my background

Education

M.A., Mental Health Counseling, Baruch College, City University of New York

B.A., History, Hunter College, City University of New York

License

Licensed Mental Health Counselor, New York State, #009505

Certifications

Certified Family and Couples Therapist, Institute for Contemporary Psychotherapy (ICP)

Certificate in Self Psychology, Institute for the Psychoanalytic Study of Subjectivity (IPSS)

Training

EMDR, EMDR Advanced Training & Distance Learning, EMDR International Association

ICP, Psychotherapy Center for Gender & Sexuality (NY, NY)

ICP, Family & Couples Training Services

ICP, Child & Adolescent Training Services

Widener University, Center for Human Sexuality Studies (Chester, PA)

Additional Training/Experience

Generation Cue, Adolescent Sex Educator (Queens, NY)

LGBT Center of New York, Individual & Group Counselor (Manhattan, NY)

Baruch College (Psychology Department) Instructor (Manhattan, NY)

Coney Island Day Treatment Center, Group Counselor (Brooklyn, NY)

Center for HIV Educational Studies & Training, Research Internship (Manhattan, NY)

European Roma Rights Centre, Field & Statistical Research Assistant (Budapest, Hungary)

Certified Domestic Violence Counselor, Crime Victims Treatment Center of NYC (Manhattan, NY) 

Professional Memberships

American Counseling Association (ACA)

Association of Multicultural Counseling & Development (AMCD)

International Association of Marriage & Family Counselors (IAMFC)

World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH)

NYMHCA (New York Mental Health Counselors Association)

TASHRA (The Alternative Sexualities Health Research Alliance)

CARAS  (Community-Academic Consortium for Research on Alternative Sexualities)