My years of clinical work and teaching attend to a wide range of issues that impact individual, family and social relationships. Regarding my education and training, I earned an Ed.D. in Human Development and Psychology from Harvard University and an MA in Clinical Psychology from the College of Developmental Studies. I hold two certificates in Advanced Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy from the Newport Psychoanalytic Institute and also a certificate in hypnosis.
I provide psychotherapy on the following disturbances:
Depression
Trauma
Personality disorders
Anxiety and stress
Premarital counseling
Pre-parenting therapy
Adjustment disorders.
I utilize a variety of techniques that are based on psychoanalytic and existential theories.
Currently I serve as an Associate Professor for the Chicago School of Professional Psychology in Irvine, teaching courses on Advanced Theories, Lifespan Development and Existentialism.
I am licensed by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences as a Marriage and Family Therapist, license number MFC48576.
Professional affiliations;
Association for the Psychoanalysis of Culture and Society
Academy for the Study of Psychoanalytic Arts
American Psychological Association, Division 39
American Psychoanalytic Association
California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists
Orange County California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists
California Latino Psychological Association