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So fascinated, that I spent years reading study after study and devouring all the literature available about research other psychiatrists had done on divorce.

I trained and practiced in both individual psychoanalysis and couples' work so I could help both individuals as individuals, but also the couple as a whole with two individuals in it.

And from all that work, personal experience, and counseling thousands of individuals, I came up with my own unique relationship model, which I call Yours, Mine, Ours: Romantic Partnership Done Right.
  • Over 35 years working in the field of psychotherapy
  • Master’s degree from Columbia University
  • Ph.D. from Union Institute
  • 1995: Co-Founder & President of Choices: A Women’s Center for Mid-Life Development, providing counseling, support groups, professional speakers, author presentations, and conferences to educate and empower women.
  • Consultant to Physicians For Human Rights (PHR), Nobel Peace prize recipients dedicated to helping people whose personal rights have been violated to seek asylum in the United States.
  • Extensive training in: grief counseling, addictions counseling, couples’ counseling, collaborative practice and mediation.
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