Naftoli Lifschitz
Experienced therapist for anxiety and trauma
About Naftoli
Naftoli Lifschitz helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, relationship difficulties and struggles with self-esteem. He also supports people coping with grief, anger, career transitions and wider life changes. He is listed with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP, and works in the United Kingdom.
Sessions are offered in English. Naftoli blends practical talking therapy with structured techniques so people can start seeing small changes quickly. He uses Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, often focusing on thoughts and behaviours that keep problems going.
Background and approach
He also offers Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, which he uses with trauma and distress linked to past events. His approach is direct and down-to-earth. He aims to make sessions a calm space where clients can say what they think without judgement.
He pays attention to cultural background and tries to understand how identity and context shape problems. Over 14 years of professional work he has worked in medical settings and with privately referred clients. That experience has shaped a practical style that balances short-term goals with deeper emotional work.
He focuses on clear steps you can try between sessions. People who choose to work with him can expect collaborative planning and goal-setting. He encourages honest feedback about what is or isn’t working.
The pace of therapy is set by the client’s needs, and techniques are adjusted as progress is made.
What Naftoli works with
How Naftoli works
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Sessions & fees
How CBT and EMDR work in online therapy
CBT, or Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, looks at the links between thoughts, feelings and actions. In sessions the therapist helps clients notice unhelpful thinking patterns and try alternative ways of thinking and behaving to ease problems like anxiety, low mood and stress.EMDR, Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, involves recalling distressing memories while using bilateral stimulation under the therapist’s guidance. This approach is used for trauma-related difficulties and for distress tied to past events that continue to cause upset.
Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences and what has or hasn’t helped before. Together the client and therapist decide which methods to try and adjust them as work progresses.
Online sessions offer practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face discussion and visual cues, phone sessions can work when bandwidth is limited or a quieter check-in is needed, and live chat or text messaging suit shorter contacts or ongoing check-ins between meetings. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, family and other commitments.
| Session length | Typically 50 minutes |
|---|---|
| Client ages | Adults, 18 and over |
| Fees | Subscription via BetterHelp, cancel anytime |
| Insurance | Not billed directly |
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Areas of focus
What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Career difficulties
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Family conflicts
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Sex addiction
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 14 years
- Registered with
- BACP
- Languages
- English
