Current Positions
Private Practice – Psychology and Psychoanalysis
Teaching Experience
2015 – 2016: UC Student Veterans Summer Writing Workshop, University of California, Santa Barbara
2012 – 2018: Fighting For Words: Creative Writing for Veterans
1992 – 2008: Faculty, Institute of Contemporary Psychoanalysis
- Advanced Object Relations Theory
- Boundary Dilemmas
- The Writings of Christopher Bollas
- Clinical Case Conference
- Therapeutic Regressions: Case Conference
- Winnicott: Clinical Applications
- Introduction to Psychoanalytic Concepts
- Creativity: Functions in Life and Psychoanalysis
- Postmodern Feminist Psychoanalysis
1992 – 2008: Instructor, Institute of Contemporary Psychoanalysis: Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Training Program
1993 – 2003: Faculty, Southern California Psychoanalytic Institute
- Psychoanalytic Treatment of Primitive Mental States
- Theory of the Mind: Object Relations
- The History of Psychoanalysis III: The English Experience – Middle School
- Winnicott and Guntrip: Clinical Applications
1991 – 1998: Research Faculty, California School of Professional Psychology
1986 – 1991: Associate Professor (Clinical Psychology, Health Psychology Track) (Assistant Professor l986-1988), California School of Professional Psychology, Los Angeles
- Introduction to Psychodynamic Psychotherapy
- Introduction to Psychological Interventions
- Research Practicum
- The Psychology of Loss, Grief & Bereavement
1986 – 1987: Core Faculty, AIDS Mental Health Training Projectof the University of California, San Francisco, AIDS Clinical Research Center
1985 – l986: Instructor, Psychosocial Aspects of Cancer: Ten-Week Training Program (PAC-10), Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, UCLA
1980 – 1982: Teaching Assistant, University of California, Berkeley
- Community Psychology
- Design & Analysis of Psychological Experiments (graduate course)
- Clinical Psychology
1978: Instructor, California State University Los Angeles, Drug Abuse: Theories and Models for Intervention and Prevention
1976 – 1978: Graduate Assistant, California State University, Northridge
Research Experience
1987 – 1989:Co-Investigator and Project Director, Outreach, Education and Intervention for Women at Risk for AIDS: Three city prevention, education and intervention project for female partners of intravenous drug abusers, adolescents and adult prostitutes.
1983 – 1986: Co-Investigator and Director, UCLA Psychological Needs Assessment and Intervention, AIDS Project
1984: Doctoral Dissertation, University of California, Berkeley, Risk-taking: A Developmental Approach to Decisions in Work and Relationships
1984: Anorexia Nervosa and Pregnancy: A Prospective Clinical Study, UCLA Eating Disorders Clinic
1980 – 1982: Research Director, Couples in Transition Project, University of California, Berkeley, Psychology Clinic
1981: Master’s Thesis, University of California, Berkeley, Risk-taking: Motives and Decisions in Work and Relationship Contexts
1980 – 1981: Research Director, Wingspread: Comprehensive Health Services for Women, Santa Cruz, California: Development and implementation of program evaluations and research on polydrug dependent women.
1975 – 1979: Director of Research and Administration, Glendale Guidance Clinic (Verdugo Mental Health Clinic): Developed and implemented research and evaluation programs for all treatment and prevention programs. Designed and implemented new community and clinical programs. Conducted mental health needs assessment in the community of Glendale. Developed and managed annual budget for the clinic and grant writing.
1978: Master’s thesis, California State University, Northridge: Effects of a Values Oriented and Decision-making Curriculum as a Strategy for Drug Abuse Prevention.
Clinical Experience
1982 – Present: Private Practice, Clinical Psychology and Psychoanalysis
1995 – 2008: Training and Supervising Analyst, Institute of Contemporary Psychoanalysis
1986 – 2004: Clinical Supervisor, UCLA Neuropsychiatric Institute and Hospital. Assistant Clinical Professor, Dept. of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, UCLA School of Medicine.
1986 – l991: Clinical Supervisor/ Training Faculty, Psychological Services Center, California School of Professional Psychology
1985 – 1987: Co-Director, Separation and Loss Clinic, Wright Institute, Los Angeles
1983 – 1986: Staff Psychologist, Neuropsychiatric Institute, Center for the Health Sciences, UCLA, Department of Psychiatry, Consultation-Liaison Service.
1985 – 1986: Project Coordinator, Psychosocial Aspects of Cancer, Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, Division of Cancer Control, UCLA
1982 – 1983: Psychology Intern, Neuropsychiatric Institute, Center for the Health Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles, School of Medicine
1981 – 1982: Neuropsychology Intern, Veterans Administration, San Francisco, California
1980 – 1982: Psychology Intern, Psychology Clinic, University of California, Berkeley
1980 – 1981: Psychology Trainee, Veterans Administration, Martinez, California
1978 – 1980: Marriage, Family and Child Counselor Intern
1976 – 1977: Psychology Intern, Valley Free Clinic, North Hollywood, California
1975 – 1976: Clinical Associate, Suicide Prevention Center, Los Angeles
Consultation Experience
1983 – 1986: Focus Center for Education and Training, Van Nuys, CA
1980 – 1981: Awareness House, State of California, Office of Drug Abuse, Oakland, California
1979 -1980: Wright Institute, Los Angeles, California
1979 – l981: Project Focus, Van Nuys, California
1978: Dixon Awareness Project, Dixon, California
Grants and Contracts
1987: AIDS Outreach to Female Partners of Intravenous Drug Abusers and Prostitutes, National Institute on Drug Abuse (Three Year Contract)
1985: The Separation and Loss Program, Robert Ellis Simon Foundation
1983: UCLA Needs Assessment and Intervention AIDS Project, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease (Three Year Grant)
1983: Community Needs Assessment – AIDS. American Cancer Society, California Division
1981: Couples in Transition Project, Graduate Assembly, University of California, Berkeley
1981: Family Wellness and Community Networking Project, State of California, Department of Alcohol and Drug Programs
1980: Physical Disability: A Family Matter, Robert Ellis Simon Foundation
1979: Partial Hospitalization Program, County of Los Angeles, Department of Mental Health
1978: Resources Center and Training for Drug Abuse Prevention, County of Los Angeles, Department of Health Services, Drug Abuse Office
1977: Training Program in Drug Abuse Prevention for Schools and Community Agencies: Project Focus, National Institute on Drug Abuse (Three Year Demonstration Grant)
1977: Positive Directions Volunteer Training and Placement Center: An Alternative to Hospitalization, CETA Title VI, City of Glendale
1977: Mental Health Needs Assessment, CETA Title VI, City of Glendale
1977: Planning Grant Assistance for Development of a Community Mental Health Center, Public Health Service, Department of H.E.W., National Institute of Mental Health
1976: Drug Abuse Prevention Program for Youth, National Institute on Drug Abuse