Brief Bio
I have experience in teaching doctoral students regarding psychological testing and psychotherapy at both Antioch University where I was both Department Chair and Director of Clinical Training and I continue to work as an Adjunct faculty member at the Pacifica Graduate Institute and California Lutheran University.
Prior to moving to Santa Barbara, I was engaged in the practice of psychology for twenty-three years in South Florida, working with children, adolescents and adults in psychotherapy. Following my graduation from the Florida Psychoanalytic Institute in January of 2003, I also have seen adults in psychoanalysis. My training in psychoanalysis greatly informs my clinical work; and I have always been drawn to the insights the various dynamic approaches have added to our discipline. My early interest was in infancy and the formative power of the infant-parent relationship, and I trained quite early in both attachment theory and infant/parent psychotherapy and these strands of work also have greatly influenced my development as a therapist.
I also have a strong interest, and much experience, in conducting psychological testing that focuses on assessing personality and psychological functioning. My graduate training in testing was steeped in the psycho-dynamic tradition and it significantly informs my approach to psychological testing, integrated with the rigor of empirically supported testing data.
