About Me

 I received my formal academic training from the University of Pittsburgh with a Masters degree in Social work with an emphasis on therapy and a PhD from the school of Public Health. I received standard training in cognitive behavioral therapy and am licensed as Clinical Licensed Social worker in Arizona and Pennsylvania.

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Additional training and education include 

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• 2 year course on Jung in Washington DC taught by James Hollis

• 2 year Jungian studies at the Philadelphia Institute of Jung

• 3 year training program at the International Masterson Institute to work with personality disorders - an analytic approach in the context of object relations focused on defenses

• Certified in Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy - level 1; attachment-based therapy for  working with children by Danial Hughes

• 2 year training in Sandplay consisting of 1 year of formal training and 1 year of supervision - by Barbara Turner

• EMDR trained and certified

• Trauma-informed therapist