GRADUATE EDUCATION

• Ph.D., California Graduate Institute of The Chicago School of Professional Psychology, Clinical Psychology - Granted Dissertation Award

• M.A., Harvard University, Psychology and Human Development

• M.P.H., New York University, International Public Health - Awarded Academic Honors

POSTGRADUATE TRAINING & CERTIFICATION

• Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction in Mind-Body Medicine, Training with Jon Kabat-Zinn, Ph.D.

• Postpartum Support International training in Perinatal Mood Disorders

• Mindful Awareness Research Center, UCLA Semel Institute

• Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Certificate, Wright Institute

• Institute of Contemporary Psychoanalysis, Foundations Course

• Mindsight Institute, Dr. Daniel Siegel, Interpersonal Neurobiology

CLINICAL TRAINING & CONSULTATION

• Psychological Assistant/Psychotherapist (PSB#35140), Private Practice, Supervised by Dr. Thompson (PSY#19970)

• PBS, This Emotional Life, Consulting Advisor and Interviewee- Early Moments Matter, Childhood Attachment Toolkit

• Psychoanalytic Study Center, Conference Planning Committee, symposium exploring the discourse on sexuality and pornography in psychoanalysis

• Wright Institute, Adult Training and Outpatient Eating Disorders Programs, Predoctoral Intern and Postdoctoral Fellow

• Maple Counseling Center, Child, Adolescent, and Family Training Program, Practicum Intern

 

INTERNATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH

• Harvard School of Public Health, Global Reproductive Health Forum, Department of Population and International Health, Project Director, Boston * India, Nepal, and Nigeria

• Engender Health, Program Associate, New York * Senegal

 

FELLOWSHIPS

• Columbia University and University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands, International School for Humanities and Social Sciences, Institute on Sexuality, Culture, and Society

• Project Otzma, Service Corps, Community Service Project, Israel

TEACHING FELLOWSHIPS

• Psychology of Women and Gender: Harvard University

• Public Health and Human Development: New York University

RESEARCH

• Feminist Majority Foundation, Reproductive Health and Rights

• Alliance on Gender, Culture, and School Practice: Harvard University

• Feminist Research in the Social Sciences: Harvard University

• Planned Parenthood of New York City: Clinic Services Department

• Program for Pregnant and Parenting Teenagers: Mount Sinai Hospital

AWARDS & GRANTS

• Josephine Bernstein Award for Best Qualitative and Quantitative Dissertation, California Graduate Institute of The Chicago School of Professional Psychology

• American Psychological Association, Division of Psychoanalysis (39), Section III: Women, Gender, and Psychoanalysis, National Dissertation Award

• Robert J. Stoller Foundation, grant awarded for psychoanalytic research on sexuality

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

• Board Member, American Psychological Association, Section III: Women, Gender, and Psychoanalysis, Division of Psychoanalysis (39)

• Member, LA County Perinatal Mental Health Task Force

• Member, International Association for Relational Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy (IARPP)

• Member, Postpartum Support International (PSI)

• Certified Health Education Specialist (CHES)