Dr Ari Badaines obtained his Ph.D. in clinical psychology from the United States. In 1980 he was awarded a one-year Post-doctoral fellowship with the National Institute of Mental Health in Washington,DC where he completed his certification requirements to be a psychodramatist. In about 1984, Ari qualified as a Trainer-Practitioner-Educator by the American Board of Examiners, the highest level of certification in psychodrama and group work.

 In the 1980's he undertook training in Gestalt Therapy and from 1985 to the present he has been a member of the faculty of various psychodrama and Gestalt therapy training institutes. He also runs experiential and training groups in the USA, UK, Europe, and Sydney each year. Ari also studied group therapy and Family and Couple Therapy. Later he did further training at the Institue for Family Therapy in London; both these courses had a component on sex therapy. Ari did additional training workshops and he then began presenting workshops on Sexual Problems: Assesment and Treatment in the UK and Australia - these were well-received, fun and dynamic in their style.  In addition to the training and experiential workshops that Ari runs, he also maintains a private practice in Balmain (Sydney).

Watch Ari's YouTube interview with Terry from the London Psychology Collective where he talks about his life and career of over 40 years as a Clinical Psychologist and Therapist. Ari discusses his therapeutic approaches including Gestalt Therapy and Psychodrama and the powerful experiences he has helped facilitate for people in his therapy groups. Ari also gives an insight to his experience of being a therapist and making therapeutic decisions in his work.

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Click here to watch Ari talk about Psychodrama.

Click here to watch Ari talk about Gestalt Therapy.

Click  here to view Ari's LinkedIn profile. 

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