My Education and Training

 
 

CONTINUING EDUCATION


The Ripple Effect: Trauma Dissociations in the

   Mainstream at the Annual Conference of the

   Society for the International Study of Trauma

   and Dissociation from April 1st-3rd, 2017 in

   Arlington, VA: on October 22,

    --Tools for Treating DID from the Outside In

       and the Inside Out: Enhancing Safety and

      Effectiveness in Hypnosis and the Re-creation

      of Self Model of Human Systems, by Richard

      Kluft, Catherine Fine, Stephanie Fine, Hedy       

     A. Howard.

    --When Words Are Not Enough: A Graphic

      Narrative Approach for Treatment of PTSD

      by Tally Tripp and Linda Gantt.

    --Somatoform Dissociation: The Gateway to

      Frozen States and Territories, by Charles H.

      Rousell.

    --It Hurts so Good: Understanding &

       Transforming Self-harm, by Naomi Halpern.

     --The Borderline Question, by Julian Ford,

      Warwick Middleton, Dolores Mosquera and

      John A. O’Neill.


ASCH Intermediate Hypnosis Training, 20 hours

   of training by Reinhild Draeger-Muenke, Mary

   Jo Peebles, and Susan B. Sacks at the 24th

   Annual Conference of the International Society

   for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation, from

   March 29th-31st, 2017 in Arlington, VA.


How to be a Transformational Therapist: AEDP

   Makes Good Use of Suffering, by Diana Fosha

   and Jerry Lamagna, at the Fall Symposium of

   the New Jersey Psychological Association on

   October 22, 2016 in Iselin, NJ.


The Neurobiology of Healing: A Framework for

   Undoing Aloneness and Doing

   Transformational Work in AEDP, by Diana

   Fosha 2016 at the Fall Symposium of the New

   Jersey Psychological Association on October

   22, 2016 in Iselin, NJ.


Undoing Racism Workshop at Rutgers

   University from November 13th-15th, 2015, in

   Newark, NJ.


What Causes Psychotherapeutic Change? A

   Psychoanalytic View and a Cognitive

   Behavioral View, by Nancy McWilliams,

   Milton Spett, and Aaron Welt, at the Spring

   Symposium of the New Jersey Psychoanalytic

   Association on April 19, 2015.


Cultivating Emotional Mindfulness and Healing

   Attachment Trauma: Accelerated Experiential

   Dynamic Psychotherapy, by Ronald Frederick

    at the Fall Symposium of the New Jersey

   Psychological Association on October 25, 2014

   in Woodbridge, NJ.


Annual Conference of the International Society

   for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation,

   November 16th-18th, in Baltimore, MD.


ASCH Training: Fundamentals of Hypnosis, by

   Wendy Lemke, Dennis S. Pilon, Eric Spiegel,

   and Jean Manlove, 20 hours of training from

   November 13th-15th, 2013, in Baltimore, MD.


Clinical Case Discussion with Dr. Jonathan

   Shedler, at the Fall Symposium of the New

   Jersey Psychological Association on October

   20, 2012, in Woodbridge, NJ.


The Efficacy of Psychodynamic Therapy, by

   Jonathan Shedler, at the Fall Symposium of the

   New Jersey Psychological Association on

   October 20, 2012, in Woodbridge, NJ.


Boots in the Office: The Assessment and

   Treatment of Combat Trauma, by Eva Usadi,

   on April 27, 2012, in NYC, New York.


Mindfulness in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy:

   Processing Countertransference, by Seth

   Warren, at the Fall Symposium of the New

   Jersey Psychological Association, October 29,

   2011, in Woodbridge, NJ.


Billing and Collecting for your Mental Health

   Practice: Effective Strategies and Ethical 

   Practices, by Steven Walfish, Ph.D., October  

   29, 2011 at the New Jersey Psychological

   Association Fall Conference, October 29, 2011,

    in Woodbridge, NJ.


