In 1994 I received a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology at The Derner Institute of Advanced Psychological Studies with a focus in Psychodynamic/Object Relations approaches to therapy.
My post-doctoral studies include:
- Advanced tutelage from renowned Jungian analysts in New York and Southern India
- Cognitive Behavioral psychology at Duke University, NC
- Adlerian psychological methods at several Adlerian Seminars
- Training in Thought Field Therapy, Hypnotherapy and Prolonged Exposure Therapy
These courses enable me to utilize an eclectic mix of psychological modalities that are best suited for treating the individual's specific problems and needs.
Furthermore, I have garnered additional experiences as a:
- Professor of Psychology
- Member of the Oxford Round Table
- Positive Discipline Educator
- Mental Health Educator (NAMI)
- School psychologist in New York and South Carolina.
These serve to sharpen my insights into human behavior and enrich my clinical practice.
The focus of my therapeutic counseling is to invite and nurture self-awareness and self-knowledge through an understanding of the journeying self.
Individual karma, family karma, and societal karma are explored as authentic aspects of self-development.
In counseling children and their parents, Positive Discipline exercises are utilized. Children are encouraged to discover their talents and capabilities and learn how to use them constructively.
From 1996 to the present I have worked with adults, adolescents, and children of all races, levels of education, sexual preference, and gender identities.
