PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Cur­rent­ly in Pri­vate Practice.

Psy­chother­a­py with adult indi­vid­u­als, cou­ples. Modal­i­ties and treat­ment ori­en­ta­tions:  Cog­ni­tive-behav­ioral, psy­cho­dy­nam­ic, clin­i­cal hyp­no­sis, transper­son­al.
Clin­i­cal spe­cial­ties:  anx­i­ety dis­or­ders, exten­sive work with trau­ma vic­tims (rape, domes­tic vio­lence, acci­dents); inter­ra­cial and mul­ti­cul­tur­al issues in indi­vid­u­als and couples.

For­mer Direc­tor of Men­tal Health Services. 

Walden House, Inc, Sub­stance Abuse programs.

For­mer Jour­nal­ism Career includ­ed report­ing, writ­ing, on-air per­for­mance and pro­duc­tion work for var­i­ous media:  Time Mag­a­zine, “Sesame St.,” KQED-TV, MS. Mag­a­zine, Wom­en­Sport Mag­a­zine, San Fran­cis­co Chron­i­cle news­pa­per, Sun Reporter news­pa­per and oth­er media outlets.

LICENSURE, CERTIFICATIONS AND SPECIALIZATIONS

• Licensed Clin­i­cal Psy­chol­o­gist (Calif. Lic. #PSY14089)
• Cer­ti­fied Gottman Method Cou­ples Therapist
• Cer­ti­fied Gottman work­shop leader
  
• Cer­ti­fied Inten­sive Short-Term 
• Dynam­ic Psy­chother­a­py (“Davan­loo Method”)
  
• Sex Ther­a­pist.  UCLA Human Sex­u­al­i­ty Program.
  
• EMDR (Eye Move­ment Desen­si­ti­za­tion and Repro­cess­ing) Ther­a­py – Lev­el 2

HOBBIES AND OTHER INTERESTS

Docent and art edu­ca­tor at the Fine Arts Muse­ums of San Fran­cis­co (DeY­oung; Legion of Hon­or).
Singing and per­form­ing show tunes, pop, light jazz