Experience

Psychologist and Owner, Psychological Services of Jenkintown, LLC (July 2007-present)

1. Provide Individual, Group and Family Psychotherapy;
2. Psychological Assessment including Psychoeducational and Cognitive assessment
3. Consultation Services to schools

Psychologist, The Center (November 2005-March 2007)

1. Individual and Family psychotherapy with Children, Adolescents and Adults
2. Psychological assessments including evaluation of cognitive and personality functioning and academic achievement

School Psychologist & Assistant Director of Outpatient Clinic, The Green Tree School (August 2002-August 2006)

1. Serve as the School Psychologist in an Approved Private School comprised of an Emotional Support Program. an Autistic Support Program, and an Early Intervention Program.  Students in the Emotional Support Program range in ages from 7 to 18 and are identified as Seriously Emotionally Disturbed for educational purposes.
2. Conduct formal and informal assessments of students for the purposes of educational, clinical and behavioral programming.  Methods of assessment include utilizing cognitive, emotional, educational, and projective assessment instruments; facilitating multidisciplinary team meetings; clinical interviews; record reviews; and classroom observation.
3. Conduct weekly group and individual supervision with 5 Master’s Level Counselors
4. Individual psychotherapy with children and adolescents
5. Formal and Informal Consultation with a variety of team members focused on improving, modifying and integrating the implementation of educational, clinical, behavioral services.  These consultations address systemic issues of the institution as well as those around serving individual students.
6. Crisis management
7. Conduct Staff Development and Trainings on a variety of topics

Mobile Therapist,  Home Healthcare Resources / MCC  (January 2001-June 2002)

1. Work with the families of children with developmental challenges, including Autism, SevereLanguageDelays, and chromosomal abnormalities resulting in pervasive cognitive, emotional, and phsyical disabilites.  Conduct family, couples, and play therapy in the family homes.
2. Function as a member of a multidisciplinary treatment team in collaboration with Behavior Specialists and Therapeutic Support Staff.

Graduate Area Coordinator, Widener University, Office of Housing and Residence Life  (August 1998-June 2000)

1. Supervise 11 undergraduate Resident Assistants (entails holding staff meetings, evaluating performance, working with R.A.’s to implement residence hall, and campus-wide programs, support and motivation of all staff members),
2. Rotating duty shifts as on-site agent of Residence Life for the entire campus during evenings and weekends (for purposes of crisis intervention, and behavior management)
3. Coordinate communication between residents and staff,
4. Assist in inspection of physical operation of residence halls. 
5. Other duties include interviewing, hiring and training new Resident Assistants.

Psychiatric Technician, Potomac Ridge Treatment Center,  Short Term Adolescent and Adult Treatment Unit,
(July 1995-May 1996)

1. Facilitated groups and patient activities, and wrote progress reports,
2. Attended and participated in treatment planning sessions
3. Gave progress feedback to patients
4. One-on-one therapeutic interactions with patients, monitored patients, assisted in school
5. Attended monthly inservice seminars on various issues of mental health and treatment   

Psychology Summer Intern, Potomac Ridge Treatment Center, Long Term Adolescent Residential Unit, (1994) Internship Sponsor:  Foundation for Contemporary Mental Health

• Facilitated groups and patient activities, and wrote progress reports,
• Attended and participated in treatment planning sessions
• Gave progress feedback to patients
• One-on-one therapeutic interactions with patients, monitored patients, assisted in school
• Attended monthly inservice seminars on various issues of mental health and treatment
• Attended weekly internship meetings to share & discuss experiences of interns at various placements, & to hear a lecture on a current issue in the mental health field 

TEACHING & RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

Intellectual Testing Lab Leader, Widener University, Institute for Graduate Clinical Psychology (Fall 1998)

• Co-led a First Year class  Intellectual Testing Lab
• Taught the mechanics of administering the WAIS III and the WISC-III
• Aid the professor in teaching the interpretation of these tests.

Teaching Assistant, Potomac Ridge Treatment Center, Ridge School, (May 1996-August 1996)

• Assisting residential students in understanding school assignments,
• Assisting teacher in running classes and lectures, substitute teaching,
• One-to-one de-escalation of agitated and dissociating students

Eating Disorders/Body Image Distortion Peer Educator, Reflections Washington University, (1993-1995)

• Educational presentations on eating disorders and body image given to student groups who request them
• Assisting a therapy group on eating disorders weekly for 6 weeks

Psychology Senior Honors Program,  Washington University, (1994-1995)

• Developed and carried out a year-long original research project culminating in a thesis written in APA format. 
• The thesis was entitled Perceptions that Affect Body Image Dissatisfaction in Women and Men.