“As a psychiatrist I am licensed to and commonly find instances where I prescribe medication for a whole host of emotional troubles, including what are identified as depression and other mood disorders, panic attacks, anxiety disorders, attention deficit disorders, obsessive compulsive disorders, eating disorders and sleep disturbances. However, I find that simply treating emotional troubles with medication often leads people to a dead-end. My associates and I believe that emotional problems are not meant to be managed, but rather to be healed. We aim to help our patients not simply recover from the current crisis, but more importantly, change the patterns and choices which got them into trouble in the first place. I was once told that our therapy helps our patients to “do life a lot better!”
– Leora Bar-Levav
Dr. Bar-Levav completed her B.A. in biology at Mount Holyoke College in South Hadley, Massachusetts (1982) and earned her Doctorate of Medicine from George Washington University School of Medicine in Washington, D.C. (1986). She spent the first three years of psychiatric residency at G.W.U. Hospital and her final year at Sinai Hospital of Detroit. She completed a rigorous fellowship in combined individual and group psychotherapy at the Institute for Individual and Group Psychotherapy (IIGP), in Southfield, Michigan.
She has presented at local, national and international conferences and authored numerous articles. She is a Diplomat of the American Psychotherapy Association, and a member of the American Academy of Psychotherapists, American Group Psychotherapy Association, Michigan Group Psychotherapy Society, Michigan State Medical Society and Oakland County Medical Society.
Leora Bar-Levav is active in the community, serving on the executive board of several Michigan chapters of national organizations. She is a faculty member at IIGP which trains postgraduate fellows from the fields of psychiatry, psychology and social work in combined individual and group psychotherapy. A mother of three, she is also a fifth-degree black belt in Isshinryu karate. She enjoys cooking festive dinners for family and friends.
