The best therapeutic treatment is a blend of science and art.  My background reflects this blend in the depth of my psychology training, as well as an immersion for two decades in the creative arts.

My psychology studies began as an undergraduate at the University of Pennsylvania:

• I studied with major contributors to the field, including Martin Seligman, Ph.D. and Henry Gleitman, Ph.D.
• While at Penn, I was awarded an externship at the Eastern Pennsylvania Psychiatric Institute working with Edna Foa, Ph.D. and her colleagues on a treatment study for obsessive compulsive disorder.

I received my Doctor of Psychology degree from Antioch New England Graduate School:

• I completed my dissertation research under the direction of department chair Roger Peterson, Ph.D., ABPP.
• My dissertation research went on to be published in two professional journals: Professional Psychology: Research and Practice, and Administration and Policy in Mental Health.
• Upon completing my degree, I was asked to join the faculty of Antioch where I taught assessment, integrative psychotherapy, and professional ethics.

Yale University was the site of both my internship and postdoctoral training:

• Internship, under the direction of Thomas Styron, Ph.D., consisted of treating individuals with personality disorders and addictions, running groups for adolescents and adults, and conducting intelligence and personality testing.
• My postdoctoral studies, under the direction of Lorraine Siggins, M.D., occurred at Yale University Health Services, where I counseled university students, faculty, and staff.

Between my undergraduate and graduate training was nearly 20 years of working in the performing arts both as an artist and as a facilitator of others' creativity.  There is a direct link between working with creativity and being an exceptional therapist.  Creating works of art involved mining conscious and unconscious material in an effort to find the kernel of meaning hidden by layers of fear, anxiety, fog, and insecurity.  This parallels the experience I facilitate for my clients in the therapy setting, where we work with that part in you that wants to unfold, develop in a positive direction, explore a perceived reality.  My background in the arts included:

• Multiple grants and awards, including two fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts;
• Teaching appointments to New York University and The Juilliard School.
• Receiving the first annual BAXten Award in recognition of my administrative contributions to New York's performing arts community.

After being licensed in New York in 2004, I opened an independent practice.  I continue my development as a psychologist through membership in various professional membership organizations, participation in peer supervision groups, and being enrolled as a psychoanalytic candidate at the Object Relations Institute.