Background and Education

I graduated from the University of Maryland College Park University College in 1992, with a bachelor's degree in psychology, and from the University of Maryland at Baltimore in 1996, with a master’s degree in social work. I am a licensed and certified clinical social worker (LCSW-C) in the states of Maryland and Pennsylvania, and in good standing.

I have been extensively trained in many areas of clinical treatment, and as a result, I provide a wide range of skills and techniques in my therapeutic approach. Below is a list of the advanced training and the credentialing that I have obtained throughout my clinical career:

Postgraduate and Specialized Clinical Training and Memberships:

• Graduated from two-year training program in adult psychotherapy at Baltimore-Washington Institute for Psychoanalysis
• Trained and certified in Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
• Advanced level training and certification in hypnosis through American Society of Clinical Hypnosis (ASCH)
• Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) training
• Reiki Master level training
• Specialized training for sexual addictions through The Meadows
• Past life regression training through International Association for Research and Regression Training (IARRT)
• Trained and certified in equine-assisted psychotherapy through Equine Assisted Growth and Learning Association (EAGALA)
• Trained in Induced After-Death Communications (IADC) with Alan Botkin, PhD.

Membership in:

• Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing International Association (EMDRIA)
• Energy Therapy Network (ETN)
• Greater Washington Society for Clinical Social Work (GWSCSW)
• Clinical Social Work Association (CSWA)
• Equine Assisted Growth and Learning Association (EAGALA)
• Association for Comprehensive Energy Psychology (ACEP)
• International Center for Reiki Training
• Healing Touch Professional Association