Raphi Hayim Star (he/him)

LSW, MSW
Accepting Clients

If you are looking for self discovery and internal liberation with a trans provider, I would love to connect.

Social Worker in Wyndmoor, PA

Services
  • Individual
  • Couples
  • Child
  • Adolescent/Teen
  • Group

About My Clients

I have over a decade of experience working with queer and trans people from a variety of backgrounds. I've worked with a spectrum of issues including anxiety, depression, grief, shame, feelings of stuckness, dissociation, visions and hallucinations, racial trauma, PTSD, C-PTSD, coming out/transition, religious trauma and migration trauma.

My Background and Approach

I believe relationships are powerful tools for making meaning, transformation and healing. My practice is rooted in psychodynamic and relational theories as well as the liberation health tradition. I focus on to the here-and-now while remaining open and curious about your past and unconscious motivations. This often involves attending to the ways intergenerational stories, difficulties, losses and traumas live in the present and in our relationship. It is difficult but vital work to turn towards our feelings, bodies, histories, desires and fears. I would be an honor to walk with you.

My Personal Beliefs and Interests

At the center of my work is the belief that each of us has a right to self determination. I am committed to seeing you as a whole person and not as a pathology. I believe your symptoms hold important messages we can learn to listen to together. None of us live outside of our historical, political or social context. I strive to bring my attention to the systems of institutional violence that affect our minds, our bodies, our communities and the land.

Techniques I Use

Specialties
Psychodynamic Therapy
Other Techniques
  • Addiction Counseling
  • Attachment Theory
  • Culturally Sensitive Therapy
  • Family Systems
  • Feminist Therapy
  • Psychodynamic Therapy
  • Relational Therapy
  • Trauma Therapy
  • Sex Therapy

Issues I Treat

Specialties
Dissociative Disorders Gender Identity Therapy Historical/ Intergenerational Trauma
Other Issues
  • Abuse
  • ADHD Therapists
  • Adoption Issues
  • Aging Concerns
  • Autism Spectrum Disorder
  • Bipolar
  • Body Image Issues
  • Chronic Pain or Illness
  • Dissociative Disorders
  • Eating Disorders
  • Family Conflict
  • Gender Identity Therapy
  • Grief or Loss
  • Historical/ Intergenerational Trauma
  • LGBTQ-Friendly Therapists
  • Men's Issues
  • Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
  • Personality Disorders
  • Psychosis and Schizophrenia
  • Racial Identity
  • Teen Issues
  • Women's Issues
Insurance Plans Accepted
  • Aetna
  • Cigna
  • Independence Blue Cross
I offer online counseling in the following states:

At A Glance

  • Experience: 5 years of practice
  • Languages: English

Info

Email Raphi Hayim
8200 Flourtown Ave.
suite 8
Wyndmoor, PA 19038

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