Education

• California School of Professional Psychology. Ph.D., Psychology. 1994
• Mills College, Oakland, CA, B.A., Psychology, Academic Honors. 1984

Post-Graduate Training

• Clinical study group with Stephen Seligman, Ph.D. 2006-2008
• Clinical and research study group with Alan Schore, Ph.D. 2004-2006
• Clinical supervision with James Masterson, M.D. 2004-2006
• The Masterson Institute for Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy, San Francisco, CA. Graduated May 2000

Licensure

Licensed Psychologist, California PSY 14852. August 1996

Professional Work Experience

• Psychotherapist. Psychoanalytic psychotherapy with adults with depression, anxiety, trauma, abuse, dissociative disorders, bereavement, life transition, character disorders, relationship, and parenting concerns and issues. Psychotherapeutic models and theories include The Masterson Approach, object relations theory, attachment, developmental, and neuropsychobiological theories. Since 1996
• Faculty. The Masterson Institute for Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy, San Francisco, CA
  Academic instruction and clinical supervision to post-graduate clinicians. Since 2007
• Adjunct Clinical Supervisor. The Wright Institute, Berkeley, CA
  Clinical supervision of graduate psychology students. Since 2006
• Teaching. Community Institute for Psychotherapy, San Rafael, CA
  Clinical training of pre and post-doctoral interns on the theory and practice of The Masterson Approach. Since 2004

Presentations

• The Masterson Approach to Treatment of Disorders of the Self. U.C. Berkeley Extension. 2008
• The Masterson Approach to Treatment of Disorders of the Self. Alameda County Psychological Association 2008
• Closet narcissistic disorder: A case study. The Masterson Institute for Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy 27th Annual Conference. 2004

Professional Affiliations

• Alameda County Psychological Association-Executive Board of Directors: Secretary 2004
• Information & Website Committee Chair 2007 - 2010, President 2006 and 2010

Memberships

• American Psychological Association
• California Psychological Association
• Alameda County Psychological Association