Cognitive-Behavioral Psychotherapy in New York and New Jersey

I want to welcome you warmly to my website. I have provided caring and skilled services as a cognitive-behaviorally oriented psychotherapist since 2002. I have over 30 years work and management experience in corporate/partnership, hospital, private practice, and academic work settings. This experience, an empathic and caring presence, and my graduate and post-graduate training combine to offer powerful healing for the patients I work with.

My qualifications include:

Advanced Certified Schema Therapist. (For more on Schema Therapy, a powerful cognitive-behavorial and psycho-dynamic approach, click on: schematherapy.com)
International, regional and local presentations and workshops on topics such as Estrangement and Anger Modes via the Jeffrey Young Schema Therapy Association (JYSTA), the International Society of Schema Therapy (ISST), and Rutgers University
International and national supervision of Schema Therapists in training
Ongoing collaboration and supervision with internationally recognized expert Wendy Behary, LCSW, author of Disarming the Narcissist (disarmingthenarcissist.com).
Treasurer of the JYSTA
EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) trainee.
Presentations to Corporate and Non-Profit Organizations on using Mindfulness-based Cognitive Therapy to overcome anxiety and depression.
Psychoanalytic Institute training at National Institute for the Psychotherapies (NYC)
A Masters in Social Work from New York University
A Ph.D. in Social Foundations of Education, University of Virginia. Focus on developmental and learning theory and managerial psychology
Decades of practicing mindfulness approaches such as insight meditation, yoga, mantra, and controlled breathing

Founding Member of:

Jeffrey Young Schema Therapy Association (JYSTA)

Member of:

International Society of Schema Therapy (ISST)
National Association of Social Workers (NASW)
New Jersey Association of Cognitive Behavioral Therapists (NJ-ACT)