After attending New York University for my B.A. degree and Antioch University L.A. for my Masters degree, I began a mid-life career as a Marriage and Family Therapist. I spent 10 years as the lead therapist/social worker with Ventura County Public Health working with hundreds of individuals infected and affected by HIV and AIDS.

Simultaneously I began my private practice in Los Angeles working with individuals, couples and families facing a variety of life problems and concerns (relationship difficulties, depression, anxiety, gender issues, career and other transitions, bereavement, parenting issues, etc.)

In addition to my private practice, I teach "The Assessment and Clinical Treatment of HIV and AIDS" in the Educational Psychology Extension Program of Cal. State Northridge and am a certified instructor of "Systematic Training in Effective Parenting".

Because my "first professional life" was as an actress and producer, I also work with many creative clients dealing with the difficulties and demands of their unpredictable professional lives. Theoretically, my work is based on a combination of psychodynamic, humanistic, family systems and cognitive-behavioral principles

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