Insurance: Many plans accepted

Education

Certificate, 2003 - The Program for Psychotherapy, Cambridge Health Alliance, Cambridge, MA

M.S.W., 2001 - Simmons Graduate School of Social Work, Boston, MA

B.A., 1975 - Harvard University, Cambridge, MA

Professional Experience

2003-present Independent Practitioner

Arlington, MA

2003-present Psychotherapist/Social Worker

The Program for Psychotherapy

Cambridge Health Alliance, Cambridge, MA

2004-2005 Assistant Director

Cambridge Insight Meditation Center, Cambridge, MA

2001-2004 Social Worker/Mental Health Clinician

The Lawrence Schiff Adult Day Treatment Center

North Charles Foundation, Cambridge, MA

2001-2003 Social Work Fellow

The Program for Psychotherapy

Cambridge Health Alliance, Cambridge, MA

2000-2001 Social Work Intern

Outpatient Psychiatry Department

Cambridge Health Alliance, Cambridge, MA

1999-2000 Social Work Intern

Adult Day Treatment Program

Tri-City Mental Health Center, Lynn MA

Personal

I grew up in the Boston area and worked in marketing communications for over two decades before becoming a psychotherapist. Since 1987, I have also been a student and practitioner of mindfulness meditation, and have served in various capacities at the Cambridge Insight Meditation Center. I'm currently a faculty and board member at the Institute for Meditation and Psychotherapy. My work as a therapist grows out of a wish to use the tools of mindfulness and psychotherapy to help people discover the essential truths within themselves, and in the process, to live with greater ease and freedom. I live in Arlington with my wife, who is also a clinical social worker, and our cat Spike.

Professional Philosophy

My treatment approach is tailored to each individual, couple or group. I draw primarily from my training as a psychodynamic and mindfulness-based clinician, using both traditions to help clients bring more awareness and acceptance to their conscious and subconscious experience, including physical sensations, moods, feelings, thoughts, inner conflicts and outer behavior patterns. This kind of awareness and acceptance, in my view, facilitates healing and growth. I have also been deeply influenced by cognitive/behavioral, psychoanalytic, relational, and family systems perspectives, and utilize these approaches as needed. Most important, I believe that psychotherapy is a collaborative effort and so I work together with clients to help them identify and ask for what they need both in the therapeutic relationship and in their lives.

Telephone Inquiries Welcome

If you’re interested in learning more, I’d be happy to speak with you by phone at no charge to discuss how my services might meet your specific needs.