I have been working in the field of mental health since 1993.  I am particularly interested in the areas of parenting support, early child development, and adults' difficulties achieving their potential in areas of business and the arts. 

Education and Training

I earned degrees at Northwestern University and the University of Chicago, and received my initial training at the Sonia Shankman Orthogenic School. I received additional training in developmental and clinical work with families with young children at the Virginia Frank Child Development Center in Rogers Park.  I completed a four-year, post-master's training program in Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy at the Chicago Institute for Psychoanalysis. 

I am the President of the Association of Child and Adolescent Psychotherapists, and a former executive officer of the Illinois Association for Infant Mental Health.

I am a current member of the American Psychoanalytic Foundation.

I an a Faculty member in the Child Therapy Training Program [CAPPT] at the Institute for Psychoanalysis, and at the Institute for Clinical Social Work. I have taught courses at these institutes and provide consultation and clinical supervision to therapists pursuing advanced training or a doctorate.

For several years I managed the clinic at Erikson's Center For Children and Families, which provides family counseling and interdisciplinary comprehensive assessments.

I created the graduate training program in Psychodynamic Community Mental Health at The Kedzie Center, a psychodynamic community mental health center established at the request of and funded by the residents of Chicago's North Park and Albany Park neighborhoods.

I am currently in private practice and am a Candidate in Psychoanalysis at the Chicago Psychoanalytic Institute.