About Me

AFFILIATIONS

I am the Director of The Addictions Institute San Francisco and an Associate with its Menlo Park site.  The Addictions Institute is a long-time leader of addiction treatment for those concerned with their own or someone else’s use as well as those in recovery. It offers a full range of outpatient psychotherapy, training and clinical consultation services.

In 2019, The Institute expanded its reach to San Francisco and the North Bay.

For more information, visit us at: https://addictions-institute.com/

Memberships with the Women's Association for Addiction Treatment, The Northern California Group Psychotherapy Society and the National Association of Social Workers.

BACKGROUND

My professional path has allowed me to study, apply, and guide others in the theory and best practices of treatment and recovery for over twenty-five years.

Specialized Training. I believe in providing the most mindful and effective care that I can. To do so, I have trained in specialized areas of therapy including psychodrama training with the Psychodrama Institute at Caron Center New York as well as in trauma recovery, dreamwork, art therapy, Buddhist psychology and somatic therapy techniques. In addition, I completed a year-long intensive training for certification as a Credentialed Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Counselor and have volunteered with Hazelden Betty Ford’s Children's Program.

Clinical Care. Through the years, I have worked with addicted individuals, their partners, couples, sober parents, adult children, parents of addicted children, children & teens of family addiction and grandchildren & grandparents. Beyond psychotherapy, my work has included school-based assessments, family systems interventions, clinical case management, supervision of therapists and staff, management of therapeutic services and strategic design and development of clinical programs.

Leadership. I have had the privilege of serving in various addiction treatment leadership roles. Highlights are as a Board Member at Women's Recovery Association Burlingame, Senior Advisor at the Center for Addiction & The Family at Phoenix House New York, Program & Clinical Director at The Children's Place Program Redwood City and Mental Health Supervisor at Edgewood Center’s Kinship Care Program San Francisco.

Teaching & Training. I am committed to sharing my knowledge and experience with others. From training California state prison staff in a fatherhood curriculum and writing family recovery videos for NYC Family Courts to lecturing on children & addiction at Stanford Medical School, JFK University and numerous Bay Area colleges, I have continued to respond to the needs of the field. I support the next generation of therapists and helpers through current clinical trainings and consultations.

I received my Master of Social Work degree from Adelphi University and am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in California and New York.