About
My Credentials
- Over 36 years’ experience providing psychotherapy and psychoanalysis to LGBTQIA+ and heterosexual clients
- PhD in Clinical Social Work (The Union Institute)
- Licensed Clinical Social Worker/Telehealth Provider: Arizona; California; Colorado; Connecticut; Delaware; District of Columbia; Florida; Idaho; Illinois; Maine; Maryland; Massachusetts; Michigan; Minnesota; New Hampshire; New Jersey; New York; Ohio; Oregon; Pennsylvania; South Carolina; Texas; Virginia; Vermont; Washington and West Virginia
- Certificate in Psychoanalysis (contemporary relational approach) (Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Study Center)
- Certificate in Group Psychotherapy (Eastern Group Psychotherapy Society)
- Certified Group Psychotherapist (International Board for Certification of Group Psychotherapists of the American Group Psychotherapy Association)
- Diplomate in Clinical Social Work (National Association of Social Workers)
- Former Adjunct Faculty, Virginia Commonwealth, Columbia, New York, Fordham and Adelphi University Graduate Schools of Social Work
- Former Full-Time Faculty, Virginia Commonwealth University Department of Psychiatry
- Former Instructor, National Institute of the Psychotherapies and Institute of Contemporary Psychotherapy + Psychoanalysis
Professional Affiliations
- Center for Psychotherapy & Psychoanalysis of New Jersey (Faculty, Credentialing Chair)
- American Psychoanalytic Association (Membership Committee (Chair, Group Psychotherapy Subcommittee); Committee on Gender & Sexuality, Graduate Social Work Education Committee)
- International Association for Psychoanalytic Self-Psychology (Membership Committee)
- International Association for Relational Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis
- International Psychoanalytical Association
- Eastern Group Psychotherapy Society
- Mid-Atlantic Group Psychotherapy Society
- American Group Psychotherapy Association
- New York State Society for Clinical Social Work
- Greater Washington Society for Clinical Social Work
- Pennsylvania Society for Clinical Social Work
- Clinical Social Work Association
- American Association for Psychoanalysis in Clinical Social Work
- Society for Psychoanalysis and Psychoanalytic Psychology (Division 39 of the American Psychological Association; Section 9, Social Responsibility)
- Massachusetts Institute for Psychoanalysis
- National Association of Social Workers, NJ Chapter
- Psychotherapy Action Network
- Climate Psychology Alliance of North America
State Approvals to Practice
Arizona Licensed Clinical Social Worker:
No. LCSW-23587
California Licensed Clinical Social Worker:
No. LCSW118092
Connecticut Licensed Clinical Social Worker:
No. 15545
Colorado Licensed Clinical Social Worker:
No. CSW.09933422
Delaware Licensed Clinical Social Worker:
No. Q5-0000028
District of Columbia Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker: No. LC50081309
Florida Telehealth Licensed Clinical Social Worker:
No. TPSW2280
Idaho Mental Behavioral Telehealth Social Worker:
No. MBTSWO-44716
Illinois Licensed Clinical Social Worker:
No. 149027654
Maine Licensed Clinical Social Worker: No. LC26289
Maryland Licensed Certified Social Worker-Clinical:
No. 20618
Massachusetts Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker:
No. LICSW1121615
Michigan Licensed Master Social Worker-Clinical
No. 6801122545
New Hampshire Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker:
No. 5904
New Jersey Licensed Clinical Social Worker:
No. 44SC06135100
New York Licensed Clinical Social Worker:
No. PR043107-01
Ohio Licensed Independent Social Worker:
No. I.2608206
Oregon Licensed Clinical Social Worker: No. L18314.
Pennsylvania Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker:
No. CW023495
South Carolina Professional Social Worker Telehealth Provider: No. 226
Texas Licensed Clinical Social Worker:
No. 118023
Virginia Licensed Clinical Social Worker:
No. 0904005652
Washington, DC Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker:
No. LC50081309
Washington Licensed Clinical Social Worker:
No. SWI.LW.70076194
West Virginia Interstate Registered Clinical Social Work Telehealth Provider: No. TH00947045