ABOUT ME

After graduating from NYU, I worked as a preschool teacher in California. I studied for my master’s degree in human development when my interests shifted from early education to developmental psychology.

I trained at Cedars Sinai Hospital, joined their Staff, earned a PhD at The Graduate Center for Child Development (Reiss-Davis) and helped create a protocol for evaluating children in groups (PREP). When my youngest children enrolled in school in 1996, I established a private practice.

My husband and I relocated to the East coast where I continue to work in private practice and (for several years) Spurwink’s public school counseling program.

Background

My Experience

  • 1982: Cedars Sinai Medical Center/Department of Psychiatry, 8730 Alden Drive, Los Angeles, CA

  • 1995: LAUSD Teen Parenting, 3721 West Washington Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90018

  • 1997: UCLA Developmental Studies/Department of Pediatrics, 300 UCLA Medical Plaza, L.A. CA

  • 1996: Private Practice

Professional Education

  • 1974: New York University, B.A.

  • 1979: Pacific Oaks College, M.A.

  • 1992: Graduate Center for Child Development and Psychotherapy, Ph.D