Education & Professional Organizations

Formal Education

1976-1978     University of Missouri-Columbia   Masters of Social Work

1972-1976     University of Missouri-Columbia    BS General Studies

Professional Organizations

September, 2005 – Present     Faculty Member/Co-instructor, Washington University George Warren Brown School of Social Work, St. Louis, MO

June, 1999 – Present     Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist (#300118 Missouri)

September, 1994 – 2005     Faculty Member/Supervisor, St. Louis University Medical School, Dept. of Psychiatry, St. Louis, MO

June, 1991 – Present     Licensed Clinical Social Worker (#000711 Missouri)

September, 1989 – Present     Approved Supervisor – American Association for Marriage & Family Therapy (AAMFT)

July, 1984 – Present     Clinical Member, American Association for Marriage & Family Therapy (AAMFT)

May, 1982 – Present     National Association of Social Workers, Member (ACSW 1980 to Present)

Professional Training

Intensive Post-Graduate

June 1989      Summer Institute, Family Therapy Institute, St. Louis, MO

Completed a 32-hour advanced training program with Lois Braverman; videotapes, seminars and live sessions

June 1988      Summer Institute, Family Therapy Institute, St. Louis, MO

Completed a 32-hour advanced training program with Olga Silverstein; videotapes, seminars and live interviews

May 1987      Summer Institute, Family Therapy Institute, St. Louis, MO

Completed a 32-hour advanced training program with Evan Imber-Black; videotapes, seminars and live sessions

July 1986      Summer Institute, Family Therapy Institute, St. Louis, MO

Completed a 32-hour advanced training program with Olga Silverstein; videotapes, seminars and live sessions

June 1985      Philadelphia Child Guidance Clinic, Philadelphia, PA

Completed one month (176 hours) summer externship focused on brief family therapy treatment, assessment and structural family therapy; videotapes, seminars and live family interviews

September 1982 – June 1984      Family Therapy Institute of Greater St. Louis, MO

Completed a two year (480 hours), AAMFT certified program, including weekly live supervision, videotaped supervision and didactic coursework

Training for Professionals

Since 2007, I have been a co-instructor at the Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis for 2 three-hour courses.  The fall course is “Theories and Practice of Family Therapy.”  The spring course is “Intervention Approaches for Treating Couples.”  This instruction is ongoing.

Since the fall of 1999, I have provided the “Reading and Videotape Seminar.”  In this program we watch DVDs of the work of experts in marriage and family therapy, as well as reading their books.  Discussion is focused on understanding the theory and applying the concepts to clinical practice.

From 1995 – 2005, I was a clinical faculty supervisor for Saint Louis University School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry.  I provided supervision to residents around family therapy practice.

Since 1987, I have been on the faculty of two formal family therapy training centers in St. Louis: The Family Therapy Institute, 1987-1990; and Menninger, 1990-2001.  I have provided didactic course work and group supervision on a weekly basis in accordance with AAMFT standards.

I provided clinical and training services to families, couples, individuals, and professionals.