LICENSE, BOARDS & ACCREDITATIONS
- Licensed to practice Psychology by Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
- Diplomate and Senior Analyst, American Board of Disability Analysts
- Board Certified: American Academy of Experts in Traumatic Stress
- Fellow, Pennsylvania Psychological Association
EDUCATION
Saybrook Institute, San Francisco, CA Ph.D. Psychology: Clinical & Consciousness
Temple University, Philadelphia, PA General Educational Psychology
Temple University, Philadelphia, PA M. A. Clinical Psychology
Temple University, Philadelphia, PA B. A. Psychology
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Present Independent Practice Philadelphia, PA
Licensed Psychologist, Clinical Specialty, Forensic Examiner, Rehabilitation Consultant, Psychological Testing and Individual Psychotherapy.
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Bureau of Disability Determination: Disability determinations.
Pennsylvania Office of Vocational Rehabilitation: Vocational expert/consultant.
Social Security Administration, Office of Hearings and Appeals: Medical Expert.
Independent Medical Examinations and Expert Witness: Personal injury, Workers Compensation, Civil and Disability.
Private Rehabilitation Consultant/Psychotherapist
Peer & utilization reviews, IMEs
Department of Labor & Industry, Office of Worker's Compensation (OWCP) and private rehabilitation companies: vocational and disability expert.
Pain management/psychotherapeutic intervention in injury cases
Part-time Instructor in Behavioral Sciences: Bucks County Community College
Psychological Assessment Program Evaluator: Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas, Family Division (contracted project)
Comprehensive Pain Management Services Philadelphia, PA
Director, Psychological Services
Provided individual and group psychological services in medical/rehabilitation setting to heterogeneous population of personal injury and Worker's Compensation patients.
Development of psychology-medicine interface and treatment procedures.
Supervision and training of biofeedback technician and psychometrician.
Specialized disability testing and neuropsychological screening.
Psychotherapy and vocational, educational, sexual, and marital counseling.
Liaison to Office of Vocational Rehabilitation. Testimony at Worker's Compensation hearings; depositions in personal injury cases.
CATCH Community Mental Health Center Philadelphia, PA
Unit Psychologist/Acting Director
Diagnostics for developmental and learning disabilities and neuropsychological screening.
Individual and group psychotherapy,
Social services.
Parent counseling to population of developmentally disabled children, adolescents, and adults.
Chaired clinical staffings and designed treatment strategies for partial hospital patients.
Independent Practice Philadelphia, PA
Licensed Psychologist, Clinical Specialty, Vocational & Rehabilitation Consultation (see above)
Horizon House Philadelphia, PA
Director, Chronic Outpatient Services Unit
Developed day treatment program for chronic outpatients in the community based on Glassers Reality Therapy.
Supervision of 4 staff and 8 students in the treatment of population of 120 patients.
Coordinated and supervised Masters and Doctoral student interns from Temple, University of Pennsylvania, and Beaver College.
Counseling or Referral Assistance (CORA) Philadelphia, PA
Staff Psychologist
Performed approximately 1,000 evaluations on children and adolescents from public and parochial schools.
Battery included clinical interview, intelligence, achievement, neuropsychology and personality measures.
Consulted and recommended interventions with physicians, school counselors and parents.
Supervised Masters and Doctoral student interns.
ADDITIONAL PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Psychological Test Reviewer, Buros Institute of Mental Measurements: The Mental Measurements Yearbook
MHS Psychological Tests: Beta tester/Reviewer
Pennsylvania Psychological Association: Bulletin Committee
Editorial Advisory Board: The International Journal of Healing and Caring Online.
Scientific Advisory board: Monterey Institute for the Study of Alternative Healing Arts, Monterey, CA.
Research Advisory Group: The Council for Healing
Volunteer Expert in Psychology
OTHER VOCATIONAL EXPERIENCE
Department of Public AssistanceCaseworker
State Penitentiary at GraterfordCorrections Counselor
Philadelphia State HospitalPsychiatric Social Worker
AFFILIATIONS
American Psychological Association
Fellow, Pennsylvania Psychological Association
Philadelphia Society of Clinical Psychologists
Northwestern Hospital: Affiliate Medical Staff
American Board of Disability Analysts
APA, Division 41: Law & Psychology
Association for Transpersonal Psychology
Association for the Advancement of Psychology
American Academy of Experts in Traumatic Stress
TESTIMONY
Depositions
Pennsylvania Commonwealth Workers Compensation Hearings
Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas
First U.S. Federal District Court