Women, Food and The Body: Culture, Psyche,

    and Treatment, by Susan Gutwill, April 29,

    2011, Center for Psychotherapy and

    Psychoanalysis of New Jersey & New Jersey

    Society of Clinical Social Workers, New

    Brunswick, NJ.


How We Matter: Psychoanalysis in the 21st

    Century, Division of Psychoanalysis of the

    American Psychological Association, 31st

    Annual Spring Meeting, April 13-17, 2011,

    New York City:

   

        Silence: Now More Than Ever --

        Contemporary Relational and Freudian

        Perspectives

        More Human Than Otherwise: Existential

        Concerns in the Analytic Relationship

        Why We Matter: The Experiencing Subject,

         Psychoanalysis, and a Clinging to Hope.


Awakening from Dogmatic Slumbers: A Case

    Study, Neville Symington, Master Class at the

    Division of Psychoanalysis of the American

    Psychological Association, 31st Annual Spring

    Meeting April 13, 2011.


Bodies in Interaction: The Interpersonal

    Treatment of Eating Disorders, Jean

    Petrucelli, Master Class at the Division of

    Psychoanalysis of the American Psychological

    Association, 31st Annual Spring Meeting, New

    York City.


Diagnostic Systems and Their Discontents, by

    Nancy McWilliams, April 9, 2011, New Jersey

    Psychological Association Spring Conference,

    Woodbridge,  NJ.


Mental Health: An Endangered Concept? by

    Nancy McWilliams, April 9, 2011, New Jersey

    Psychological Association Spring Conference,

    Woodbridge, NJ.


Neuropsychology of Psychiatric Disorders, by

    Lucille Esralew, October 16, 2010, New Jersey  

    Psychological Association Spring Conference,

    in Woodbridge, NJ.


The Conceptualization and Practice of Diversity

    in Psychotherapy Across Theoretical

    Orientations, Panel Presentation, October 16,

    2010, New Jersey Psychological Association

    Fall Conference, in Woodbridge, NJ.


The Therapeutic Action of Psychodynamic

    Psychotherapy: Current Concepts of Cure,

    Massachusetts School of Professional

    Psychology & Boston Psychoanalytic Society,

    April 9-10, 2010, in Boston, MA.


The Psychodynamics of Mourning, by Otto

    Kernberg, New Jersey Psychological

    Association Fall Conference, October 17, 2009,

    in Woodbridge, NJ.


Transference Analysis, by Otto Kernberg, New

    Jersey Psychological Association Fall

    Conference, October 17, 2009, in Woodbridge,

    NJ.


Beyond Mindfulness: The Internal Family Systems Approach I & II, by Richard Schwartz, April 18, 2009, New Jersey Psychological Association Spring Conference, in Woodbridge, NJ.


The Mind and Music of Leonard Bernstein, by Richard Kogan, October 17, 2008, New Jersey Psychological Association Fall Conference, in Woodbridge, NJ.


Advanced Techniques in the EMDR-Based Treatment of Complex Trauma, by Carol Forgash and Barry Litt, Annual Conference of the EMDR International Association, September 14, 2008, in Phoenix, AZ.


Strategies for Clients with Complex Trauma and Dissociation, by Mark Dworkin, Annual Conference of the EMDR International

Association, September 13, 2008, in Phoenix, AZ.


EMDR Masters Series, by Deborah Korn, Annual Conference of the EMDR International Association, September 12, 2008, in Phoenix, AZ.


QEEG Analysis of EMDR in the Treatment of Childhood Trauma, by James Kowal, Annual Conference of the EMDR International Association, September 12, 2008, in Phoenix, AZ.


Dissociative Disorders Psychotherapy Training Program, Advanced Course, taught by Elizabeth Howell, International Society for the Study of

Dissociation, NYC, January to June, 2008.


Affrect Regulation: Development, Trauma, and Treatment of the Brain-Mind-Body, Psy Broadcasting Corporation, NYC, November 3-4, 2007.


The Therapeutic Action of Psychodynamic Therapy: Current Concepts of Cure., Massachusetts School of Professional Psychology Continuing Education Program, in Boston, MA, April 26-April 27, 2007.


