Experience:
Clinical Practice, Supervision & Training

CLINICAL PRACTICE

Private Practice, 3/92 – present.
Individual, conjoint and couples therapy with adults of all ages and older adolescents. Clinical supervision of masters’ and doctoral level clinicians. Forensic and geropsychological assessment. From 1992-2000, I practiced as a licensed psychologist in Los Angeles, California. I became a licensed psychologist in Washington State in 2000, and have been in practice in Seattle since then.

Clinical Psychologist

PBHN Clinics, Seattle, 6/00 – 12/03.
Individual, conjoint and couples therapy with adults of all ages and older adolescents as a member of a group practice.

CLINICAL SUPERVISION

Clinical Instructor

University of Washington, Department of Psychology, 2/2006 – present.
Supervision of psychotherapy cases led by doctoral students in Clinical Psychology.

Clinical Instructor

Fremont Community Therapy Project,
9/2008 – present.
Process-oriented didactic group experience for psychology trainees and interns at a community clinic.

Director of the Counseling Center

Antioch University in Los Angeles, 1995 - 2000.
The Center trains MA in Psychology students and graduates to become therapists responsive to the unique needs of their clients. I supervised the therapists, created an ongoing training program for them, and attended to the administrative details to keep it running.

Director of Older Adult Programs, Didi Hirsch Community Mental Health Center, Culver City, CA, 3/93 - 9/95
Clinical responsibilities: intake evaluations, individual, group and family psychotherapy, crisis intervention, and psychological and neuropsychological assessment. Clinical supervision of psychology, social work and MFT interns.

Associate Clinical Faculty Member

Department of Psychology, University of Southern California, 1991- 1999.
Supervision of doctoral level psychology students conducting psychotherapy.

Associate Clinical Faculty Member

University of Southern California School of Medicine,
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences,
Division of Geriatric Psychiatry, 1992-1998.
Neuropsychological assessment. Supervision of doctoral student trainees in neuropsychological assessment at a geriatric clinic in downtown Los Angeles.

CLINICAL TRAINING

Postdoctoral Fellow in Geriatric Psychology

University of California, Los Angeles
Neuropsychiatric Institute and Hospital, 10/90 - 10/92.
Psychological and neuropsychological assessment; psychoeducation; individual, couples, family and group psychotherapy with older adults in inpatient, outpatient and day treatment settings.

Predoctoral Psychology Intern

West Los Angeles VA Medical Center, 10/89-9/90.
Co-chief intern. APA-approved internship.