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Professional Credentials:

¨ 2009 American Psychotherapy Association

¨ 2007 Pennsylvania Counseling Association

¨ 2007  Licensed Professional Counselor

¨ 2007 Certified Focusing Centered Psychotherapist & Trainer

 

Work Shops Attended

¨ 2008-2009 Enhanced Provider Competency with Families

¨ 2009 Aspergers Syndrome

¨ 2008 Focusing: Healing the Psyche and Recognizing the Self

¨ 2008 Ethical Decisions

¨ 2005-07 Focusing Psychotherapy and Trainer Certification(2 year certification process)

 

Work Shop Presented

2006 Introduction to Focusing Centered Psychotherapy

 

Experience

Ivyland Counseling Center, Warminster, Pa. Nov. 2007 – present

• Couples, Marriage and Family Counseling
• Individual Adult Counseling
• Sexual Identity Counseling
• Child and Adolescent Counseling

Focusing Centered Psychotherapy with children and adults

Foundations Behavioral Health, Doylestown, Pa. Sept. 2007 – Oct.2009

Out patient psychotherapy for children, adolescents and their family’s

 

The Wedge Medical Center, Philadelphia, Pa. February 2006 -July 2009

• Out Patient Psychotherapist for Medicaid and Medicare clients with co-morbid Axis 1 and Axis 11 diagnosis.
• Responsibilities include:
• Individual therapy with children and adolescents ages 4-18
• Family sessions with mothers and children
• Individual therapy with adults

Couples therapy

Gateway Counseling Services, Pottstown, Pa. August 2004 to Nov.2005

Out Patient Psychotherapist

Therapy included working with multi-axial diagnosis clients, including Bio-Polar, Borderline Personality Disorder and Narcissistic Personality Disorder.

Play Therapy with children, such as the Metaphorical use of puppets and drawings.

DUI Counseling

Anger Management Counseling

 Wrap Around Service Coordinator

Conducted and scheduled inter-agency meetings with Community Care Behavioral Health, parents, clients, and other agencies.

 Therapeutic Support Service(TSS)Supervisor                

    Conducted weekly TSS team supervisory sessions. 

    Reviewed TSS client goals and treatment plans.

 Out Patient Intake Coordinator              

 

Saint Mary’s Villa For Children, Ambler,Pa. August 2003-April 2004

 Internship for Counseling Psychology Degree

 Family and individual therapy with children ages 8-12

 

Education

2004 – Master of Science, Counseling Psychology,

               Chestnut Hill College

1975 – 1 year graduate work in Microbiology,

                          University of Nevada, at Reno

1974 – Bachelor of Science Degree, C.W.Post College