Background and Experience:
About Me and the Services I Provide:
I am a licensed Clinical Psychologist with an M.A. and Ph.D., from the Wright Institute in Berkeley, California. Over the last 27 years, I have worked as a Clinical Psychologist providing primarily, psychodynamically oriented psychotherapy to executives, professionals, individuals and couples experiencing a wide range of psychological, emotional and career difficulties. My practice specializes in:
* Individual psychodynamically oriented psychotherapy;
* Marriage, couples and relationship counseling;
* Treatment for depression and anxiety;
* Addiction and recovery issues;
* Therapy for Adult Children of Alcoholics (ACA) and co-dependency;
* EAP and executive coaching for a variety of career and job concerns;
* Navigating change;
* Management and organizational consulting.
In addition to my private practice, I have worked as an organizational consultant for startups as well as a behavioral health care consultant focused on best practices. In the past, I have been a speaker at local and national conferences where I have presented on a variety of issues. These presentations have included administering corporate Employee Assistance programs, assessing and preventing workplace violence, organizational change, managing mergers and acquisitions as well as managed healthcare best practices.
I have been employed in a variety of mental health and corporate settings over the years. Through these experiences, I have gained extensive knowledge and training that allows me to work with and treat a full range of career, psychological and substance abuse and recovery issues.
Education:
1989
Doctorate Degree
Clinical Psychology
The Wright Institute,
Berkeley, California.
1988
Masters Degree
Clinical Psychology
The Wright Institute,
Berkeley, California.
Professional Background:
1995 to Present
Private Practice,
San Francisco, California.
1998 to 2001
Employee Assistance Program Counselor for both Harris Bank and Northern Trust Bank, San Francisco,California.
1997-1998
Staff Counselor (contract):Employee Assistance Program, Pacific Bell (SBC)
San Francisco, California.
1997-2004
Independent Organizational and Behavioral Health Care Consultant,
San Francisco, California.
1991-1998
Associate Professor, Masters Program, School of Human Resource Management and the Masters Program, School of Management,Golden Gate University,
San Francisco,California.
1990-1997
Vice President, Assistant Manager, and Clinical Director, Employee Assistance Services Wells Fargo Bank,
San Francisco, California.
Professional Affiliations:
Department of Psychiatry, Mills-Peninsula Hospital,
Burlingame,California.
San Francisco Psychological Association