Education:
  August 1967 – 1971 Loyola College of Baltimore. BA Economics.
  August 1974 – May 1976. Loyola College of Baltimore. MA Psychology
  January 1978 – January 1980 University of Maryland. MSW.

Post Graduate Education and Training:
  1979 – 1980 Sheppard-Pratt Hospital (SEPH). Videotaped Group Therapy Training and Supervision.
  1981 – 1984 SEPH Structural Family Therapy In-Vivo Training Group.
  1983 – 1984 University of Maryland and SEPH. Strategic Family Therapy Training Program.
  1983 – 1989 Long-term Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Case Study Group.
  1990 – 1991 Multiple Personality Disorder Study Group.
  1990 – 1992 Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Supervision.
  2003 – 2006 The New Directions: Writing and Critical Thinking From a Psychoanalytic Perspective of the Washington Center for Psychoanalysis, Inc.

Certifications
  February 1987 (#8520) Board Certified in Clinical Social Work, (NBECSW)
  January 1993 (#11307) Board Certified Diplomat in Clinical Social Work (ABECSW
  March 1980 (#2920). Licensed Certified Social Worker - Clinical, Maryland

Employment History:
  1975 – 1977 Counselor. Comprehensive Drug Abuse Program, SEPH.
  1977 – 1979 Program Coordinator. Day/Evening Adult Treatment Center, SEPH.
  1980 – 1982 Family Therapist. Adult Day/Evening Hospital, SEPH.
  1980 – 1981 Psychologist II. Family Violence Treatment Program. North Baltimore Center.
  1982 – 1988 Social Worker I, Long-term Adult Inpatient Services, SEPH.
  1988 – 1990 Consultant. Dept. of Social Services Sex Offenders Unit, Baltimore County MD.
  1988 – 1992 The Senior Social Worker of Long-term Adult Inpatient Division, SEPH.
  1992 – Present Private practice of individual and couples therapy. Consultation. Supervision.
  2000 – 2005. Therapist, Pro Bono Counseling Project.

Professional Memberships:
  1984 – 1991 Clinical Member American Association of Marriage and Family Therapists (AAMFT).
  1981 – Present National Association of Social Workers.
  1985 – Present Maryland Society of Clinical Social Work
  1991 – 2000 Charter Member, The Baltimore Society for Psychoanalytic Studies.
  1999 – 2004 National Coalition of Mental Health Professionals and Consumers, Ins.

Honors and Awards:
  1994 "Clinician of the Year": Maryland Society of Clinical Social Workers.

Teaching Service:
  1983 – 1986 Field Instructor Smith College School of Social Work Masters Program.
  1989 – 2004 Faculty Group Leader. The Washington School of Psychiatry Couples and Family Therapy Annual Conferences.
  1989 – 1995 Guest Faculty. The Washington School of Psychiatry Couples and Family Therapy Training Program.
  1992 – 1996 Organizer/Instructor. Experiential Learning Group: Weekly training of object relations theory and practice.
  1992 – 2003 Teaching and Supervisory Faculty, Residency Training Program. SEPH.
  1994 Field Instructor Smith College School of Social Work Doctoral Program.
  1994 – 1996 Faculty. American HealthCare Institute. Advanced Couples Therapy. Workshops conducted in Baltimore, Md.; Washington, D.C.; Columbus, Ohio; Pittsburgh, PA; Ocean City, MD; Chicago, ILL; New York, NY; Atlantic City, NJ.
1994 – 1997 Twice-yearly workshops in Charlottesville, Va.
  2001 – 2004 Guest Faculty. The Clinical Social Work Institute, Inc.
  2002 – 2003 Clinical Assistant Professor , University of Maryland Medical School, Department of Psychiatry.
  2009 – 2010 Provided Group Case consultation for Jewish Family Services, Baltimore, MD.