Here’s more about my background: 

Education:

New York University, Master of Social Work, 1993

License, Certifications & Awards:

  • Certified Internal Family Systems Therapist through The IFS Institute, 2015

  • Approved IFS Clinical Consultant

  • Mindfulness Educator

  • Family, Co-Parenting & Divorce Mediation Certificate (using Non-adversarial approaches), 2005

  • Certified Collaborative Divorce Coach/Facilitator, Level 1 & 2, 2006

  • Columbia University, Executive Coach Certification, 2008

  • New York University, Alumni Key Pin Award

  • Licensed Clinical Social Worker in Connecticut and New York

  • Certified MSCEIT (Mayer, Salovey, Caruso) Emotional Intelligence Test Administrator, Yale University, 2007

Additional Training:

  • Internal Family Systems Levels 1, 2 & 3 (practicing IFS Since 2012)

  • Somatic IFS Levels 1 & 2

  • Intimacy From the Inside Out, Introduction

  • Externship in Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy, 2009

  • Mindsight Trained Therapist with Daniel Siegel, MD, UCLA

  • Mindfulness and Psychotherapy with Ronald Siegel, PsyD, Harvard

  • Executive Coach for MetLife, 2006-2009, 4 years

  • Brené Brown, The Daring Way, 2019

  • Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR)

  • Mindful Self Compassion, Chris Germer

  • Intergenerational Healing, Legacy Unburdening

  • IFS Psychotherapy & Spirituality

  • IFS Psychotherapy & Addictions

  • Primordial Sound Meditation Teacher Training, Chopra Institute

Professional Activities and Memberships:

  • Assistant to Dr. Richard Schwartz, Omega Institute: Investigating Internal Family Systems, October 2021, Rhinebeck, NY

  • Assistant to Dr. Richard Schwartz, Esalen Institute, Big Sur, California, February 14 - 18, 2022, The I in the Storm: Bringing Self Leadership to Everyday Life; and February 21 - 25, 2022, Self-Compassion in Inner and Outer Relationships

  • Assistant to Dr. Richard Schwartz, The Institute for Living, Boone, North Carolina, April 8-10, 2022, IFS: Healing Trauma & Restoring Wholeness

  • Program Assistant, IFS Level 2 Training, Deepening and Expanding, Ericiera, Portugal, June 15-19, 2022

  • Assistant to Dr. Richard Schwartz, High Watch Recovery Center, Kent, Connecticut, August 29-30, 2022: IFS & Addiction

  • Program Assistant for Level 1 and Level 2 trainings at High Watch Recovery Center, Kent Connecticut 2023 - 2024

  • Program Assistant for various Level 1 and Level 2 trainings through the IFS Institute 2014 -2024

  • Assistant for various IFS retreats at Mago Retreat Center, Sedona, AZ 2022 - 2024

  • National Association of Social Workers (NASW)

  • Founder, The Center for Psychotherapy & Mindfulness, LLC

  • Workshop: “Everyday Mindfulness” presented at UBS Pinnacle trip, Meadowood Napa Valley