I earned my graduate degree in clinical social work with a concentration in therapeutic modalities of relational, person-centered, and postmodern psychodynamic psychotherapy. My approach to therapy is straightforward: to integrate universally accepted and evidence-based principles, practices, and diverse therapeutic modalities into client sessions, collaborate with clients to lift constraints and develop new ways of being and becoming, all while focusing on an individual's essential nature and inherent capacity to heal, transform, and actualize their individual and unique potential. I maintain a thriving virtual private practice, providing specialized care for end-of-life matters, senior care, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), financial literacy, LGBTQI+ issues, grief and bereavement therapy, in addition to other conditions. I also maintain an active ministerial calendar.

 

I have been privileged to work privately with Buddhist, Sufi, and Fourth-Way teachers, as well as having been a student of The Ridhwan School in Berkeley, California for 10 years. I have actively cultivated and maintained a meditation and inquiry practice for over 40 years, which was significantly deepened and enriched after joining the Ridhwan School. I work diligently to expand opportunities for growth and development and learning throughout all endeavors I undertake, both personally and professionally. My focus is on expanding individual, community, and global awareness of various psychotherapeutic modalities, philosophical knowledge, and psycho-spiritual paths.

 

Adding to the tapestry of clinical experience is a diverse background early on as a financial logistics expert with a Fortune-500 institution and later as a university administrator working within International Human Rights, Medical-Legal Advocacy, Juvenile Rights, Federal Defender, Community Defender & Economic Justice clinics that coalesced to provide a diverse and grounded exposure to counseling individuals of all ages and backgrounds with regard to clinical, spiritual, academic, and professional pursuits, as well as practical life challenges. As a licensed clinical therapist and an ordained interfaith minister, I offer an innovative psychological and spiritual approach to pursuing a more balanced and meaningful and fulfilled life path.

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EDUCATION

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• National Institute of the Psychotherapies,  Psychoanalytic Relational Psychotherapy

• NYU Silver School of Social Work Master of Social Work with clinical concentration

• Enhanced Master’s Research and Experience:

  • LGBTQI+ Policy and Contemporary Issues: Youth Homelessness, HIV & Health, Harm Reduction

  • End-of-life transitions, grief and bereavement counseling, holistic health functioning

  • Neuro-psychopharmacology, Psychopharmacology, and Pharmacodynamics

  • Object Relations/ Psychodynamic Theory with a trauma focus

  • Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) and Anxiety Disorders

  • Social Work Practice with Military Members, Veterans, and their Families

• Phi Alpha National Honor Society for Social Work, Pi-Pi Chapter

• Magna cum Laude 3.8 GPA

• NYU Silver School of Social Work Bachelor of Social Work

• NYU School of Professional Studies Advanced Paralegal Studies

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
 

Jewish Board of Family and Children’s Services

Clinical Supervisor and Psychotherapist

• Facilitated Office of Mental Health projects, including Suicide Prevention and Health Promotion Projects

• Developed and implemented procedural workflow, data collection, and submission

• Developed and monitored clinical and administrative workflow

• Supervised clinical staff in clinical work

• Managed and supervised crisis intervention

• Interviewed and hired new staff and provide training

• Case conference facilitator supervisor for clinical staff
   

The Jewish Board
Clinical Social Worker

• Psychotherapy practice with individuals, couples, families, and senior adults utilizing psychodynamic and cognitive behavioral techniques

• Conducted intake assessments and completed psycho-social evaluations

• Completed trainings in engaging the addicted client, trauma-focused cognitive-behavioral therapy (TF-CBT), cultural, BIPOC, and sensitivity, and psychopharmacology
   

The Jewish Board
Behavioral Health Therapist

• Jewish Board satellite extension program with PS 7 to provide mental health counseling to children

• Promoted healthy social, emotional, and behavioral development of students

• Identified barriers to learning to enhance the general well-being of students and facilitate grade-level achievement, in addition to working directly with client teachers and administrative staff to provide increased support and adjunctive services

 

BronxWorks

Clinical Social Worker

• Implemented various therapeutic modalities geared toward mentally ill, chemically addicted, and disabled populations, as well as individuals living with HIV/AIDS utilizing evidence‐based psychotherapy, motivational interviewing, trauma-focused cognitive behavioral therapy, mindfulness techniques

• Supportive case management to formerly homeless population with serious, persistent mental illness, chronic medical conditions and disabilities in a permanent housing facility utilizing harm reduction modality

• Collaborated with multidisciplinary team including HIV counselors, AOT and ACT teams, psychiatrists, physicians, and patient navigators to ensure client access to adjunctive supportive community services

• Facilitated group therapy workshop for financial literacy, integrating financial empowerment strategies

• Assessed residential client base for substance abuse, suicide risk, mental illness, symptoms of dementia and Alzheimer’s, and other conditions requiring crisis intervention and/ or supplemental services

• Re-engaged HIV‐positive, Hepatitis C and high-risk individuals into primary medical and mental health care

