Education and Professional Affiliations

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The Westchester Center for the Study of Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy, (WCSPP), White Plains, NY​​

• Executive Co-Director 2021-2024

• Supervisory Training Program; Appointed to Supervisory Faculty, 2017

• Four Year Post Graduate degree in Psychoanalysis, June 2005

• Appointed to WCSPP Board of Trustees, 2019-present

• Chairperson, Annual WCSPP Conference, 2019

• Elected President of WCSPP Psychoanalytic Association, 2007-2010

 

New York University, Graduate School of Social Work, New York, NY

• Masters of Social Work, July 1993

 

The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA May 1989

• MBA with majors in Marketing and Management

• Director’s Honor List

 

The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA May 1985

• Bachelor of Science in Economics, cum laude

• Major in Finance, minor in Psychology

 

 

Clinical Experience 

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International Centre for Excellence in Emotionally Focused Therapy/ICEEFT, Greenwich, CT.

• Core Skills Training in Emotionally Focused Therapy (Jan-April 2021)

• Externship in Emotionally Focused Therapy (2020)

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Private Psychotherapy Practice, Armonk and Rye offices Sept. 2001 - present

 

Samaritan Counseling Center Rye, New York  August 1993-December 2003

• Multi-Disciplinary Outpatient Treatment Facility

• Provided short and long term outpatient psychotherapy

• Patient population included individuals, couples, families and groups (9/11 widow’s support group ran for five years)

• Participated in case conferences and weekly individual and group supervisions

 

The New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center, White Plains, NY Sept. 1992-93

• Inpatient Extended Stay Psychotic Unit

• Responsible for diagnostic assessment, treatment and psychoeducation of families of patients with various psychotic illnesses, primarily schizophrenia and bipolar disorder

• Participated in individual supervision, case conferences and grand rounds

 

The Jewish Guild for the Blind, New York, NY  Jan. 1993 - Aug 1993

• Mental health clinic

• Provided short and long term outpatient individual psychotherapy for visually impaired adults with a range of diagnoses, including substance abuse

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BUSINESS EXPERIENCE FROM 1985-1991 INCLUDED:

• Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette Securities Corp., Investment Banking Associate

• McKinsey & Company, Management Consulting Associate

• Bain & Company, Management Consulting Summer Associate

• Drexel Burnham Lambert Inc., Mergers and Acquisitions Analyst