Kalanit Ben-Ari & Associates

Kalanit Ben-Ari, Ph.D. has extensive experience working with couples and families helping them establish and maintain the relationships they desire as well as facilitating relationship workshops. She has worked as a couples therapist and parental advisor for the past 15 years and has a private clinic in Hampstead, London.          In her own personal life, she is married to Adi and they have two wonderful daughters.            Professionally, she gained a BA and an MA in Social Work, specialising in Clinical Child Development, at the University of Haifa, Israel. She gained a Doctorate in Psychology at the Institute for the Study of Children, Families and Social Issues, Birkbeck, University of London. Her main research area was the influence of psychological processes and childhood experiences on adult romantic relationships. She is a Certified Imago Therapist and Chair of Imago Therapy UK. She is also an IRI (Imago Relationship International) Board member.She was trained by Harville Hendrix, founder of Imago Relationship Therapy, an internationally recognised relationship therapy approach.Kalanit is the author of two books: The Lost Book, for children, and Small Steps to Great Parenting, for parents of children aged 2-12.Kalanit frequently teaches and lectures on a variety of parental and couples topics, and she is a certified workshop presenter for some of the best known parenting programmes (e.g., “How to Talk So Kids Will Listen”, and “Connected Parents-Thriving Kids”). She has also developed her own programme for parents, based on her book Small Steps to Great Parenting,  which she teaches in parenting groups at her clinic, community and educational centres.