- Psychodynamic therapy
- Attachment work
- Trauma-focused methods
About Itay
Itay Lahav is a PACFA credentialed clinical practitioner and psychodynamic psychotherapist with 22 years of experience working in Australia. She helps people who are dealing with stress, anxiety, relationship problems, sleep difficulties, depression and trauma and abuse. She also works with issues around abandonment, attachment, body image and dissociation.
She uses psychodynamic and attachment-based ideas to look at patterns that repeat across relationships. Sessions often involve talking through past experiences and noticing how they affect current feelings and choices. Client-centred principles guide the pace, so conversations move at a person’s own speed.
Itay draws on trauma-focused methods when trauma or abuse is part of the picture, and she pays attention to the body-mind connection in therapy. This can include looking at how stress shows up physically and linking those signals to feelings and memories. She works in both shorter focused work and longer in-depth therapy.
She has experience with personality-related difficulties and complex presentations, including co-morbidity and dissociation. People come to her for help sorting through commitment or control issues, communication problems, codependency and chronic health-related distress.
Her approach is to clarify what matters most to the individual, and then work collaboratively toward that aim. The therapeutic relationship and its reliability are central to how she works, and she aims to make sessions straightforward and purposeful.
How attachment, psychodynamic and trauma approaches work online
Itay uses attachment-based ideas to help people understand recurring relationship patterns and how early bonds shape current reactions. This approach looks at how trust, closeness and separation affect emotions and behaviour, which can be useful for guilt rooted in relationship conflicts.Psychodynamic therapy focuses on unconscious patterns and repeated themes from the past. Online sessions can be a place to notice those patterns, reflect on their origins and try different ways of relating in everyday life. Trauma-focused methods concentrate on responses to traumatic events and on stabilising distressing symptoms while integrating those experiences into a person’s narrative.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. She will discuss goals, preferences and what feels manageable, and then shape sessions accordingly in collaboration with the client. That means deciding together whether shorter focused work or longer in-depth therapy is a better fit.
The source does not list which online formats are offered, so confirm available session types before booking. Online options can make it easier to fit appointments around work or family, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and avoid travel time. Those practical benefits help sessions slot into everyday life while the therapist and client work on the therapeutic aims.
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Additional focus areas
Therapeutic approaches
Experience
22+ years
Listed in
Australia
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
Which concerns does she address related to guilt or shame?
She lists trauma, attachment issues, relationship problems, anxiety, depression and related areas such as body image and abandonment which often connect with guilt and shame.
How does she approach feelings of guilt or shame in sessions?
She combines psychodynamic and attachment-based ideas to trace patterns and link current feelings to past experiences, while using client-centred pacing so conversations follow the person's readiness.
What is her professional background and experience?
She is a senior clinical practitioner and psychodynamic psychotherapist with 22 years of professional experience working in Australia.
What credential does she hold and where does she practise?
She is credentialed with PACFA and practices in Australia.
Does she work in languages other than English or with international clients?
Sessions are offered in English and she does not accept international clients at this time.
What session formats are available for online work?
The original profile does not specify session formats; please confirm current session options before booking.
How are fees and payment handled?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin if I want to work with her?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are in danger or thinking about harming yourself, use the crisis numbers.