Couples Therapy
Move beyond the same painful arguments. Together, we identify the cycle beneath the conflict and build a relationship that feels safer, closer, and more responsive.
Therapy for deeper connection
Feel more understood.
Live more connected.
Therapy for individuals and couples who want more than short-term relief. Understand what keeps you stuck, reconnect with what matters, and create change that lasts.
In person in Woodmere, NYVirtual sessions available
A place to pause, understand,
and find a way forward.
The work beneath the surface
Often, the problem isn’t a lack of effort. It’s that the patterns protecting you are also keeping you disconnected.
Therapy can help you slow those patterns down and make sense of what is happening underneath. We will look beyond symptoms to the emotions, needs, beliefs, and relational experiences driving them.
My approach is active, collaborative, and transparent. I will share what I am noticing, explain how I understand what is keeping you stuck, and help us develop a clear direction for the work.
Ways we can work together
Care shaped around
your real life.
Support that honors the complexity of who you are, where you come from, and the relationships that matter most.
Individual Therapy
A thoughtful space to understand the patterns, relationships, and experiences that have shaped you, and to make meaningful, lasting change.
Premarital & Intimacy Work
Clear, sensitive conversations about expectations, emotional connection, communication, and intimacy, grounded in your values and stage of life.
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Rabbi Eli Portal
LCSW
LCSW
About Eli
You deserve a therapist who sees the whole person.
I work with individuals and couples navigating disconnection, relationship distress, life transitions, disability, chronic illness, and questions of identity and meaning.
As a rabbi and therapist, I have extensive experience working across the Jewish community, including Yeshivish, Chassidish, Heimish, Modern Orthodox, and less observant backgrounds. My goal is not to make assumptions about where you should be, but to meet you where you are and help you move toward where you want to go.
Licensed Clinical Social WorkerEmotionally Focused TherapySemicha, Yeshivas Sh’or Yoshuv
Take the first step
You don’t need to have it all figured out before reaching out.
A brief consultation gives us a chance to talk about what brings you to therapy, answer your questions, and see whether working together feels like the right fit.
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