Professional Education

 

Education and Licensure

  
2000Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Board of Behavioral Sciences, California.
1997Licensed Associate Clinical Social Worker, Board of Behavioral Sciences, California.
1997M.S.W., Mental Health, San Diego State University (Santa Barbara Foundation Scholarship).
1989M.A., Philosophy – Ethics, University of California, Irvine (Regents’ Fellowship).
1986B.A., Philosophy - Religion, University of California, Santa Barbara (Chancellor’s Scholarship)
  
Advanced Training

I have advanced training and experience in cognitive behavioral and client centered approaches to individual therapy, as well as expressive arts and play therapy with children.  I also have advanced training in trauma focused therapies.

I have advanced training in attachment focused therapies for children, as well as for couples.  Regarding attachment therapy for children, I am a Registered Clinician with ATTACH and a past member of their board of directors.  I have completed extensive trainings with Daniel Hughes, PhD,  and the Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy Institute

http://www.dyadicdevelopmentalpsychotherapy.org/

Regarding attachment focused couples therapy, I have completed the requirements for the "A-level" ("Advanced Training and EFT Supervision") of "qualification of EFT therapist", as set forth by the International Centre for Excellence in Emotionally Focused Therapy

http://www.iceeft.com/.