My years working with children and their families both as an educator and as a mental health provider have deeply influenced my psychotherapy practice with adults. My adult practice essentially began in 1991 after I received my Psy.D. from the Massachusetts School of Professional Psychology. It was at this time that I also began a speciality in the field of trauma psychology.

Although I continue to offer services that address the impact of acts of violence on individuals, groups and communities including forensics consultations, I view violence as a public health concern that requires intervention on a larger social scale. To support this, I transferred from the Department of Psychiatry to the Department of Community Health Improvements, serving as Director of Victim Services and Director of the Mindfit Resiliency Project, a pioneering mindfulness training program for law enforcement officers. My work has led me to travel extensively in this and other countries offering trauma training to organizations working with refugees in flight and victims of natural and manmade disasters.

Recently retired from my hospital-based work, I currently maintain a private practice in Cambridge Massachusetts, am the director of a consultation and training group, Connect Associates; a trauma consultant to Transition House, a Cambridge-based Domestic Violence Service agency; an Affiliate of the Center for Mindfulness and Compassion; and am on the Technical Advisory Board for the SEED Foundation, Kurdistan.