11/16/07

My Training:

I am a Clinical Psychologist, licensed in New York State (License No. 10371).

I received my Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from Columbia University, Teachers College in 1990.  Prior to that, I had also earned a Master's Degree from Bank Street College of Education in Counseling Services, and had done undergraduate coursework in Special Education.

Because I have a background in education and school-based services, I am particularly adept at helping parents and teachers to understand how to help the child in very concrete, practical ways.

My Experience:

I have over twenty years' experience working with children and parents as a private practitioner and working for various schools, child welfare agencies, medical centers, and social service agencies.  These include Teachers College at Columbia University, Beth Israel Medical Center, St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center, the Administration for Children's Services (ACS), and Karen Horney Therapeutic Nursery Program.  In my practice, I always focus on the whole child and all his/her complex needs.  I have had an active testing practice for the last sixteen years, and also do psychotherapy with both children and adults.  In addition, I coach parents in handling temperamentally difficult children.

I have worked extensively with children grappling with many issues, including:

My Work History:

I have trained doctoral students in child assessment and treatment for twenty years.  I hold an appointment as an adjunct faculty member in the Clinical Psychology program at Columbia University, Teachers College and have also supervised psychology interns in child assessment at Beth Israel Medical Center in the Department of Child Psychiatry.

At the Administration for Children's Services (ACS), I was the consulting psychologist doing the training and supervision of a program to do mental health assessments on foster children; I am also the former Director of a program at St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center for at-risk children and adolescents.

In addition, I have a strong background in early childhood assessment.  I ran a dyadically-based therapeutic nursery program for children with attachment disorders and their parents, and I have served as a consultant to many preschools (therapeutic and general education) and day care centers.  I am very comfortable assessing children under the age of five, as well as those with limited verbal skills.