Education

University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina;

Ph.D., Clinical-Community Psychology, 1995, APA approved.

Dissertation: Psychoneuroimmunology: "Expression of Negative and Positive Events through Writing: Implications for Health and Psychotherapy."

University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri;

B.A., Psychology, 1989; Minor: Religious Studies

Summa cum laude

Honors—Psychology

Honors Thesis: "Psychosocial Predictors of AIDS Prevention and Fear"

C.G. Jung Institute of San Francisco, Certified Psychoanalyst, Sept. ’05- Dec., 2011.

Post-Doctoral Fellowship Training, Kaiser Permanente. Fremont, CA, Sep. ‘96-Aug., ‘97.

Brief therapy, adults, children and adolescents; family practice medical/psychiatric concerns.

Post-Doctoral Fellowship Training, Palo Alto Veterans Administration Health Care System, Palo Alto, CA, Sep., ‘95-Feb., ‘97. Long-term psychotherapy, severe mental illness, trauma, dual diagnosis.

Pre-Doctoral Clinical Psychology Internship, Palo Alto Veterans Administration Health Care System, Palo Alto, CA, Sep., ‘94-Aug., ‘95. APA approved. Long-term psychotherapy, severe mental illness, dual diagnosis, trauma, neuropsychology, behavioral medicine.

Recognitions

Inspiration of the Year Award, One Life Counseling Center, 2023
Community Hero, San Mateo Chamber of Commerce, 2023
George M. Keller Teaching Excellence Award, Notre Dame de Namur University, 2018
Notre Dame de Namur University, Faculty Development Grant, 2011
Tenure, 2011
Faculty Scholar, Dorothy Stang Center for Social Justice and Community Engagement, 2011
Notre Dame de Namur University, Ten Year and Five Year Service Recognition Award, 2006, 2011
Gronowski Outstanding Faculty of the Year, Pacific Graduate School of Psychology, 1998
Summa cum laude, Distinguished Academic Achievement, University of Missouri, 1989
Honors Scholar, Dept. of Psychology, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, 1989

Professional Affiliations

C.G. Jung Institute of San Francisco
California Psychological Association
American Psychological Association
Northern California Society for Psychoanalytic Psychology
The Association for Prenatal and Perinatal Psychology and Health
The Marce Society
The International Society for the Study of Traumatic Stress