Issues
Commonly Encountered in My Practice:
Relationship problems
Severe depression
Acute anxiety, phobias, excessive guilt
Adjustment to divorce and loneliness
Marital conflict or divorce
Loss of loved one, child/parent/spouse
Mental illness, Bipolar disorder
Emotional problems related to illness
Unresolved feelings about parents
Child abuse (victims and abusers)
Lack of self esteem
Excessive anger and outbursts
Recovering alcoholics
Poor impulse control
Loss of faith after a loss or tragedy
Aftercare for patients who have been
hospitalized or have severe illness
Retirement and or job loss
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| Education
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| 1970 | UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME,
M.A., Psychology
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| 1968-1969 | Clinical Internship Program
University of Notre Dame,
Counseling Center. Provided group and individual
Therapy for graduate and under graduate students | |
1961 | B.S., LOYOLA UNIVERSITY, Chicago, IL | |
1975-1989 |
Personal Supervision in Group Therapy by Irvin Yalom
M.D, Professor of Psychiatry at Stanford University, and
author of the most respected and widely read text book
on Group Therapy: The Theory and Practice of Group
Psychotherapy
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1984-1986 |
Post Graduate study at Harvard University in the Department of
Psychiatry :
Depression: Psychobiology and Psychodynamic issues , Frederick Goodman
M.D.and
Advanced study in Group Therapy, Ann Alonso, Ph.D, and Scott Ruttan,
Ph.D
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| Certifications |
| 1997 | State of Florida Certified Mental Health
Counselor (LMHC #0004416) | | 1980 | State of Michigan
Certified Psychologist (limited license) | | 1974 | State
of Michigan Certified Social Worker | |
Professional Experience |
| 1979 - Present | Psychotherapist
PRIVATE PRACTICE Ann Arbor, MI and Palm Beach, FL Provided individual,
couples and group psychotherapy | | 1980-1984 |
Staff Psychotherapist Staff Psychotherapist in the
in-patient department of Psychiatry, Chelsea Medical Center, affiliated with
University of the University of Michigan Medical Center.
Team work included such issues as; Reactive and Endogenous Depression
Bipolar and Borderline disorders Schizophrenia Psychosis Acute
Grief Reactions Acute Phobic and Anxiety Disorders Major Depression
Disorder.
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| 1979-1988 | Staff Psychologist-Private
Practice HURON VALLEY CONSULTATION CENTER Ann Arbor, MI Provided Group
therapy, marital and individual therapy, plus therapy for many
University students.
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| 1976-1980 | Staff Psychologist
LIVINGSTON COUNTY COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH Brighton, MI
Supervised staff psychotherapists and wrote psychosocial evaluations for the court and
school system. Provided individual, marital, and family therapy. Managed aftercare patients,
and provided out-patient group therapy. | | 1972-1975 |
Clinical Social Worker UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
MEDICAL CENTER Ann Arbor, MI Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology Developed and
implemented programs to screen and identify patients psychologically and socially at-risk in
early pregnancy. Worked in an adolescent clinic which provided individual and group
psychotherapy for pregnant adolescents. Created a liaison program with Octagon Drug House
providing a Methadone maintenance program and counseling for pregnant heroin addicts. Provided
psychotherapy for patients before and after hysterectomies, abortions, tubal
plasty and sexual
and marital therapy for cancer patients Counseled women, and couples after the loss of a baby
Taught graduate social work students and supervised
their field placements. | | 1970-1972 |
Clinical Social Worker UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL CENTER
Ann Arbor, MI Departments of Neurosurgery, Otorhinolaryngology, and Opthalmology
worked with patients who had brain tumors, spinal cord injuries and adjustment
to paralysis. Worked with patients who had Laryngectomies and started a therapy
group with an audiologist to help patients communicate with a Bell telephone
device that simulated their own voices.
Saw patients who were stricken with blindness due to accidents or degenerative
eye disease.
provided a liaison with community rehabilitation Centers in the community
after hospitalization
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| Teaching Experience
| | 1998 | Lecturer ST. PAUL OF THE
CROSS CHURCH North Palm Beach, FL Presented lectures on constructive use of anger and
how to form an intimate relationship. | | 1975-present | Supervisor
Supervised nurses and therapists in an inpatient and outpatient setting. |
| 1973 | Clinical Social Worker
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL CENTER Ann Arbor, MI
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology Taught classes and gave presentations to
staff, residents, medical students and nursing students. Classes included: Psycho-social
Adjustment of a Childless Woman after a Hysterectomy; Preventative Therapy and Emotional
Support for a Mentally ill Epileptic Mother, Psycho-social Aspects of High-Risk Mothers:
Working with the Heroin Addicted Mother, Two Treatment Approaches in Working with Hyperemesis
Gravidarum; Management of Vaginitis, Venereal Disease and Rape; Normal and Special Aspects of
Pregnancy; Use of Behavior Modification in Treating Hyperemesis Gravidarum; and Birth Control
and the Adolescent.
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