Welcome
Thank you for your interest
Should you choose for us to work together, I hope:
• You can feel how you want to feel
• You come to be who you want to be
• You can achieve what you would like to achieve
• You come to see yourself as others see you
…in a relationship which fosters understanding, peace of mind, and growth.
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Psychotherapy and psychoanalysis
The Process
How I work
There is nothing more precious than our emotional and physical health and that of those whom you love. Feeling whole, at peace with oneself and those around us comes through our connections with important others – ideals, people, values, nature, including the relationship you form in the room. When everything works well, we arrive in a different place, where we feel secure, whole, expanded, capable and deserving of joy. One can live brilliantly and peacefully.
• I will work from your strengths.
• I start from your perspective. Other perspectives will flow.
• I focus on the unfolding process between us, and on the emotional, alive moments in your life and in the room.
• I use my training in different therapeutic approaches and techniques to help you achieve your goals.
About me
Training
• I trained in the field of behavior therapy and cognitive behavior therapy.
• Later I trained in family therapy.
• Finally I became an adult, adolescent, and child psychoanalyst.
• I honor all traditions of healing. I believe that the deepest understanding and change comes from knowing oneself better, being able to think self-reflectively, and experiencing oneself differently through working with another person who is a trained professional.
Credentials
Education
Undergraduate:
Smith College, A.B. (History)
Graduate:
Columbia University Teachers College, M.A. (History)
Boston College, Ph.D. (Psychology)
Post-Graduate:
Boston Psychoanalytic Society and Institute,
Advanced Training Program in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy, Graduate
Massachusetts Institute for Psychoanalysis, Advanced Candidate
Seattle Psychoanalytic Society & Institute, Graduate, Adult Psychoanalysis 1998; Child and Adolescent Psychoanalysis 2000; Certification in Adult Psychoanalysis – American Psychoanalytic Association 12/2000; Certification in Child and Adolescent Psychoanalysis – American Psychoanalytic Association 12/2001; Training and Supervising Psychoanalyst 12/2003
Professional Licenses and Listings
Massachusetts – 1984 #3440
Rhode Island – 1980 #199 [Inactive Status, 1998]
Washington – 1993 #PY1691
National Register of Health Service Providers in Psychology – 1983 #31694
Academic Appointments and Teaching
Clinical Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington School of Medicine
Psychoanalytic Appointments and Teaching
Training and Consulting Psychoanalyst, Seattle Psychoanalytic Society and Institute
Membership in Societies
American Psychological Association
Center for Object Relations
Division 39, American Psychological Association
Massachusetts Association for Psychoanalytic Psychology
Massachusetts Institute for Psychoanalysis
National Council of Health Care Providers in Psychology
Northwest Alliance for Psychoanalytic Studies
Seattle Psychoanalytic Society and Institute
Awards
June 2012: Teaching Award, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington School of Medicine
June 1999: Teaching Award, Chief Residents, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington School of Medicine
July 1994: Excellence in Teaching Award, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Brown University School of Medicine
Contact me
I am happy to talk with you on the phone. I encourage you to come in. Experiencing how I am and work conveys more than anything and is the best way to see whether you feel I can be helpful. Goodness of fit is important in this pathway you are thinking of going down. I hope to hear from you.
206-706-7626
Office address:
9125 View Ave. NW
Seattle, WA 98117
