Global Identity Healing

Anxiety & Trauma Across Cultures

My work specializes in anxiety and trauma, with particular attention to how cultural identity, immigration, family expectations, and major life transitions can shape emotional well-being.

I was born in Uzbekistan, raised in a Russian-speaking family, moved to Israel as a child, and later built my family and professional life in New York. Living across languages and cultures has given me firsthand understanding of the challenges of adapting while maintaining a connection to one’s heritage.

For many people, cultural transitions can affect more than language or lifestyle. They can influence identity, belonging, family relationships, boundaries, autonomy, and emotional safety. Conflicting cultural expectations may contribute to anxiety, guilt, self-doubt, chronic stress, or trauma-related patterns.

In my work, I help clients understand how experiences such as immigration, intergenerational differences, family and cultural expectations, discrimination, relationship challenges, and feeling “between cultures” may influence their emotional responses and coping patterns.

Together, we work toward greater self-understanding, emotional regulation, self-trust, healthy boundaries, and a stronger sense of identity and belonging.

My goal is not to ask clients to choose between cultures or identities, but to help them integrate the different parts of their experience in a way that feels authentic and psychologically healthy.