Education and Training

DEGREE /
TRAINING		 INSTITUTION YEAR FIELD OF STUDY
Ph.D. University of Maryland
Graduate School, Baltimore		 1990 Clinical Psychology
Pre-Doctoral Fellow Yale University
School of Medicine		 1989-1990 Clinical Psychology
Post-Doctoral Fellow Johns Hopkins University
School of Medicine		 1990-1991 Medical Psychology
Post-Doctoral Institute Maryland Psychological Association 2003-2004 Couple Therapy
Externship International Centre for Excellence in EFT 2009 Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy
Advanced Externship Washington Baltimore Center for EFT 2010 Emotionally Focused  Couple Therapy
Certification International Centre for Excellence in EFT 2011 Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy
Basic Training Course EMDR of Greater Washington 2018 EMDR

Individual Emotionally-Focused Therapy

Emotionally-focused therapy (EFT) for couples is a highly effective method for resolving relationship distress and creating …

At what age do humans develop emotional intelligence? The answer might surprise you.

Emotional pain typically drives the quest for psychotherapy.  Pain, after all, is nature’s signal that an organism’s …

Major Depression May Be Triggered by Teenage Stressors

A recent study using mice to mimic stress and depression in adolescents suggests that the teenage years are a particularly …