DESCRIPTION OF CLINICAL PRACTICE
I work with individuals, couples, and small groups, weaving together a psychodynamic approach with mindfulness practice, cognitive and somatic awareness, and accessing of inner strengths and resources. I have worked extensively with relationship issues, trauma and abuse, career issues, health challenges, creativity, and challenges related to gender, class, ethnicity and sexual orientation.

Other modalities include EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing), deep relaxation practice, and Interactive Guided Imagery which fosters access to your own inner guidance and healing capacities.

VIPASSANA/MEDITATION BACKGROUND
I have been a Vipassana practitioner for more than10 years and have offered extensive service within the San Francisco Insight Meditation Community, including 6 years of teaching chi gung (meditative movement practice) before the Sunday night sits.

I have more than 30 years experience with meditative, mind/body practices, including study and teaching of Shaolin Ssu, a Buddhist martial arts practice, Kwan Ping Tai Chi, and various western mediation and relaxation practices.

RELEVANT CLINICAL TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE
I have an MA in Social Clinical Psychology, and extensive training in biofeedback, EMDR, and Interactive Guided Imagery. I am trained as Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction teacher. I worked for 15 years with a union-based counseling program at the Institute for Labor and Mental Health, and I have been in private practice since 2001. I have also done 20 years of community service to foster the creative arts, especially in underprivileged communities.