Implemented crisis management and poverty intervention services in a multi-cultural environment
- Organized community based educational/social events and services
- Cooperated with local governmental, regional, and international organizations to meet regulatory requirements and secure additional support
- Coordinated children & family activities including development of projects & budget management
- Trained & supervised local staff through group & individual work to improve their professional skills.
Inpatient Social Worker
Beer Sheva Mental Health Center
08.1999 - 08.2000
- Interacted with community-based agencies & organizations
- Coordinated & developed social service plans for mental health patients & their families
- Counseled individual clients & led group sessions utilizing psychodynamic & other treatment models
- Maintained & utilized case records to monitor the effect of prescribed medications
- Formulated treatment plans & conducted intake assessments according to a biopsychosocial model.
Education
Post-Graduate Studies - Psychotherapy
Martha K. Selig Educational Institute
New York, NY05.2017
Master of Social Work -
NYU, The Silver School of Social Work
New York, NY05.2004
Bachelor of Science - Social Work
Bar Ilan University
Israel07.1999
Bachelor of Science -
Ben Gurion University
Israel07.1997
Affiliations
- Developed and led numerous seminars and presentations on relationships, sex education, and self-identification for teens and adults in a multi-cultural settings in Israel, post-Soviet Union countries, Western and Eastern Europe e Former Soviet Union and in Western and Eastern Europe from 1995 to present.
- Mental health volunteer and trainer for JFNA's Global Volunteer Hub of North American Jewish Federation supporting Ukrainian refugees in Hungary, Poland, Czech Republic, Germany, Baltics, and Italy.
Languages
English
Full Professional
Russian
Native or Bilingual
Hebrew
Professional Working
Timeline
Senior Psychotherapist (LCSW-R)
Jewish Board of Family & Children's Services Coney Island Counseling Center
10.2004 - Current
Social Worker /Work Study Placement
Jewish Association for Services for the Aged (JASA) West Side Senior Community Center
03.2003 - 10.2004
Director of Youth and Student Department
Jewish Agency
09.2000 - 09.2002
Inpatient Social Worker
Beer Sheva Mental Health Center
08.1999 - 08.2000
Post-Graduate Studies - Psychotherapy
Martha K. Selig Educational Institute
Master of Social Work -
NYU, The Silver School of Social Work
Bachelor of Science - Social Work
Bar Ilan University
Bachelor of Science -
Ben Gurion University
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