Credentials

Licensed Certified Social Worker
Board-certified Diplomate in Clinical Social Work
Certified Imago Relationship Therapist
Certified EMDR Practitioner
Certified Hudson Institute Coach (2002 graduate of the Hudson Institute of Santa Barbara)
Member of the International Coach Federation
Resident “Expert” on Bulimia Nervosa at www.healthyplace.com, an on-line mental health site
Co-chair, Washington Society for the Study of Eating Disorders
Speaking Engagements: Maryland Commission for Women, Montgomery County Public Schools, Brandeis Women, American Group Psychotherapy Association Annual Meeting, International Association of Eating Disorders Professionals Annual Meeting, DC Psychological Society Annual Conference, National Association of Social Workers Annual Conference, Greater Washington Society of Clinical Social Workers meeting, Washington Society for the Study of Eating Disorders Annual Conference
Media Appearances: The Maury Povitch Show, Tony Brown at Daybreak, Paul Berry and the News, the University of Maryland Cable TV, WMAL Radio, Voice of America
Quoted in: The Washington Post, USA Today, psychiatric journals, eating disorder books
Coined the phrase “the myth of personal incompetence” in the article “Reworking the Myth of Personal Incompetence: Group Psychotherapy for Bulimia Nervosa,” published in Psychiatric Annals, July 1990