Clinical Experience

• Social Worker in private practice since 1983-present
• Clinical Director 1980-1983 at Consortium Emergency Services Network, Springfield, MA
• Clinical Supervisor, 1978-1980, Consortium Emergency Services Network
• Director 1975-1976 of Elizabeth Stone House, Jamaica Plain, MA
• Client Advocate 1974-1975 at Shelter for Life Emergencies and Employment Problems, Inc. Boston, MA
• Program Coordinator 1973-1974 for Boston Rape Crisis Center, Cambridge, MA
• Adjunct teaching: Westfield State College, Elms College 1979-1982

Clinical Papers and Workshops

• American Orthopsychiatric Association 73rd Meeting, "Transference and Countertransference-90's update" Boston 1996
• Contemporary Issues, "Post Divorce Parenting," Auckland Family Center, New Zealand, 1995
• American Orthopsychiatric Association 70th Meeting, "Dual Relationships" Poster Presentation, San Francisco, 1993
• Western New England College, Annual Social Work Conference
• Essential Counseling Frameworks 2007
• Achieving GLBTQ Identity 2007
• Clinical Group Work with Trauma Survivors 1996
• Post Divorce Parenting 1993
• Spirituality and Psychotherapy 1990
• Clinical Work with Adult Children of Alchoholics 1987
• 4th Annual Symposium for the Advancement of Social Work with Groups, "Reducing Burnout in Crisis Staff Through Group Supervision," Toronto, 1982
• Women and Madness Conference, "Causes and Cures," Boston, 1974

Consultation and Staff Training

• Personal Safety, Middle School Health Fair, Noble Hospital 1996-2007
• Diversity Awareness Training, Westfield Athenaeum, Westfield, MA 2005
• Personal Safety Curriculum Training for Health Teachers, Westfield Public Schools, Westfield, MA 2000
• Violence Management, Mobile Community Treatment, Springfield, MA 1998
• Stress Reduction Training, Mobile Community Treatment, Springfield, MA 1996
• Diversity/Peace Mural Project, South Middle School, Westfield, MA 1996
• Organizing with Volunteers-Consultation, Women's Refuge Program, Auckland, New Zealand, 1995
• Cultural Sensitivity-Consultation, The Family Center, Lower Hutt, New Zealand, 1995
• Assertiveness Training, YMCA Family Connections Program, Westfield, MA 1993
• Violence Management-Consultation, New England Business Assoc. Holyoke, MA 1992
• Working with Adult Children of Alcoholics, Continuing Education Workshop, Elms College, Chicopee, MA 1986
• Assertiveness Skills: Managing Difficult People land Situations, Administrative Assistant Program, Westfield State College, 1983-1984
• Interviewing Skills in Domestic Violence, Police Department, Farmville, Virginia 1978
• Social History of Birth Control Policy, Longwood College, Farmville, Virginia 1977
• Abortion Adujstment Issues, Planned Parenthood of Richmond, Richmond, Virginia 1977
• Competency in Rape Care, Beth Israel E.R. Staff, MA General Hospital, Boston, MA 1973-1974
• Working with Victims, Police Training Academy, Cambridge, MA 1973-1975
• I have also taught Mother-Daughter Self Defense Classes and Applied Non-Violence Trainings throughout the Pioneer Valley since 1981.

Community Service

• Community Development Corporation, Board Member, 2003 -present.
• Coordinator of the Downtown Arboretum Project, 1999-present
• Forum House, Friends Committee 2002-2006
• Noble Hospital Middle School Health Fair, "Avoiding Violence" 1996-2008
• Westfield Public Schools, Local Health Protection Advisory Board, 1997-present
• Child Assault Prevention Program (CAPP Program), Westfield West Springfield, Agawam and Gateway, 1983-1995
• Member, First United Methodist Church; Chair of Outreach Committee, Member Board of Trustees

Education

• Master of Social Work, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia 1978
• Bachelor of Arts, William Smith College, Geneva, New York 1973

Certifications

• EMDR Level II, Eye Movement Desensititzation Reprocessing Internaltional Association, 2002
• Black Belt, Grandmaster Hyun Ok Shin, United Tae Kwon Do Chung Do Kwan Association 1990
• Diplomate in Clinical Social Work, American Board of Examiniers in Clinical Social Work 1987
• Independent Instructor, Applied Non-Violence, Belchertown State School 1983
• Academy of Certified Social Workers, National Association of Social Work 1980
• Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker, MA Board of Registration of Social Workers, 1980