Bio and Credentials

I have 25+ years of experience maintaining a private practice in the Bay Area. I’ve also worked as a child/family therapist and served in clinical and leadership roles in the public health sector. Many therapeutic methods are inspiring and effective, and while I have studied and practiced several, I am most drawn to a contemporary psychoanalytic approach. However, I believe there is no one road to wellness and most of us travel down more than one. In addition, my approach is influenced by several western and eastern contemplative traditions, particularly Tibetan Buddhism.

Education and training:

• MA, ICP Program, California Institute of Integral Studies (CIIS), San Francisco (2000)

• Certificate of Psychoanalysis, Psychoanalytic Institute of Northern California (PINC)

• Post-Graduate Psychodynamic Training, The Psychotherapy Institute (TPI)

• Post-Graduate Training in Child Therapy & Family Systems, Bay Area Community Resources (BACR)

Current and former professional activities:

• Faculty, Psychoanalytic Institute of Northern California (PINC), 2022-present

• Clinical Supervisor and Instructor for several Bay Area training organizations, 2004-present

• Program Director, WORLD-Women Organized to Respond to Life-Threatening Diseases, 2003-2010

• Consultant and Curriculum Developer, The Lotus Project , A HRSA-funded peer program, 2008-2010

• School-based Therapist for West Contra Costa middle school students and families, 2001-2003

Affiliations:

• PINC (Psychoanalytic Institute of Northern California)

• CAMFT (California Assn of Marriage Family Therapists)

• NCSPP (Northern California Society for Psychoanalytic Psychology)

• TPI (The Psychotherapy Institute, Berkeley)

• IPA (International Psychoanalytic Association)

Publications:

• Building Blocks to Peer Program Success, published by Boston University’s School of Public Health