Y.G. Body Psychotherapy | Yaniv Gafner
Body psychotherapy works with the whole person — because what happens in the mind happens in the body, and vice versa. I work with adults individually and in groups, in person in Haarlem and online.
Areas of focus: anxiety, depression, life transitions, relocation and rootlessness, relationships, gender and sexual identity, low self-worth, loneliness, and psychosomatic symptoms.
My practice is LGBTQ+ affirming and welcomes people of all genders and sexual orientations.
Session fee: €120 per hour (incl. VAT). Partially reimbursable through supplementary health insurance — please check with your insurer.
Over Yaniv Gafner
Body psychotherapist based in Haarlem, working with adults since 2015 — individually and in groups, in person and online. My approach is rooted in Biosynthesis, drawing also on Bioenergetics, Biodynamic Psychotherapy, and Mindfulness.
In 2001 I met Alexander Lowen, one of the pioneers of body psychotherapy. The work I did with him changed my understanding of people and of myself — and set me on the path to becoming a therapist. I later translated and published his book Joy into Hebrew.
I am currently a PhD researcher at the University of Haifa, exploring the lived experience of body psychotherapy from both patient and therapist perspectives.
Registered member of EAP, EABP, and NAP.






















