
I was born and raised in Jerusalem and graduated from the Hebrew University majoring in History and Literature. I then studied community theatre and special education before landing in a graduate program in Expressive Arts Therapy in Netannya. As a student I worked with autistic preschool aged children as well as adults in day treatment, clinic and hospital settings.
Moving to the Bay Area in 2002, I was an intern at Creative Living Center in Berkeley, an Inpatient adolescent hospital unit in San Francisco and at JSCS in Berkeley. As a newly licensed clinician in 2008, I worked as a staff therapist for a college program for young adults on the autism spectrum.
Moving to the Bay Area in 2002, I was an intern at Creative Living Center in Berkeley, an Inpatient adolescent hospital unit in San Francisco and at JSCS in Berkeley. As a newly licensed clinician in 2008, I worked as a staff therapist for a college program for young adults on the autism spectrum.
Additional Training: -Two years Infant Observation Study Group (led by Angela Sowa) - Yearlong Group Therapy Training Group (Led by Bill Roller) - EMDR Certificate training (Phil Mansfield/ Harriet Sage) - Attachment/Dynamic Systems Theory Study Group (Steve Seligman) - Neuroscience and psychoanalysis Study Group (Alan Schore; Maggie Zelner) Various psychoanalytic courses at NCSPP, SFCP and PINC More about: EMDR |
Presentations: "Winnicott goes Viral": Class at the psychotherapy institute 2015 grand rounds at ACCESS institute 2015 presentation at APA Div. 39 conference in San Francisco 2015 "Attention in Early Relationships" UC Berkeley guest lecture in "The Neurobiology of Stress", 2015 Jerusalem Talpiot community clinic 2016 Grateful Heart Institute Berkeley 2018 "Can I have a BandAid" IFPE conference, Pasadena CA 2016 Supervision: Group therapy supervision- Access Institute San Francisco, 2015 Yearly supervision at Piedmont School Wellness Center Training Director at Albany Elementary School Mental Health Internship Program 2006-2008 Private Practice Intern Supervisor 2009 Individual consultation for newly licensed therapists: 2010-Present Wright institute supervisor 2018 |