ABOUT ME
My experience in psychotherapy spans 25+ years across clinical environments and private practice. Helping people identify their challenges, gain perspective, and make progress in their lives is at the heart of my practice. As I watch clients change, their growth extends to all areas of their lives, and to what they bring to society.
Since graduating from Hunter College School of Social Work, I’ve had the great opportunity to work with people from diverse fields and backgrounds: artists, business and creative professionals, entrepreneurs, students, CEOs, freelancers, chefs, and expats. My New York clients are global clients, expansive in their desires, ideas, and dreams. The therapy relationship between client and practitioner is highly private and unique. It permits vulnerability and a discussion that cannot exist elsewhere. When one is in transition, a seasoned, objective professional is essential. Our relationship is exclusive to you and your needs. The result is perspective, insight and change.
Professional and Clinical Background:
Private practice since 2003
Mount Sinai Medical Center - Psychiatry, 6 years
Clinical Director of two hospital-based mental health programs (Cabrini Medical Center and North General Hospital) and trained psychology and social work interns and psychiatry residents in the practice of psychotherapy
Treatment of adolescents, adults, families, couples, gay men and lesbians, and the elderly
Individual specialties in depression, anxiety, borderline personality disorder, addiction, obsessive-compulsive difficulties, and attention deficit disorder
Systems treatment for families with problematic roles, finances, communication, authenticity among family members
Group therapies for artists, gay men, CEOs, sexually abused and sexually compulsive individuals
Approach:
Direct, attentive, respectful, and multi-faceted in technique
Aim to synthesize your problems into workable goals
Utilize the therapeutic relationship to examine personality components of self
Tailored for you to gain access to the inaccessible parts of yourself
Contextualize your problem with a cultural context
Work in tandem with experienced psychiatrists, if needed