Credentials

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

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

• National Association of Social Workers (NASW)

• International Academy of Collaborative Professionals (IACP)

• Connecticut Council for Non-Adversarial Divorce (CCND)

• Fairfield County Collaborative Divorce Professionals (FCCDP)

• Founder, The Center for Psychotherapy & Mindfulness, LLC

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