Dr. Gali Yahav

Dr. Gali Yahav is a clinical psychologist with 17 years of experience helping people manage strong emotions and stressful life events. She offers talk-based psychotherapy that centers on the relationship between therapist and client. Sessions focus on understanding what drives feelings like anger, anxiety, or grief, and finding practical ways to respond differently.

Dr. Yahav uses approaches drawn from attachment work and cognitive behavioral strategies to help people notice patterns that keep them stuck. She also incorporates trauma-focused methods and EMDR when trauma or painful memories are part of the picture. These methods are used to reduce distress and build more effective coping skills.

In sessions she favors straightforward conversation and active problem-solving. Clients learn concrete tools for managing panic, sleep disruption, mood swings, and relationship struggles. She pays attention to how family history, communication habits, and control issues affect current behavior.

People also come to her for help with abandonment, shame and forgiveness, fatherhood concerns, and feelings of emptiness or isolation. Her work addresses depression, bipolar symptoms, panic attacks, and post-traumatic stress in practical terms that fit daily life.

Dr. Yahav practices in Nevada and meets with people in English and Hebrew. She holds the credential NV Psychologist PY0487 and uses an approach that combines listening with clear steps for change.

How attachment work and CBT translate to online therapy

Dr. Yahav uses attachment-based ideas and cognitive behavioral therapy to guide work that can fit into an online format. Attachment-based work looks at how early relationships shape current patterns and helps people change how they relate to others and themselves. Cognitive behavioral therapy focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and behaviors and practicing concrete skills to feel and act differently.

She also integrates trauma-focused methods and EMDR when traumatic memories are relevant, aiming to reduce the hold of painful memories and decrease intense reactions. The selection of approaches is collaborative - the therapist and client decide together which methods suit the client's needs, goals, and preferences, and they adjust the plan as work progresses.

If you are considering online sessions, confirm the session formats available before booking. Many people find remote sessions useful because they can fit therapy into a work break, avoid travel time, manage shorter check-ins by phone if needed, or use video to keep visual connection. Talk with the therapist about which approach and format best match daily routines and therapeutic goals.