I am a Ph.D. level clinical psychologist. I graduated from New York University. I completed a post-doctoral fellowship with Dr. Aaron T. Beck, one of the founders of cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT), at the University of Pennsylvania where I specialized in learning techniques to treat depression, anxiety, panic, substance abuse and other disorders with CBT. In addition to working as a therapist, I work as a full-time college professor teaching undergraduate psychology.
I hope to be able to help clients identify the specific problems and issues they wish to resolve or alleviate, devise a plan for doing so, and support whatever it takes to gain relief. The focus in therapy will be on the here and now (although connections to the past will also be made at times), with mainly cognitive and behavioral. therapy approaches employed. I will affirm and support clients' values and positive sense of self.
I hope that sessions will enable clients to better understand their understand their emotions, motivations, and values; improve their relationships; alleviate negative mood states; and cope with the many stressors and circumstances that life poses.
