I am a licensed clinical
psychologist (CA license PSY 21706). I have been conducting therapy sessions
for over 18 years, both during my academic training and in private practice.
I am also the Director of Training at Feeling Good Institute, where our mission is to provide high quality training in advanced Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to therapists and cutting edge treatment to patients. I spend much of my time at Feeling Good Institute teaching and training therapists both in person and online.
Experience
After several years in private practice in New York City, I relocated to the
Bay Area in 2007. In my practice I have helped clients live happier and more
fulfilling lives by overcoming social
anxiety, panic attacks, worrying, stress, OCD, PTSD, depression, relationship
problems, and other common challenges.
In 2011 I joined the Voluntary Clinical Faculty in the Department of
Psychiatry at Stanford's Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences. In this
role I teach Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and serve as a consultant to
psychiatry residents, local practitioners and graduate students, both
individually and in weekly seminars at Stanford. One of the highlights of my week is co-leading a therapist training group at Stanford with Dr. David Burns, world
renowned therapist and author of the bestseller "Feeling Good" and
one of the original "fathers" of CBT.
Prior to opening my practice in New York, I worked for 2 years at NYU in the
department of medicine at the Institute
for Trauma and Stress. In the years following 9/11, I received extensive
training in cutting edge treatments for post-traumatic stress disorder, and was
then selected to train hundreds of community clinicians in treatments for
anxiety related to 9/11. I also directed a study on post-traumatic stress disorder
treatment, and was responsible for training and supervising other therapists.
Education
I received a B.A. in Psychology with honors from the University of Pennsylvania, and earned
my M.A. and Ph.D. from Boston University, where I conducted clinical research
on cognitive behavioral therapy for panic disorder, generalized anxiety disorder,
and social anxiety at the Center for
Anxiety and Related Disorders.
I then completed an internship in
New York at Weill Cornell Medical
College, Payne Whitney Clinic, focusing on further training in cognitive
behavioral therapy and treatment of anxiety disorders.
Finally, I completed a 2 year post-doctoral fellowship at NYU, focusing on
anxiety and trauma treatment.
Research
I have published research on treatment for panic disorder, obsessive compulsive disorder,
and post-traumatic stress disorder.
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abbreviated CV, including a list of my publications.
