I am a licensed psychologist with clinical training in individual psychotherapy and couple’s therapy. And what differentiates me from most people with clinical training is that I have equally extensive experience and training as consultant and coach to executives and professionals, which includes serving as a managing director and senior consultant/coach with two international consultancies.
My combined education in Philosophy, Psychology, and Business along with my professional experience of 30 years working with clients on three continents, has given me a great deal of practical appreciation for the diversity of values, cultural influences, and personality differences that shape us persons and that interact with the many roles and life challenges we can encounter over the span of a lifetime. All of this makes me humbler and more careful as I seek to understand a new client, their experience, and how it affects them.
For this reason, I have cultivated a deep expertise in assessment, including in-depth interviewing to discover a client’s family background, assessment of their personality using the best models and tools, and gaining insight into how these factors have shaped their social and interpersonal presence at work and outside of work, and in their most precious intimate relationship.
Qualifications and Experience
BA in Philosophy: Phenomenology and Moral Philosophy, also did graduate work in Philosophy, and have continued my studies in philosophy up to the present day – it informs my understanding of human nature, values, personhood, and what we owe to one another.
MS in Marriage & Family Therapy: Systems theory and the influences of attachment style and family of origin dynamics on shaping our personality and creating a legacy of advantages as well as self-limiting tendencies that we must discover and overcome in the course of development.
MBA in Leadership: Provided a theoretical understanding to complement over 15 years of business and management experience, first with IBM and Cisco, and then later as managing director of two international consultancies.
PhD in Counseling Psychology: Provided in-depth training in adaptive development, personality assessment, social-psychological theory, and extensive clinical supervision in a variety of practice environments, including post-doctoral training in consulting psychology.
Writing & Speaking: I have presented nationally and internationally on Leadership and Sustainability and Executive Presence, and I have written extensively on variety of themes in leadership, coaching, psychotherapy, and couple’s therapy.
