Speaker Profile Leah Malamet

Ms. Leah Malamet holds a Masters in Clinical Psychology from the University of Toronto, and is currently completing her doctoral dissertation in Clinical Psychology in the area of attachment theory/object relations and the psychology of religion.  

A psychotherapist for 30 years, Ms. Malamet's work includes individual treatment of children, adolescents, and adults, as well as marital and family therapy.  Her practice includes patients presenting with a  wide variety of psychological difficulties and disorders  [e.g, anxiety, depression, obsessive-compulsive behaviours, loss/bereavement, eating disorders, attachment difficulties, childhood aggressive behaviour, emotional issues associated with attentional and learning disabilities, etc.].    

In addition to treating the general population, Ms. Malamet has had extensive experience with the Orthodox Jewish population throughout the spectrum, Ms. Malamet is trained in both psychodynamic and cognitive behavioural theories and therapies, and  integrates the two systematically in her work.  She also utilizes mind-body therapeutic techniques.   She employs both verbal and nonverbal [e.g. play, imagery, art, and sand tray] techniques in her psychotherapeutic work,

Ms. Malamet has worked in Toronto at CAMH [Centre for Addiction & Mental Health]: Clarke Institute of Psychiatry,  Credit Valley Hospital,  and the Hincks-Dellcrest Centre, and has maintained a private practice for the past 17 years.

Ms. Malamet has spoken in Canada, the U.S.,  England, and Israel on the topics of "Orthodoxy & Mental Health" and "Judaism & Psychology".  She has supervised and given seminars to other clinicians within her various work environments.  She has also had articles published in the Journal of Melanie Klein and Object Relations and the [Israeli] journal Akdamot.

Speaker's Resources

Renewing Our Spirit 2007

Dr. William Kolbrener, Leah Malamet, Rabbi Dr. Abraham J. Twerski, Rabbi Dr. Aharon Hersh Fried, Rabbi Shmuel Klitsner, Rabbi Yehuda Gilad
Program
Jun 25, 2020

Panel - Leaving Judaism - The Return to Questioning

Ari Margolies, Dr. Elliott Malamet, Leah Malamet, Rabbi Daniel Korobkin, Rabbi Yakov Horowitz
Audio
Jun 8, 2020

Renewing Our Spirit Volume II Self, Family, Nation 2003

Dr. David Shatz, Dr. Rivkah Blau, Dr. Tamra Wright, Dr. William Helmreich, Leah Malamet, Rabbi Dr. Reuven P. Bulka, Rabbi Menachem Leibtag, Rabbi Mordechai Willig, Rabbi Nathaniel Helfgot, Yoel Ben-Avraham
Program
Aug 13, 2017

The Long Road: Children On and Off the Derech

Dr. Ruby Wolbromsky, Leah Malamet, Rabbi Jeremy Stavisky, Tovah Leah Nachmani
Audio
Feb 4, 2014

The Long Road: Children On and Off the Derech

Dr. Ruby Wolbromsky, Leah Malamet, Rabbi Jeremy Stavisky, Tovah Leah Nachmani
Program
Jan 14, 2014

Educating Our Children in a Complex World Panel Discussion - Leaving Judaism: The Return to Questioning

Ari Margolies, Dr. Elliott Malamet, Leah Malamet, Rabbi Daniel Korobkin, Rabbi Yakov Horowitz
Audio
Jan 23, 2013

Educating Our Children in a Complex World

Ari Margolies, Dr. Elliott Malamet, Leah Malamet, Rabbi Daniel Korobkin, Rabbi Michael Skobac, Rabbi Yakov Horowitz
Program
Jan 2, 2013

On and Off the Derech: Why Children Become Alienated from Judaism - Panel

Leah Malamet, Rabbi Dr. Aharon Hersch Fried, Rabbi Dr. Marc D Angel, Rabbi Shmuel Klitsner
Audio
Sep 17, 2011

Frum and Female

Leah Malamet
Audio
Sep 17, 2011

Breaking Down the Walls of Stigma and Silence

Leah Malamet, Rabbi Nathaniel Helfgot
Audio
Sep 17, 2011