I have been in the practice of Marriage and Family Psychotherapy for over 20 years, and have been a student of family systems for many years. I see most problems in living as arising from long standing emotional pressure from our family systems.  Most of us take on a family role and find ourselves fulfilling family expectations in our choice of friends, schools, careers, and especially our life's patners. When we are aware of our family determined role, as contrasted with a deep sense of our true identity, we have the vital knowledge we need to make long lasting change.  This perspective, along with an understanding of human emotions and how to deal with them, marks all my work whether it addresses emotional stress, parenting, stage of life changes, parental relationships with adult children, losses due to illness, death, divorce, or gender issues, and spiritual questions. I have conducted numerous couples workshops for enrichment, parenting workshops, and clergy support groups.

My credentials include:

Clinical Membership in the Americian Association of Marriage and Family Therapy

Certificate in Clinical Hypnosis from the American Society of Clinical Hypnosis

New York State License in Marriage and Family Therapy

New York State License in Psychoanalysis