Born and raised in Philadelphia, PA, Gabi Wachs holds an MSS (MSW Equivalent) from Bryn Mawr Graduate School of Social Work and Social Research, where she focused on clinical social work. She holds two Bachelor’s Degrees from the Double Degree program between Barnard College and the Jewish Theological Seminary, where she studied political science and Jewish history, respectively.

 

Gabi’s clinical work includes helping to launch an Intensive Outpatient Program for individuals struggling with interpersonal effectiveness and emotion regulation; working with political activists exposed to state violence; and counseling gap-year students as they set out on their own. She also has experience with trauma-informed approaches to depression and anxiety, and has facilitated group therapy for survivors of sexual assault and rape. Gabi is currently being trained as an Internal Family Systems Level 1 practitioner, has co-facilitated Dialectical Behavioral Therapy groups, and has attended trainings on trauma-centered trauma-sensitive yoga and nonviolent communication (NVC). She is an alumna of the Dorot Fellowship in Israel and currently lives in Jerusalem with her husband and daughter.