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7903 Winterset Avenue · Baltimore, Maryland · 21208 · USA
Phone: 410-580-5338 (410-580-5EFT)
Fax 410-415-0102
Psychotherapist and Personal
Performance Coach in private practice and through
phone consultations. Orientation is eclectic, drawing
from psychodynamic, family systems, and brief, cognitive,
and crisis therapies. Specialties include life crisis
issues, anxiety, depression, phobias, unresolved
grief and mourning, Critical Incident Stress Debriefing
(CISD), and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).
Primary modalities are Emotional Freedom Techniques
(EFT), other energy and meridian therapies, as well
as Traumatic Incident Reduction (TIR).
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| Psychotherapist
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| -Private Practice Specializing
in Energy/Meridian Therapies |
1992-Present
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| -Sheppard and Enoch Pratt
Hospital, Counseling and Therapy Center |
1992-1996
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| -Anxiety and Stress Disorders
Institute of Maryland |
1992-1996
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| Group Facilitator-State's
Attorney's Office-Victim Assistance
Program |
1992-1997 |
Run monthly meeting to offer group counseling
to those people who have experienced deaths
of loved ones through homicide or drunk driving
murders. |
| Critical Incident Stress Debriefer
-- National |
1993-Present |
Provide crisis intervention, debriefing, and
defusing after traumatic events in organizations
to decrease post-traumatic stress reactions
and to enhance employee morale. Assist organizations
and family members impacted by traumatic events
in recognizing and coping with their responses
and reestablishing feelings of safety, stability,
and control as quickly as possible. Provide
referrals for on-going treatment. |
| Supervisor-Consultant, Critical
Incident Stress Debriefing Team, Sheppard
Pratt Hospital |
1993-Present |
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| Conflict Mediator and Team
Facilitator, Medical and Dental Offices |
1987-Present |
During weekly or monthly sessions, assist
team members in examining their interactions
with each other and with their patients to
enhance caregiving techniques and interpersonal
relationships to create a more satisfying
working environment, thereby improving patient
care. |
| Member, State of Maryland
Critical Incident Stress Debriefing
Team |
1988-1992 |
Provided peer support and mental health services
(debriefings and defusings) to rescue workers
who experienced emotional or work-related
problems after performing difficult rescues.
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| M.S.W., Clinical Concentration in
Mental Health, |
University of Maryland at Baltimore School
of Social Work
Research Projects:
"A Study to Examine the Effects of the
Use of Imitation Techniques in the Treatment
of Autism" / "Caregiver's Stress: The
Adult Daughter's Relationship to her
Aging Mother"
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| B.S., Secondary Education, English,
Speech, and Drama |
Towson State University, Baltimore, Maryland
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| Consultant, Baltimore County
General Hospital Radiation Oncology
Center |
1992-1993 |
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| Psychiatric Consultant and
Crisis Interventionist, Emergency Departments
of Local Hospitals |
1988-1991 |
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| Faculty Member and Lecturer
for National Consulting Firms |
1983-1985 |
Developed and taught special training seminars
in 50 cities a year on Conflict Resolution
for health-care and human-service managers
and supervisors in health-care settings. Topics
included specific listening, confronting,
and problem-solving skills to improve interpersonal
relationships with patients and staff members.
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| Instructor, Parent Effectiveness
Training |
1973-1985 |
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| Teacher of English, Speech,
and Drama |
1971-1972 |
Pimlico Junior High School, Maryland
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| Teacher of Emotionally Disturbed
Children with Reading Problems |
1968-1969 |
The Matthews School, Pennsylvania
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Licensed Certified Social Worker,
Clinical (LCSW-C)
Maryland License #06692 |
| Traumatic Incident Reduction (TIR)
Facilitator |
| Advanced Instructor Certification
in Effectiveness Training for Leaders, Teachers,
Managers, and Helping Professionals
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| Parent Effectiveness Training Certification
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| Teacher Certification, State of
Maryland |
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| International Association
of Trauma Counselors |
| American Academy
of Psychotherapists |
| National Association
of Social Workers |
| Phi Kappa Phi,
National Honor Society |
| Maryland Society
for Clinical Social Workers |
| Baltimore-Washington
Institute for Psychoanalysis |
| Baltimore Society
for Psychoanalytic Studies |
| Traumatic Incident
Reduction Association |
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