Education:

• M.S.W. from Rutgers University, New Jersey, 1973

Background/Experience:

• 25 years experience in private practice
• 8 years experience in treatment of sex and relationship addictions
• Clergy ethics workshops for United Methodist Church at conference and national levels
• Workshops and presentations on sex addiction and cyberporn addiction, family systems, couples communication

Professional Interests/Specialties:

• Certified Sex Addiction Therapist and Clinical Director of STARPRO--intensive outpatient treatment program for sex addicts and their families
• Individual and group psychotherapy for adult survivors of trauma and attachment loss, and for stress, anxiety, grief, and parenting issues and other life challenges
• Couples and family therapy based on Bowen Family Systems Theory
• Certified Level I and II EMDR Practitioner

Professional Affiliations/Activities:

• National Association of Social Workers
• American Association of Marriage and Family Therapy
• International Institute for Trauma and Addiction Professionals
• Society for the Advancement of Sexual Health