I graduated Phi Beta Kappa and magna cum laude upon completing my undergraduate studies at the University of Pennsylvania.  Subsequently, I received my doctorate from Long Island University, which houses one of New York's top APA-accredited clinical psychology Ph.D. programs.  

My clinical training began in 2002 at Beth Israel Medical Center (now Mount Sinai Beth Israel), where I worked on an inpatient psychiatry unit, as well as in the Brief Psychotherapy Research Program.  Later, at Schneider Children's Hospital of the North Shore-LIJ Health System (now Cohen Children's Medical Center), I assessed and treated children and adolescents, including teens in what was Schneider's highly-regarded dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) program.  Zucker Hillside Hospital afforded me the chance to work with a diverse population of adult inpatients and outpatients as well.  

My doctoral training culminated with an internship at Pennsylvania Hospital, part of the renowned University of Pennsylvania Health System.  There, I worked in both the outpatient clinic and the inpatient unit of the psychiatry department, and additionally completed a palliative care rotation in the hospital's cancer center -- an experience that sparked my continuing interest in treating people with chronic medical conditions.

 After getting my Ph.D., I continued with post-doctoral training as a fellow at the William Alanson White Institute of Psychiatry, Psychoanalysis, & Psychology.  I also became a staff psychotherapist at the Bleuler Psychotherapy Center, a community-based mental health clinic where I saw patients from diverse backgrounds--many of whom had trauma, medical problems, and financial difficulties in addition to their presenting problems.   

I'm licensed by the state of New York and a member of several professional associations:

• American Psychological Association (including Div. 38: Health Psychology; Div. 39: Psychoanalysis; and Div. 42: Psychologists in Independent Practice)
• National Register of Health Service Psychologists
• New York State Psychological Association
• Suffolk County Psychological Association