The George Washington University
School of Medicine and Health Sciences
(Clinical Instructor, Dept. of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences)          

U.S. Department of State                      
(Independent clinical consultant/psychotherapist for foreign service
employees who are brought back from overseas by med-evac for
psychological/psychiatric reasons)

Eugene Meyer III Treatment Center of the
Washington School of Psychiatry
(Psychotherapist)

Whitman-Walker Clinic
(Volunteer Psychotherapist)

ValueOptions, Inc.
(Employee Assistance Program Care Manager)

District of Columbia Department of Mental Health,
Youth Forensic Services and the
Mayor’s Services Liaison Office
(Consultant to the D.C. Superior Court’s Family Division judges and allied professionals)

Hillcrest Children’s Center
(Psychotherapist)   

Washington School of Psychiatry
(three years of intensive, post-Master’s degree study and supervision, 2003-2005, and ongoing training and affiliation)

Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio
(Master of Science in Social Administration, 1994)

University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois
(Bachelor of Arts, 1990)

Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Spain
(one year of liberal arts study, 1987-88 school year)

Extensive travel in Western and Eastern Europe and North Africa.

Member, National Association of Social Workers
Member, American Psychological Association, Division 39
Member, Washington School of Psychiatry
Member, International Psychotherapy Institute
Member, Capital Area Physicians for Human Rights


THEORETICAL INFLUENCES:

My work draws from a variety of theories of psychology, psychotherapy, and human development, including:

• contemporary psychodynamic theory as further developed by such psychiatrists as D.W. Winnicott and Harry Stack Sullivan, as well as psychologists Patricia Coughlan Della Selva and Leigh McCullough, to name a few;

• existential/humanistic theory as articulated by Rollo May, Ph.D., and Irvin Yalom, M.D.;
  
  
• Attachment theory as originated by John Bowlby, M.D., and later expanded on by Mary Ainsworth, Ph.D.

• cognitive-behavioral approaches as developed by Aaron Beck, M.D. and psychologists Albert Ellis and Marsha Linehan.

I also borrow ideas from body-centered psychology, because our bodies often can tell us things that our intellects cannot. Consistent with this, I make every effort to stay abreast of the latest psychological and neurobiological research findings .