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Background

License Information 

New York –– 1983 to Present 

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District of Columbia –– 1995 "Inactive"

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Connecticut ––  2005 to Present

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Florida –– 2012 to Present

Education 

1990, Certificate in Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy, Institute for Contemporary Psychotherapy (ICP)

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1986, Advanced Certificate in Clinical Social Work, NYU School of Social Work

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1983, MA in Social Work, Columbia University School of Social Work

Professional Affiliations

Institute for Contemporary Psychotherapy (ICP)

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National Association of Social Workers (NASW)

Clinical Experience 

Full-Time Private Practice, New York, NY, 1989-present

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Group Supervision Instructor, Institute for Contemporary Psychotherapy (ICP), 2006-2009

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Volunteer Group Supervisor, New York, NY, 2000-2004

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Supervisor, Institute for Contemporary Psychotherapy (ICP) 1999-present

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Private Individual Supervision, 1999-present

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Continuing Education

Psychological Wellness and Self-Care as an Ethical Imperative, TZK Seminars, April 11, 2024

 

Integrating Traumatic Memories: Conceptualization and Clinical Considerations in Evidence-based Approaches to Trauma Processing, TZK Seminars, March 4, 2024

 

Boundary Issues and Multiple Relationships in the Real World: A Rational Approach, TZK Seminars, February 14, 2024

 

Introduction to Attachment-Based Family Therapy, TZK Seminars, June 13, 2023

 

Making Peace With Panic: A Mindful Approach to Understanding and Treating Panic, TZK Seminars, June 8, 2023

 

Gaslighting in the Spotlight, TZK Seminars, January 14, 2023

 

Understanding and Treating the Cybersexually Addicted, TZK Seminars, July 10, 2022

 

Psychological Wellness and Self-Care as an Ethical Imperative, TZK Seminars, July 8, 2022

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Awestruck: How the New Science of Awe Can Make Us Happier, Healthier, and More Connected, TZK Seminars, November 22, 2021

 

Calming The Emotional Storm: Introduction to Dialectical Behavior Therapy, TZK Seminars, October 15, 2021

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Spirituality in Clinical Social Work, National Association of Social Workers, September 24, 2021

 

Meeting the (Big) Challenges of “Blended Families”: Rupture and Resilience Up Close and Personal, Ackerman Institute, February 28, 2020

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When the Music Stops: Understanding the Unique Contributions of Therapy, Mediation and Collaborative Divorce When Marriage Comes to an End, Ackerman Institute, September 6, 2019

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The Heart of Couple Therapy: Key Principles for Enabling Couples to Change, Ackerman Institute, November 30, 2018

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Ambiguous Loss and the Myth of Closure, Ackerman Institute, April 6, 2018

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DBT Principles and their Application to Treating Couples and Families, Ackerman Institute, February 16, 2018

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Love, Secrets, Cybersex, Infidelity, Addiction – and Forgiveness, Ackerman Institute, April 21, 2017

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Loving with ADHD, Ackerman Institute, January 13, 2017

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Working with Emotions in Clinical Practice, Ackerman Institute, December 4, 2015

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Between Pink & Blue Combining Affirmative and Research Based Approaches to Gender Expansive and Transgender (GET) Youth and Their Families, Ackerman Institute, November 20, 2015

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Learning to Listen to Men’s Sexual Narrative in Treatment, Ackerman Institute, October 23, 2015

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Emotional Overreaction in Couples, Ackerman Institute, May 29, 2015

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Love, Secrets, Cybersex, Infidelity, Addiction- and Forgiveness?, Ackerman Institute, May 16, 2014

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Ten Things Therapists Need to Know about Sex- and Why, Ackerman Institute, May 9, 2014

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Secrets in Families and Family Therapy Ackerman Institute, Ackerman Institute, May 17, 2013

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Sexual Intelligence: Cybersex, Kinky Sex, Pornography and Sex Addiction, Ackerman Institute, May 10, 2013

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Facilitating Resilience in Couples Therapy: A Neurobiological-Relational Approach,Ackerman Institute, May 3, 2013

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Love and its Discontents: A Neurobiological-Relational Approach to Couple Therapy, Ackerman Institute, June 8, 2012

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Therapy with Couples: Working with Power and Privilege, Ackerman Institute, November 11, 2011

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From Analytic Delinquency to Boundary Violation: A Clinical Workshop, Division 39 Conference, April 13, 2011

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The Multiple Aspects of Multiplicity: From Traumatic Dissociation to a Normative Model of Mind, Division 39 Conference, April 13, 2011

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Models of Marriage and Attachment Ideal of Affairs: A Systemic-Attachment Position, Ackerman Institute, April 8, 2011

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Do Not Ask Me to Forgive you! A Radical Approach to Healing Interpersonal Wounds, Ackerman Institute, February 25, 2011

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Bodies: What exactly are these bodies that we are trying to live in?, William Alanson White Institute, May, 2010

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Facilitating Relational Empowerment in Couples Therapy, Ackerman Institute, April 30, 2010

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Money Matters: The Collapse of Consciousness, William Alanson White Institute, March, 2010

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EDCAS One-Year Course: Eating Disorders, Compulsions & Addictions, William Alanson White Institute, September 2008 – June 2009

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Ethics in Psychoanalysis: Philosophical Foundations, Clinical Ramifications, Division 39 Annual Spring Meeting, April 9, 2008

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Knowing Not Knowing & Sort of Knowing: Psychoanalysis and the Experience of Uncertainty, Division 39 Annual Spring Meeting, Waldorf Astoria, April 10– 13, 2008

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Current Perspectives in American Interpersonal Psychoanalysis, William Alanson White Institute, June, 2007

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Couples Therapy for the Psychoanalyst, William Alanson White Institute, March, 2007

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