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Institute for Individual and Group Psychotherapy

Institute for Individual and Group Psychotherapy
29600 Northwestern Hwy, Ste 100A
Southfield, MI 48034
(248) 353-5333

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Leora Bar-Levav, M.D.

Philosophy

LBL in hallway croppedTrained and licensed to prescribe medication, I work with patients intensively in long-term psychotherapy to come off medication and avoid its future need. I understand depression, and a whole host of anxiety disorders ranging from panic attacks, post-partum depression, eating disorders and adult ADD as acute expressions of long-standing fear, anger and hurt registered in oneÍs body. While I trained formally as a general psychiatrist in Washington, D.C. and Detroit, MI, I continued on with advanced training in combined individual and group psychotherapy where the focus is to help people make changes at a bodily level so that change is lasting.

I treat adults over the long-term, often years, during which many make huge advances in the quality of their lives. After all, the final proof of whether psychotherapy really works lies in the changes that actually take place in the quality of the patient’s life.

A mother of three school-aged children, I am a black belt in Karate, enjoy gourmet cooking, and serve on the board of several charitable organizations.

Education

  • Mount Holyoke College | Bachelor of Arts – Biology
  • George Washington University School of Medicine | Doctor of Medicine

Training

  • George Washington University Hospital | Psychiatry Intern and Resident
  • Sinai Hospital of Detroit | Psychiatry Resident
  • Bar-Levav Educational Association | Fellow, Intensive Individual/Group Psychotherapy

Licensure

  • State of Michigan
  • State of Virginia
  • American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology
  • Diplomate | American Association of Psychotherapists

Professional Organizations

  • Clinical Member | American Group Psychotherapy Association
  • Michigan Group Psychotherapy Society
  • Member | Oakland County Medical Society

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Workshops

Culture and Race in Psychotherapy

Formative Psychology

An Overview of Emotion-Focused Therapy: An Evidence Based Approach to Treatment

Adoption: Implications for Psychotherapy

Yoga and Psychotherapy

Recent Blog Posts

CHOOSING A PSYCHOTHERAPIST BY HOW MUCH IT COSTS?

Group Therapy vs. Individual Therapy

‘DAMAGE’ That a Psychotherapist Treats

The Central Place of the “Body” in Psychotherapy

Thinking and Feeling

Newsletter Archive

  • Winter 2012
  • Spring 2012
  • Winter 2009, Vol. 2 Issue 2
  • Winter 2008, Vol. 1, Issue 2
  • Spring 2008, Vol. 1, Issue 3
  • Spring 2009, Vol. 2, Issue 3
  • Spring 2011 Vol. 4, Issue 2
  • Summer 2014
  • Fall 2009, Vol. 3 Issue 1
  • Fall 2007, Vol. 1, Issue 1

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