Position:
Clincal Social Worker LCSW at Private Practice
Location:
Greater New York City Area
Industry:
Individual & Family Services
Work:
Private Practice
since Jan 1983
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Clincal Social Worker LCSW
Long Island Consultation Center
Sep 1996 - Jun 2001
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Supervisor of Staff in couple and family Therapy
Ackerman Institue for Family Therapy
Sep 1981 - May 1986
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Extern and Teacher
Payne Whitney, New York Presbyterian Hospital
Jul 1979 - Aug 1981
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Supervisor
Education:
Columbia School of Social Work
Clinical Social Worker, psychology and couples therapy
Other
Skills:
Counselling, Loss, Couples, Psychotherapy, Adolescents, Treatment, Life Transitions, Self-esteem, Mindfulness, Stress, Adults, Stress Management, Family Therapy, Counseling, Mental Health, Clinical, Mental Health Counseling, Counseling Psychology
Interests:
Writing, music, basketball, Tai Chi, meditation, politics, peace, long walks on the beach, having fun.
Honor & Awards:
* Article, “The Tornado Inside,” published in The Family Therapy Networker describes a learning disability from the viewpoint of an eleven year old boy, his feelings about school and himself.
* Co-wrote a training film at the Ackerman Institute for Family Therapy with Paul Franklin MD, called “The Struggle for Hope.” The film was based on our work over a period of two years with a couple we successfully counseled in dealing with their violent adolescent son.
* Published poet in various magazines, including Poet Magazine, 10th anniversary issue of The New York Press and Verbicide where I placed 3rd in a nation wide contest run by New Century Writers both in poetry and in fiction. I also was a finalist with several other stories and poems. Was a finalist and semi finalist in the William Faulkner contest for several years.