• Attended weekly group and individual supervision, interdisciplinary medical and psychiatric rounds

 

National Institute of the Psychotherapies Training Institute

Clinical Psychotherapist- Social Work Intern

• Primary psychotherapist under supervision to diverse adult population in individual psychotherapy

• Screened prospective client base for suicide risk, substance abuse, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), mental illness, and other conditions requiring crisis intervention and adjunctive services

• Utilized psychodynamic, relational, cognitive behavioral, evidence-based, mindfulness techniques

• Weekly didactic case conferences, individual and group supervision, and professional development seminars

 

Department of Homeless Services - PATH Homeless Shelter Services

Social Work Intern

• Comprehensive case management, focused/ short-term crisis intervention and counseling to families facing eviction, homelessness, or otherwise in need of emergency shelter

• Collaborated with clients to develop an Independent Living Plan (ILP)

• Provided resources and referrals for employment training, rehabilitative services, apartment searches, and relocation support into permanent/ long-term housing

• Fielded telephone hotline inquiries offering education on the nature of services available from DHS and referred as appropriate to partner agencies for additional support and resources

 

Ali Forney Center

Social Work Intern

• Crisis intervention to LGBTQ unhoused youth entering the shelter system

• Counseled on alcohol/substance abuse, suicidal ideation, verbal and physical aggression

• Counseled HIV+ youth and referred to appropriate follow-up medical care and resources

• Formulated, planned, and implemented Independent Living (ILP) and discharge plans to transitional living programs

• Facilitated group therapy on problem sexual behavior using harm reduction models

• Conducted intakes, biopsychosocials, mental health assessments, and formulated individual discharge plans

 

ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE 

 

NYU Clinical Law Center

Clinic Administrator; Certified Paralegal; Special Events Coordinator; Production and Editorial Assistant; Publication Coordinator; Business Manager- Clinical Law Review

• Facilitated law student fieldwork and administrative protocols at the intersection of international human rights, medical and legal issues, social and economic justice advocacy, and direct client representation in court; administrative management for Medical-Legal Advocacy, Community Development & Economic Justice, International Human Rights, and Juvenile Rights clinics

• Compiled and prepared legal and trial documents for civil and housing court

• Facilitated provision of various legal services to companion grassroots organizations engaged in community development, economic justice, and social justice efforts

• Researched legal publications, state and federal regulations, copyright permission, FOIA requests

• Business Manager for Clinical Law Review, a semi-annual peer-edited journal devoted to issues of lawyering theory and clinical legal education. Managed all aspects of publication, subscriber database, accounts receivable

 

Lehman Brothers, Inc.

Roadshow Manager- Logistics Solutions Expert

• Marketed and managed all facets of initial and secondary public offering roadshows for Fortune 500 clientele

• Organized global logistics and scheduled multi-city conferences with executive banking management teams and respective clients

• Planned all phases of extensive international travel logistics for executive management teams

• Tailored specialized itineraries for simultaneous individual domestic and international teams

• Prepared logistics schedule based upon identified client base participants

• Collected and disseminated data on investor interest

 

LICENSES, ADDITIONAL EDUCATIONAL CERTIFICATIONS, AND SKILLS 

 

• LCSW

• New York State Office of Children & Family Services Mandated Reporter

• Certified Paralegal

• NYS Driver License

• Ordained Interfaith Minister

• Grief and bereavement Counseling

• Career Counseling

• Neurodivergence Support

• Senior care Support

• End-of-Life Counseling

• Financial Literacy and Solvency Counseling

• NYS Notary Public

• Trauma Treatment: Prolonged Exposure and Cognitive Processing Therapy to Treat PTSD

• Center for Practice Innovations: Comprehensive Suicide Risk Assessment

• Center for Practice Innovations: Safety Planning Intervention for Suicide Prevention

• Trauma Informed Care: Creating an Awareness Perspective

• Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT)

• Non-pharmacological Treatment of Anxiety: Benzodiazepine Tapering

• Psychopharmacology for Non-Prescribers

• Sexual Harassment in the Workplace

• Cultural Competency: Mainstreams & Margins

• Red Cross Disaster Mental Health Introduction

• Dept. of Health AIDS Institute - HIV Education & Training: HIV Diagnostic Testing Algorithm

• Hazard Communication Awareness Training, Steri-Safe OSHA Program

• Bloodborne Pathogens Training, Steri-Safe OSHA Program

 

PUBLICATIONS- INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS CLINIC

 

• Americans on Hold: Profiling, Citizenship, and the “War on Terror”

• Before the African Commission for Human & Peoples’ Rights 49th Ordinary Session

• On the Record: U.S. Disclosures on Rendition, Secret Detention, and Coercive Interrogation

• Minimum Standards for Transfer: International Law Concerning Rendition in Context of Counter-Terrorism

• Recasting Justice: Securing Dalit Rights in Nepal’s New Constitution

• U.S. Disclosures on Rendition, Secret Detention, and Coercive Interrogation

• Surviving the Darkness: Testimony from the U.S. “Black Sites”