Education
- Master of Science, Clinical Community Counseling: 2003, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore
- Bachelor of Arts and Science, Sociology/English: 1980, New York University, New York NY
Professional Training
- 22nd Annual ISEPP Conference, 2019
- Transgender Health: Best Practices in Medical and Mental Health Care, 2019
- Brainspotting Phase, David Grand, 2019
- Treating Dissociative Disorders with EMDR: The Progressive Approach, Delores Mosquera, 2019
- Image Transformation Therapy Workshop, Robert Miller Ph.D, 2019
- Generational Brainspotting, 2019
- Brain, Mind and Body: Trauma, Neurobiology and the Healing Relationship, Ruth Lanius MD, 2019
- Generational Brainspotting with Dr. Ruby Gibson, 2018
- Treating Chronic Pain with EMDR with Mark Grant, 2017
- Treating Headaches with EMDR with Steven Marcus Ph.D., 2017
- Intensive Psychotherapy for Persistent Dissociative Processes: The fear of Feeling Real, 2016
- Brainspotting 3 with David Grand, 2015
- Recent-Traumatic Episode Protocol (R-TEP), 2015
- Advanced Resource Brainspotting, 2014
- Conference on Sex, Love and Addiction, 2014
- The Neurobiology of Consciousness, Trauma Induced Disorders of Consciousness and EMDR: A Glimpse Inside the Brain, Uri Bergman, Ph.D., 2013
- Feeling State Addiction Protocol, 2013
- Brainspotting with Performance Enhancement , Somatic Dissociation, and Medical Trauma, 2012
- Brainspotting 1and II, 2011-2012
- Using the EMDR AIP Model for Treating Adult Clients with Complex PTSD, Jim Knipe, 2011
- EMDR & Health Related Problems with Carol Forgash, 2011
- Brainspotting with Attachment Trauma and Dissociation 2011
- Dissociation of the Personality: The Key to Understanding Chronic Traumatization and Its Treatment, 2010
- The Theory of Structural Dissociation as a Guide for EMDR Treatment of Chronically Traumatized Clients, 2010
- EMDR Treatment of Panic Disorder with and without Agoraphobia: Two Model Treatment Plans, 2010
- Shame is my Safe Place: AIP Targeting of Shame as a Psychological Defense, 2010
- EMDR and the Treatment of War and Terrorism Survivors: Steven Silver, Ph.D, Atlanta GA, 2010
- STEP by STEP: Making EMDR Treatment Effective and Developmentally Appropriate for Children and Adolescents, Ana Gomez, 2010
- Complex Trauma, Structural Dissociation & EMDR by Kathleen Martin, LCSW and Roger Solomon, Ph.D., 2009
- Using EMDR as a Contemporary Psychotherapy, 2008
Professional Memberships, Affiliations and Licensures
- Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor, Maryland, 2004
- Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor, Washington D.C, 2012
- Certified in EMDR, EMDR International Association, 2005
- Certified in Brainspotting, 2012
- ISEPP: International Society for Ethical Psychology and Psychiatry (ISEPP), 2019
- WPATH: World Professional Association for Transgender Health, 2018