07-90 to Present    Private Practice, San Francisco and Corte Madera, CA:

Long-term and brief psychotherapy for adults, adolescents, children and couples.

09-99 to 06-02       New College of California,  San Francisco, CA:

Group Supervisor: Weekly child case conference for post Masters level interns.

06-99 to 09-03       Survivors International, San Francisco, CA

Forensic Assessment: Conduct psychological evaluations and individual psychotherapy for individuals seeking political asylum and/or victims of political torture and persecution. 

06-94 to Present    Children’s Psychological Health Center and the Psychological Trauma Center, San Francisco,
                            CA.                                       

                            Forensic Assessment: Tasks include conducting patient interviews, document                                                         review, adminstering psychometric tests, formulating and writing psychiatric assessments.

09-94 to 07-98        RISE Institute, San Francisco, CA:

Child Psychotherapist: Individual and group psychotherapy for severely emotionally disturbed children and adolescents, within a special education school setting.

05-94 to 09-95        Kid’s Turn, San Francisco, CA:

Child Psychotherapist/Group Leader: Conduct psychoeducational groups for children and adolescents whose parents were recently divorced or separated.

09-91 to 07-93       California Pacific Medical Center, Department of Psychiatry, S.F., CA:

Psychology Intern: Long term and supportive psychoanalytic psychotherapy with neurotic, character disordered, and psychotic adults and children. Intake assessments, crisis on-call duties, and inpatient consultation. Intensive two-year course of training including four hours individual supervision and 10-12 hours training seminars, weekly.

06-91 to 10-92       The Family Therapy Center, San Francisco, CA:

Psychology intern in Saturday Center program: Short-term and long-term psychodynamic and family systems psychotherapy with adults, children, families, and couples representing a varied diagnostic population.

06-91 to 10-92       Jewish Family and Children’s Services, Belmont CA:

Psychotherapist: Time limited psychotherapy for individual adults and couples representing a broad range of diagnoses.

09-90 to 07-92        New Perspectives - The Gateway Project, Richmond, CA:

Child Psychotherapist: School-based, time limited and long-term individual, group and family therapy for children of alcoholic parents. Provided in-service training for teaching staff.

06-90 to 02-92       The Grief Counseling Project of Suicide Prevention, Berkeley, CA:

Psychology Trainee: Short-term supportive psychotherapy for adults, adolescents, families and groups with a focus upon bereavement issues.

09-87 to 06-90        Edgewood Children’s Center, San Francisco, CA:

School Coordinator/Senior Counselor: Crisis support and therapy for severely emotionally disturbed children within a residential, special education school setting. Supervised child care workers and participated with multi-disciplinary treatment teams review and planning.

05-85 to 09-87        Edgewood Children’s Center, San Francisco, CA:

School Coordinator/Senior Counselor: Crisis support and therapy for severely emotionally disturbed children within a residential, special education school setting. Supervised child care workers and participated with multi-disciplinary treatment teams review and planning.

09-84 to 09-85       Integral Counseling Center, San Francisco, CA:

Intern: Long-term psychotherapy for individuals, adults and couples.

SUPERVISORY EXPERIENCE

09-98 to 06-02       New College of California, San Francisco, CA:

Clinidal Supervisor: Supervise masters level interns for psychotherapy of children and adults.

09-93 to 07-99       Crisis Support Services of Alameda County, Berkeley, CA:

Clinical Superfisor: Supervise masters and doctoral level interns in brief psychotherapy for bereaved children, adolescents and adults. Assist in teaching of training seminars.

PRESENTATIONS AND TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Spring 1999        Save Our Youth Conference: Provided two hour seminar on Community   Violence, Trauma and Adolescent Development, to mental health professionals at  Samuel Merritt College in Oakland, CA.

Spring 1998        Psychological Trauma Center Seminar: Workshop for legal professionals concerning my forensic evaluation of Eskimos located in remote Alaskan villages.

Spring 1996        Psychological Trauma Center Seminar: Workshop for legal professionals concerning assessment on the interaction of trauma and grief reactions.

Fall 1995            Training workshop at Crisis Support Services: Assessing Posttraumatic Stress Disorder. Provided to masters and doctoral level interns.

    
SUPPLEMENTAL TRAINING 

09-02 to 06-03     Intensive Study Program: Series of seminars on contemporary issues in psychoanalytic theory and treatment. Includes didactic and case conference meetings.

09-01 to 07-02     Intensive Study Program: Series of seminars on contemporary issues in psychoanalytic theory and treatment. Included didactic and case conference meetings.

09-00 to 07-01     Intensive Study Program: Series of seminars on contemporary issues in psychoanalytic theory and treatment. Included didactic and case conference meetings.

07-08-00             Treating Children Inside, Outside and In-between: Day long seminar sponsored by The Children Institute for Child Psychotherapy. Instructors: Victor Bonifilio, Ph.D., Diane Ehrensaft, Ph.D., Toni Heineman, DMH, and Stephen Seligman, DMH.

04-29-00             Forensic Assessment of Political Persecution: Day long seminar sponsored by Survivors International. Instructor: Barton Lynch, Ph.D.

04-07-00             Antisocial Personality Disorder in Children: Grand Rounds, Langley Porter, UCSF Medical Center. Taught by Paulina Kernberg, Ph.D.

01-00                 Changing Bodies, Changing Minds: Treatment of Adolescents: Day long seminar sponsored by McAuley Institute. Taught by Efrem Bleiberg, M.D., Peter Fonagy, Ph.D., Maureen Katz, Ph.D., and Stephen Seligman, DMH.

 09-99 to 06-00   Intensive Study Program: Sponsored by the San Francisco Psychoanalytic Institute:

                         Nine-month course on contemporary issues in psychoanalytic theory and treatment. Includes didactic and case conference meetings.

Winter 1999        The Destructive Impulse: Sponsored by the Northern California Society for Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Extension: Four Saturdays, taught by Gail Bates, M.D.

03-98 to 10-00    Child Case Conference: Taught on weekly basis by Joseph Afterman, M.D., former supervising and training analyst at San Francisco Psychoanalytic Institute.

02-98 to 08-98     Masochism: Psychoanalytic Institute for Psychoanalysis and Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Extension. A ten-week course and case consultation specific to self destructive and masochistic patients. Taught by Barbara Blasedele, Ph.D.

09-96 to 06-97     Intensive Study Program: Sponsored by the San Francisco Psychoanalytic Institute.

                          Seminars on contemporary issues in psychoanalytic theory and treatment. Includes didactic and case conference meetings.

09-93 to 06-94     Case Conference/Seminar (adults and children): Jim Dimond, M.D., supervising and training analyst at San Francisco Psychoanalytic Institute.

RESEARCH

Doctoral Dissertation: “Adolescents’ Exposure to Community Violence: Living as If There Is No Tomorrow.”

 
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

1990 to Present      California Association for Marriage and Child Therapists

1994 to Present      Friends of the San Francisco Psychoanalytic Institute

1999 to Present      Northern California Society for Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy