Meet Aviva
Experience
Aviva Barnett is a LCSW, IFS practitioner who uses her vast experience of training and understanding in areas such as IFS, Sod HaAdam, 3 Principles of Innate Health, inner child work and the 12-steps. For over two decades, Aviva has been teaching and facilitating mental and emotional transformation through workshops, seminars and private counseling sessions.
Background
Aviva Barnett was the Director of the Jewish Family Institute in Livingston, NJ, where she and her husband founded a branch of Aish HaTorah in 2001.
With a Masters in Social Work from Wurzweiller, Aviva trained as a life coach through MentorCoach in 2005 and began her journey into the Three Principles/ Innate Health in 2006. In 2014, Aviva founded MWmindworks: Health from the Inside Out.
Aviva’s successful series called Roadmap to intimacy was taken by hundreds of women who relate how their marriages were transformed.
In 2019 Aviva continued her education and training with Sod HaAdam, a course designed to build a person from the ground up, uncovering their innate worth and value, which may have been hidden due to dependencies created in childhood. In 2023 Aviva trained as an IFS therapist to enhance her abilities to help women understand their internal protective systems more deeply as a porthole to deeper healing.
Aviva uses all of her education, training and life experience to connect deeply with her clients, creating a safe space to uncover each person’s goodness and greatness.
Testimonials
Working with Aviva is entirely different than any other attempts at "self-help" I have tried before. Her ability to clarify how thought works greatly empowers me and enables me to navigate life with an ease I never before thought possible!
F.T., Lakewood
I walked out thinking I don't really fully understand how this works, but for the glimmer of hope that I felt that I don't have to live the rest of my life this way, gives me a sense that I'm headed in the right direction and want to come back for more. It felt so liberating not to have to drudge up all the old "stuff."
Brooklyn, NY
I have experienced a profound shift in my ability to be present in day to day life through Aviva's teaching of how the mind works. Not only do I feel more focused when I am involved in something, I also enjoy it more. I carry much less worry/stress around with me on a daily basis and I sleep much better now that I understand the value of a quiet mind.
L.W., Passaic, NJ
Whatever Aviva is sharing, she does so with clarity and in a refreshing way that allows for her humanity. My understanding of what makes me tick seems to naturally deepen whenever I listen to her teach.
S.H., Milwaukee, WI
Aviva changed my life! She is an excellent teacher and a tremendous listener. She has taught me how to have clearer thinking and how to listen to my true inner voice. I can't thank her enough for making me a better wife, mother & friend.
M.S., Passaic, NJ
Learning about the 3 principles (innate health) with Aviva has brought about an incredible shift in my thinking and how I view life. I have found it to be the most simple, yet effective understanding that literally transforms your experience and way of living. I consider myself lucky to have come across the 3 principles!
M.N., New Square, NY
Aviva's presentation of the principles is so clear, real and practical. She's able to address the "tough" questions with grace and honesty.
C.P., Denver, CO
Aviva has an amazing natural ability to teach the principles with warmth and clarity, and I am filled with tremendous gratitude to her for helping me live a calmer life.
A.N, Monsey
I am more present in day to day life, experience a quieter mind more of the time and I now truly believe that I have innate health and resilience no matter the circumstances.
Passaic, NJ
After struggling with severe anxiety and depression for many years I strongly believed there was no hope for my life to change. I lived with the belief that my past has left me broken and I needed fixing to enable me to move forward with my life. I've tried all types of therapy but nothing seemed to help...until I was introduced to the 3 principles. I began meeting with Aviva Barnett for private counseling sessions to learn and understand how my mind works. It's been a few short months and I am seeing an incredible shift in my thinking that I would never have thought possible.
Baltimore, MD
I am so grateful. Not only have you helped me find my mental health and really be able to recognize that I have the resilience and emotional well-being within me, but how do you put a price tag on helping me heal from the spiritual void I've lived with for so many years???
D.H., New York
