I am a licensed New York State psychotherapist in private practice in Manhattan.I come to my practice with a 15-year background in theatre and the dramatic arts. I have been a long time student of yoga and Vipassana or "insight" meditation. I received my Undergraduate degree in English Literature at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, graduating Magna Cum Laude. Receiving my clinical training from the Hunter College School of Social Work, I was honored with the Phyllis Carroff Award for Outstanding Clinical Social Worker and went on to complete my post-graduate training at the Gestalt Center for Psychotherapy and Training in New York City. Gestalt therapy is a present centered, mind-body therapy that includes amongst its influences: Existentialism, Psychodrama and Eastern Philosophies.All of which have been lifelong interests of mine. I am honored to be a full faculty member of the Gestalt Center for Psychotherapy and Training in Manhattan.
My psychotherapy experience includes: Over the past twenty years I have been an educator, a theatre performer, a workshop leader, a student of Yoga and mindfulness meditation and a practicing Gestalt therapist. I believe as a therapist I am sensitive, attuned and aware of the subtle emerging needs that each individual brings to the profound therapeutic relationship. ADDITIONAL TRAINING
Jewish Board of Family and Children's Services
Faculty Member at Gestalt Center for Psychotherapy and Training, New York City
Treating mentally ill inmates incarcerated on Rikers Island
Working with adolescents in a variety of New York City schools including Stuyvesant High School
Clinical Social Worker for the Jewish Board of Family and Children’s Services where I was the Expressive Arts Coordinator for the Adolescent summer youth program.
Private Practice psychotherapy with adults, adolescents, couples and families
Group Therapy – facilitating support groups in “Mindful Parenting”
American Psychoanalytic Association (APSAA) Winter Meeting-- 2004
Graduate of M.K. Selig 3-year Clinical Training Program
Center for Spirituality and Psychotherapy (CSP) Conference - 2003
Dreams and Their Use in Psychoanalysis, Buddhism and Psychoanalysis
New York Coalition for Creative Arts Therapies - Conference - 2004
Integration of Expressive Arts and Spirituality into Practice
Mt. Sinai Hospital: Adolescent Mental Health and Youth Development Conference
Received training in: Focusing and Shamanic and Native American Healing Practices
National Association of Social Workers – Member
American Group Psychotherapy Association (AGPA) - Member
NYS License Number - 73-076377Certificate Number: 5116103DUP
Resilience in the Face of Trauma with Dr. Bessel van der Kolk