H aving grownup in the Philadelphia, PA area, I received my medical training at the Jefferson Medical College and graduated in 1980.  I completed my psychiatric residency at the Thomas Jefferson University Hospital and the Cooper University Hospital/Medical Center in 1984.  Since then I have worked in various mental health settings, to include inpatient hospitals, residential programs for children, outpatient clinics, foster care agencies, partial hospitalization programs for children, adolescents, and adults, and more recently in private practice for almost 20 years.  After completing the Eden Energy Medicine Certification Program, the Clinical Practicum, and the Advanced Practitioner curriculum in 2014, I have devoted my practice to the combination of Energy Medicine, Energy Psychology, astrological consultations and psychotherapy. In addition to these offerings I am a Reiki III Level Practitioner and former Bach Foundation Registered Practitioner.

As a spiritual seeker engaged in a lifelong quest for healing, I have also pursued other non-traditional avenues of healing to include:  the writings of Carl Jung, Joseph Campbell, and other well-known mentors of myth and symbol; training by Brian Weiss, M.D. in Past-life Regression Therapy; astrological lectures, readings, and chart interpretations; participation in Celtic and Native American shamanic rituals which celebrate the Earth and her seasons; and training in drum group facilitation with Paolo Mattioli.  I remain indebted to the foster children with whom I worked from 1995 through 2000 for showing me how vibrantly the light within us can shine no matter what our circumstances and for motivating me to seek that light as an essential part of my work.