EMDR Basic Training, Part 2, EMDR Training Institute, February 9-11, 2007.


EMDR Basic Training, Part 1, EMDR Training Institute, November 3-5,

2006.


Treatment of a Severely Depressed, Suicidal Patient, by David McIsaacs, New Jersey Psychological Association Fall Conference, in Woodbridge, NJ, October 28, 2006.


Frontiers of Trauma Treatment, by Bessel van der Kolk, New Jersey Psychological Association Spring Conference, in Woodbridge, NJ,

April 29, 2006.


Trauma, Attachment and the Body, by Bessel van der Kolk, New Jersey Psychological Association Spring Conference, in Woodbridge, NJ,

April 29, 2006.


Dissociative Disorders Psychotherapy Training Program, Basic Course, taught by Elizabeth Howell, International Society for the Study of

Dissociation, NYC, September, 2005 to June, 2006.


What Made the Concept of Selfobject Necessary? by Anna Ornstein and Paul Ornstein, New Jersey Psychological Association Fall Conference, Woodbridge, NJ, October 29, 2005.


Clinical Examples of the Selfobject Transferences and their Working Through, by Anna Ornstein and Paul Ornstein, New Jersey Psychological

Association Fall Conference, in Woodbridge, NJ, October 29, 2005.


Recently Licensed and Permit Holding Members Seminar, by Barry Helfman, Judith Patterson, James Wulach, and Lorryn Wahler, at the New Jersey Psychological Association, in West Orange, NJ, November, 2004.


Basic Fundamentals of Clinical Interpretation, Exner Rorshach Workshops, at Columbia University, NYC, January 28-29, 1995.


Integrating Gender into the Curriculum, Rutgers University, July 2007, 2-week seminar.

 

Therapeutic Techniques


  1. 1.Relational Psychodynamic

  2. 2.Phase-Oriented Treatment of Trauma and Dissociation

  3. 3.EMDR


My BackGround


My doctorate is in Lifespan Developmental Psychology and I specialized in Adult Development and Aging. Before becoming a clinical psychologist, I had an academic career focusing on research and teaching. In 1994, I entered a Clinical Psychology Postdoctoral Respecialization Program at Columbia University and completed that program in 1999. I have been in a private practice setting since 2004. Until recently, I combined that with my university job at Rutgers. I have now retired from my academic career to pursue my private practice full-time.


How My BackGround Influences my work

My research and teaching was in the area of Adult Development and Aging. I see adults of all ages and have knowledge of the kinds of developmental issues that face people throughout all phases of the adult lifespan. That gives me a good working knowledge of the kinds of issues lots of people face at different points in their lives. My clinical background gives me a way of paying attention to your individual history and experience, and the ways your symptoms express important parts of yourself. My general theoretical framework as a clinician is relational psychodynamic psychology, meaning essentially that the psychological relationship forms the basis for understanding the unconscious influences that are contributing to your symptoms. As a psychodynamic therapist, I deal with you as a whole person, not primarily as someone with a symptom. I’m interested in seeing that the different parts of you work well together to create a thriving self. And like many practicing clinicians, I sometimes work eclectically, so that I may draw on techniques that were developed from other schools of thought, such as the Humanistic and Existential schools, which emphasize a sense of fullness and vitality in the moment, or the Cognitive-Behavioral School, which provides us with a host of techniques for helping you pay attention to your inner thoughts and feelings, as well as relaxation and visualizing techniques. I have also been trained in the use of Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing (EMDR), a valuable technique for processing trauma.




 

COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY, 1999

Certificate of Postdoctoral Respecialization in Clinical Psychology, Teachers College


Max Planck Institute for Education and Human Development, Berlin, West Germany, 1982-1984

Postdoctoral Fellowship


Temple University, 1983

Ph.D. in Lifespan Developmental Psychology


Temple University, 1979

M.A. in Lifespan Developmental Psychology


Syracuse University, 1976

B.A., Major in Psychology

Magna Cum Laude, Honors in Psychology

Continuing Education

Education