Professional Education and Experience
I received my Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from Georgia State University in 1981. As part of that training, I completed my internship through Emory Medical School at Grady Memorial Hospital with special focus on psychotherapy and behavioral medicine.
Although I established a private practice as soon as I was licensed, during the first two years after finishing my degree, I also used my behavioral medicine training while working part time at the Emory Pain Clinic, teaching a course for Emory’s Physicians Assistant Program, and performing some psychological testing at Emory’s Egleston Hospital for Children.
During the past 28 years of practice I have worked with adults and have experience with individual, couples and group psychotherapy. I have experience helping people with a range of problems from anxiety to depression to relationship and work difficulties. I also have specialized experience with stress related difficulties. For instance, stress often manifests in physical problems such as chronic medical conditions and diseases.
Areas of Expertise
- Anger Management
- Anxiety
- Behavioral Medicine or Psychosomatic Disorders
- Chronic Pain or Illness
- Compulsive or Impulsive Behavior
- Couples Counseling
- Depression
- Gay Lesbian Bisexual Issues
- Gender Identity Questions
- Grief and Loss
- Health Psychology
- Identity Issues
- Life Transitions
- Relationship Issues
- Self Esteem or Self Confidence
- Sexuality
- Spirituality
- Stress
- Transgender Issues
- PTSD and Trauma from Emotional, Sexual, Physical Assault
