About Me
I have 34 years of experience as a psychoanalytic psychotherapist and group and couple therapist.
I am a graduate of Columbia University and Heed University and the Center for Modern Psychoanalytic Studies.
In my private practice I specialize in psychoanalysis and Imago Couple Therapy as well as working with a broad spectrum of clientele and issues.
License, Certifications & Awards
- NY State Certified Social Worker
- Recipient of the Miriam B. Spotnitz Award for outstanding achievement of a CMPS research project: Graduation thesis, Center for Modern Psychoanalytic Studies, 1989
- Certified Imago Relationship Therapist
- PhD in Psychoanalysis
Advanced Additional Training
- Somatic Experiencing Therapy
- Money Disorder Therapy
- Substance Abuse Treatment
Workshop Facilitator / Presenter / Trainer
- On Frontiers: The Brooklyn Cable TV Psychotherapy Journal: The experience of New York City psychotherapists after September 11th. Panelist, 9/2002
- At professional, institutional, public and corporate seminars and conferences regarding the troubled employee, effective communication, relationship issues, spirituality, sexuality, success, the psychoanalytic frame, humor and healing, women’s issues, healing the healer; the common issues of therapists, patients and the general population post 9/11, addictions, parenting, Modern Psychoanalytic theory and technique, harm reduction, theory and technique of Imago Relationship Therapy
Affiliations
- Director of Training, Supervisor, Faculty and Training Analyst: Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Study Center
- Founding and current member: Committee on Psychoanalysis and Addictions Treatment, PPSC
- Society of Modern Psychoanalysts
- Alumni Association of the Center for Modern Psychoanalysis
- New York Association of Imago Relationship Therapists
- Imago Relationships International
- National Association of Social Workers
- Adjunct Assistant Professor, NYU Silver School of Social Work, 15 years