About Me

I am a Licensed Clinical Psychologist in the State of California (PSY 26445). In addition to psychotherapy practice, I am a Professor and former Chair of the Master's in Counseling Psychology program at the John F Kennedy College of Psychology at National University, where I train license-track Marriage and Family Therapists (LMFT) and Licensed Professional Clinical Counselors (LPCC). Prior to this, I was Chair of Holistic Counseling Psychology at John F. Kennedy University (JFKU), Founding Director of the Depth Psychotherapy Program and Director of the Expressive Arts Therapy Program at JFKU. I have also been on faculty at the California Institute of Integral Studies (CIIS) in San Francisco, CA, at Sofia University in Palo Alto, CA, and at the Studio for Movement Arts and Therapies in Bangalore, India.

I am a Past President of the San Francisco Psychological Association and have sat on the Board of Directors for the Association of Transpersonal Psychology and the International Expressive Arts Therapy Association. My international presentations, research, and publications in books and peer-reviewed journals have been in the areas of mindfulness, self-compassion, symbolic living, Jungian psychology, spiritual diversity in clinical practice, dreams, and imagination.

I have a PhD in Clinical Psychology from the Institute of Transpersonal Psychology, an MA in Depth Psychology from Sonoma State University, and a BA from Rutgers College in Psychology and Philosophy. I have extensive training in Jungian psychotherapy, expressive arts therapy, psychodynamic psychotherapy, mindfulness-based therapy, somatic therapy, existential-humanist therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy, dialectical behavioral therapy, emotionally-focused and attachment-based therapy, transpersonal therapy, and hypnosis, among others. I utilize tools from these modalities, when it is appropriate to the client and clinical situation.