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PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION

Since earning a master’s degree in clinical social work from Columbia University in 1989, I have completed several additional intensive trainings- including in child, adolescent, and adult psychotherapy (individual, couple, family), separation and divorce, parenting coordination, divorce mediation, and Collaborative Law. Below is a list of the  training institute programs (mostly multi-year) in which I  earned advanced-level certificates in psychotherapy sub-specialities . Below that is a longer list, which is a representative sampling of the types of continuing education programs that have deepened my practice over time, and which I continue to attend– both as a learner and as a trainer. Some (such as mediation, parenting coordination, and Collaborative Divorce trainings) have meaningfully contributed to my areas of  sub-specialty expertise– particularly in separation and divorce.

 

 

CERTIFICATE TRAINING PROGRAMS

 

 

2001-2002:   International Institute of Object Relations Therapy (now The International Psychotherapy Institute-IPI), Chevy Chase, MD: Post-graduate year, Fellows Training

 

1997-2000:   International Institute of Object Relations Therapy (now IPI), Chevy Chase, MD: Certificate training in Object Relations theory and therapy of individuals, adults, couples, and families

 

1991-1996:   Institute for Child, Adolescent, and Family Studies (ICAFS), New York, NY: Certificate training in psychoanalytic psychotherapy of children, adolescents, and families

 

1987-1989:   Columbia University School of Social Work, New York, NY:  Master of Science in Social Work

 

 

REPRESENTATIVE SAMPLING OF ADDITIONAL TRAININGS AND CONTINUING EDUCATION

 

October, 2014, 2015, 2016, and  2017: International Academy of Collaborative Professionals Forums, Cities in US and Canada

 

November, 2013: Association of Family and Conciliation Courts Regional Conference, Kansas City, MO

 

October, 2013, International Academy of Collaborative Professionals 3-Day Forun, San Antonio, Texas

 

April 2013:  Civil and Commercial Applications in Collaborative Law, Rockville, MD

 

March 2013:   Ethics in Custody Evaluations, Rockville MD

 

October 2012:   International Academy of Collaborative Practice 3-day Forum, Chicago, Illinois

 

October 2011:   International Academy of Collaborative Practice 3-day Forum, St. Paul, Minnesota

 

October 2010:   International Academy of Collaborative Practice 3-day Forum, Washington, DC

 

October 2009:   International Academy of Collaborative Practice 3-day Forum, Minneapolis, MN

 

October 2008:   International Academy of Collaborative Practice 3-day Forum, New Orleans, LA

 

May, 2007:   Team Training in Collaborative Law, Gaithersburg, MD   Trainers, George Richardson, Andy Hoffman, Vicki Carpel-Miller, Nancy Ross

 

December, 2006:   40-Hour Divorce Mediation Training, Bethesda, MD   Trainer: Carl Schneider, Mediation Matters

 

October, 2006:   Intermediate Collaborative Law Training, Washington, DC   Trainers: Stu Webb and Ron Ousky

 

March 2006:   Conducting Child Custody Evaluations, Washington, DC   Trainer: Marc Ackerman, Ph.D.

 

April, 2006:   Collaborative Law Basic Training, Washington, DC   Trainer: Sue Brunstig, J.D.

 

December, 2005:   Parenting Coordination: A Two-Day Workshop for Professionals, Baltimore, MD   Trainer: Christine Coates, J.D.

 

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