Areas of Expertise

I hold a Doctorate in Clinical Psychology. In addition to a generalized practice, I have specialized training and experience in the following:

Attachment and Relational Psychology: My dissertation was on attachment and issues related to eating. I have done post-doctoral training in prenatal and perinatal psychology as well as in relational therapy. I work with people around their earliest experiences and the way those experiences impact their current lives.

Somatic Therapy: I completed a 3-year training program in Somatic Experiencing and have also trained in Sensorimotor Psychotherapy. I integrate these somatic approaches into my work, particularly with those who have experienced trauma.

Spirituality: I completed a Master’s degree at the GTU and have a deep appreciation and respect for the spiritual dimension of people’s lives. I have worked with people from a wide variety of traditions who have brought their spirituality explicitly into our work.

Other Areas of Expertise:

• Problems from childhood, including abuse and neglect
• Life transitions: birth, infertility, childrearing, beginning and ending relationships, job changes, retirement, empty nest, death
• Serious, chronic, life-threatening and terminal illness
• Grief and Loss
• Stress
• Addictions and Recovery
• Compulsive/Emotional eating
• Spiritual Issues
• Trauma and Post-traumatic Stress Disorder
• Depression
• Anxiety

Professional Memberships:

• American Psychological Association
• California Psychological Association
• International Association of Relational Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy
• Northern California Society for Psychoanalytic Psychology
• Psychoanalytic Institute of Northern California
• Somatic Experiencing Trauma Institute
• Associated Professionals Treating Eating Disorders
• Center for Mindful Eating