Dr. Adi Avivi is a clinical psychologist working in New York City. She has been working in urban
hospitals focusing her clinical work on disenfranchised populations in inpatient and outpatient
hospital settings. Dr. Avivi graduated from Long Island University - Post Campus' clinical
psychology doctoral program, where she focused her studies on severe mental illness,
multiculturalism, and women’s issues. Her research interest focused on women and the political
and economic components influencing their psyches and identities. Her own study examined
Internet communication among childfree women. After her graduation, Dr. Avivi focused on
group psychotherapy, receiving her Certification in Group Psychotherapy from The American
Group Psychotherapy Association (AGPA). Currently she is leading psychotherapy and
supervision groups in a Group Therapy Clinic and has a small private practice.