In my private practice I work with adults of all ages who are suffering from anxiety and depression; struggling with relationship issues; navigating life transitions and upheavals; dealing with grief and loss; and going through other problems of living that come with being human. I am trained to treat individuals and couples, and I enjoy working with both. 

Alongside my clinical practice I spent nearly twenty-five years at the University of Pennsylvania, where I taught social work masters and doctoral students and held senior administrative posts: as Dean of Students and as founding Director of the Clinical Doctorate in Social Work (DSW) program—the first social work practice doctorate in the country.  

Since retiring from Penn I have been able to devote more time to my private practice, doing what I love: providing psychotherapy to individuals and couples. I also provide mentoring and clinical supervision to beginning and advanced level clinicians. 

I have trained in and taught a number of individual and couples therapy approaches that I use in my practice: Psychodynamic psychotherapy; Relational therapy; Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT); Mindfulness-based techniques; Trauma-based interventions; and Emotion Focused Therapy (EFT); and I continue to stay informed about the latest research on best practices and promising new treatments.