Education:
MSW, Columbia University School of Social Work
Certifications and Advanced Training:
- Somatic Experiencing Practitioner (SEP): Certified in a body-based short-term trauma resolution approach, Somatic Experiencing Trauma Institute.
- Sensorimotor Psychotherapy Practitioner: Certified in a body- focused treatment which blends cognitive, psychodynamic, and somatic interventions. This therapy is an integration of mind/body/spirit holism and mindfulness techniques. Sensorimotor Psychotherapy Institute.
- Diplomate in Cognitive Therapy: Certified cognitive-behavioral therapist, Academy of Cognitive therapy.
- Founding Fellow: Academy of Cognitive Therapy.
- Touch Skills Therapy: Part of Somatic Experiencing therapy, focuses on body awareness and touch-related skills for the resolution of trauma and the enhancement of self-regulation. Somatic Experiencing Trauma Institute.
- EMDR: Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing: Processes emotional experiences and traumatic events with the goal of moving and transforming blocked emotional energy.
Additional training:
Breathwork: Breathing techniques to manage stress, anxiety and trauma response.
Past Positions:
Mount Sinai Medical Center, NYC, 1981 – 2003— Supervisor and senior clinician in Adult Out-Patient Psychiatric Clinic.
Founding Clinical Director, World Trade Center Rescue and Volunteer Worker Mental Health Screening Program, Mount Sinai Hospital.
Appointments:
Faculty, Mount Sinai Medical Center, Ichan School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Hospital.
Professional Organizations:
NASW
ACSW
Somatic Experiencing Trauma Institute (SETI)
Academy of Cognitive therapy (ACT)
