About Me

You are probably asking who am I and how can I help you.

I’m someone who has a lifelong interest in understanding:

what makes us “tick” as human beings and what do we need to cultivate in ourselves to live a happy, fulfilled life.

I am particularly interested in helping people develop satisfying couple relationships. I was fortunate to grow up with Clare and Bernie, parents who modeled a loving relationship and to see relatives with strong, stable marriages.

My husband, also a psychotherapist, and I have been attentive to nurturing our marriage and it is a source of great blessing in my life - a blessing that I would like others to have as well.

In the course of my 25+ years of training and experience, I’ve integrated many learnings and skills that I’d like to share with you

EXPERIENCE

Current

Private Practice for 25+ years in Manhattan, offering individual, couples and group therapy, as well as teaching and supervision

Faculty and Founder, Center for Group Studies, Inc., NY, NY.  Including classes given in our international program in St Petersburg, Russia

Faculty, Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Study Center, NY, NY

Past

Director, Division of Marital and Sexual Therapy, Behavioral Consultants, Syosset, NY

Adjunct faculty, New York University School of Social Work, Brooklyn College, Rutgers University, Jewish Board of Family and Children’s Services

Faculty, Staff Trainer and Supervisor, Jewish Board of Family and Children’s Services, NY, NY

Faculty, Pastoral Program, Yeshivat Chovevei torah Rabbinical School, NY, NY

Presented numerous workshops at Eastern Group Psychotherapy Society (EGPS)  American Group Psychotherapy Association (AGPA), The International Association for Group Psychotherapy (IAGP)

92nd St. Y: for many years, led workshops on anger management, intimacy, sexuality, communication, stress management

TRAINING

NYS Licensed Clinical Social Worker  LCSW with Masters degree in Social Work

NYS Licensed Psychoanalyst LP, 7 years rigorous training to become a Psychoanalyst

CGP, Certified Group Therapist, AGPA American Group Psychotherapy Association. Trained extensively in Modern Group with Dr. Louis Ormont

EFT, Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy - externship, advanced core skills

AEDP, Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy - immersion course

IPNB, Interpersonal Neurobiology, 5 years online courses with Dr. Daniel Siegel

Save-A-Marriage hot line with training at NY Association for Marital and Family Therapy

Certified Sex therapist AASECT  American Association for Sex Therapy, Education, Counseling and Therapy

As a long-time yoga and meditation practitioner, I continue to integrate relevant Eastern approaches into my clinical work