About me
Credentials/ Experience
Certified Emotionally Focused Couples Therapist – International Center for Excellence in Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy, 2025
Certified Gottman Couples Therapist – The Gottman Institute, 2020
Cognitive Behavioral Therapist/Relief Staff Psychologist, Stanford Inpatient Psychiatric Unit; 2001-2010
Advanced Training in Radically Open DBT
Clinical Supervisor – NIMH funded Cognitive Behavior Therapy Outcome Study; Veterans Administration Medical Center, San Francisco; 2006-2008
Cognitive Behavioral Therapist on two NIMH studies, one treating bulimia, the other helping multiple sclerosis patients reduce stress
Advanced training in Dialectical Behavior Therapy, 2005; DBT Skills Trainer, 1999-2009
Teacher/Therapist for the 8-Week Process; The Institute for Personal Change; South San Francisco; 2005
Education
Postdoctoral Fellowship in Behavioral Medicine, Stanford Department of Psychiatry, 1999-2001
Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology, SUNY at Stony Brook, New York, 1999
Clinical Internship, Veterans Administration Medical Center, Palo Alto, CA, 1997-1999
Bay Area Writing Project; Single Subject Teaching Credential in English, University of California at Berkeley, 1986; additional credentials in French and Spanish
Bachelor of Arts in Comparative Literature (French and Spanish), 1985, University of California at Berkeley, CA
Professional Affiliations
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