Avi Kramer, MSW, LICSW

he/him

“We get hurt relationally and can also heal that way. Conflict can open us to deeper connections if we stay with it. As a facilitator in that process, I approach therapy with the aspiration to really listen to different perspectives. These therapeutic relationships have the potential to create a space of understanding, less armoring, and more capacity to manage our challenges.”

Avi’s practice is grounded in relational, person-centered, and trauma-informed techniques. He has worked with relationship distress among adults, adolescents, children, and families, and his approach welcomes frustration and stuckness as well as humor and fun. Avi also has a background in education, writing and editing, meditation, and athletics.

Services Offered: Avi offers online couples therapy for international couples and couples in Massachusetts and Vermont.

Ask me about: rollerskating

Ever since I was young, I’ve been: sensitive

Favorite quote: “Work on how you react when you feel disrespected.” – Nipsey Hussle

Favorite kind of couple: I think it’s a radical, special, courageous thing to choose intimacy, and I have huge respect for anyone who tries.

Credentials:

MSW from Smith College School for Social Work
Gottman Method Couples Therapy – Level I and II
PET-C Levels 1 & 2

Additional training in:
Motivational Interviewing
Solution Focused Brief Therapy
Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy
Sex Therapy
The Developmental Model
Narrative Therapy