About
Biography
Specializing primarily in Women’s Mental Health since 1996, Deborah Lubetkin incorporates Eastern philosophy with the challenges of Western living to create a forum for her patients to develop an integrative plan to address a variety of mood-related imbalances.
Receiving her Doctorate in Psychology in 1994 from Nova Southeastern University, Deborah Lubetkin has focused her work on interpersonal relational psychology and attachment. Examining the self in relation to the other important people in one’s life helps to reformulate relationship patterns that become sources of suffering.
The integration of psychotherapy and LifeForce Yoga® creates a unique practice for Deborah, one focused on Holistic Mental Health. She has an extensive referral network of other Holistic Practitioners, working as an inter-disciplinary team to address the mind, body, and spirit of each individual patient. Specialization areas include anxiety, depression, and bipolar disorder, as well as perinatal and postpartum mood disorders, perimenopause and menopause.
LifeForce Yoga® views symptoms of mood imbalance as alienation from the self. Deborah Lubetkin, Psy.D. received her Certification as a Level 1 LifeForce Yoga® Practitioner in 2009. LifeForce Yoga® is an evidence-based yoga practice, designed specifically to treat mood disorders such as anxiety and depression. Through this practice, one is able to connect to their unique, true nature. Suffering then disappears, as the authentic self becomes first discovered, and then illuminated.
Dr. Lubetkin has been in private practice for fifteen years. Her office is in West Caldwell New Jersey. Dr. Lubetkin co-leads LifeForce Yoga® groups in Essex County, NJ with a Certified Yoga Teacher/LifeForce Yoga® practitioner. Together, they also provide workshops for organizations and groups on LifeForce Yoga®. Deborah is an active and passionate student of Vinyasa Yoga herself.
Credentials
- Doctorate of Psychology (Psy.D) – Nova Southeastern University, 1994
- Certified LifeForce Yoga® Practitioner, Level 1
- Certified in Clinical Hypnosis by The American Society of Clinical Hypnosis (ASCH)
- Member of the American Psychological Association
- Member of the New Jersey Psychological Association
- Member of Essex-Union County Association of Psychologists (EUCAP)
- Member of the NJPA Health Psychology Special Interest Group
- Member of the International Association of Yoga Therapists
- Associate Member of N.J. Center for Healthy Living
- Member of the Northern New Jersey Maternal Child Health Consortium