EDUCATION _______________________________________________________________________               

                                    Simmons College School of Social Work – M.S.W. – May 1998

                                    Georgetown University Law Center – J.D. – May 1975

                                    Barnard College – Columbia University – B.A. – June 1972

                                             Honors:  Phi Beta Kappa   

                                                          Magna cum Laude

EMPLOYMENT______________________________________________________________________             

                                    Private Psychotherapy Practice – Worcester, MA -- January 2009 -- ongoing

Counseling adolescents, adults, families, couples and providing special

needs assessments and consultations. Specialties include: anxiety, attention

deficit disorder, autism spectrum disorders, caregiver support, depression,

divorce, grief counseling, health/disability issues, panic attacks, relationship

issues, stress management, women's health and wellness, workplace/

vocational concerns

Jewish Family Service of Worcester, Worcester, MA –

         February 2001 – Dec. 2008

Counseling individuals and families, ages 13 and up. Led groups for

adults coping with separation and divorce and related parenting issues.

Boston Road Clinic, Worcester, MA – October 1998 – January 2001

                                    Counseling individuals and families. Led groups for

                                    individuals coping with chronic illness.

INTERNSHIPS________________________________________________________________________              

                                    Boston Road Clinic, Worcester, MA – September 1997 – June 1998

                                    UMass Medical Center – Adult Mental Health Inpatient Unit –

                                              September 1995 – June 1996

ADDITIONAL CLINICAL EXPERIENCE____________________________________________________               

                                    Eliot Clinic, Concord, MA – September 1985 – June 1998

                                    Mental health counseling outreach to home-bound seniors.

                                    Hospice of Emerson Hospital, Concord, MA – September 1988 – June 1993

PUBLICATIONS_______________________________________________________________________

                                    Cross-fertilization versus transmission: Recommendations for developing a     

                                    bidirectional approach to psychotherapy dissemination research.  Applied and

                                    Preventive Psychology, Volume 10, Issue 1, Winter 2001, Pages 37-49, Christina

                                    Hatgis, Michael E. Addis, Aaron D. Krasnow, Inna Zaslavsky Khazan, Karen L.

                                    Jacob, Sandra Chiancola, Dawn Dubois, Alice Litter, Peter Moran and Jeffrey

                                    Scherz.

COMMUNITY ADVOCACY______________________________________________________________                 

                                    Asperger’s Association of New England, Legislative Committees –

                                              Fall 2000 and 2007

                                    Advocated for legislative and policy changes in Mass law to

                                    ensure that adolescents and young adults diagnosed with autism

                                    spectrum disorders will be eligible to receive independent living

                                    skills training and employment support services from state

                                    agencies serving the disabled.

Harvard Public School Parent Advisory Council to Special Education – 

         Chairperson – September 1989 – June 1994

Implemented school and community programs to: improve public

understanding of and sensitivity to children with disabilities; educate

parents regarding their children’s legal rights; teach parenting skills

and stress management; improve parent-school communication.   

PREVIOUS PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT_____________________________________________

                                    Office for Civil Rights, U.S. Department of Education, Boston, MA –

                                              September  1979 – December 1985

                                    Senior Supervisory Civil Rights Attorney.  Conducted discovery,

wrote legal opinions, and negotiated compliance agreements with New

England education officials to enforce Federal law protecting special needs

children’s right to a free, appropriate education and to enforce Title VI,

Title IX, and Section 504 prohibiting discrimination in schools on the basis

of race, sex, or handicapping condition.

Massachusetts Committee for Public Counsel Services, Boston, MA –

           September 1978 -- August 1979

                                    Associate Appellate Counsel.  Briefed and argued appeals involving

                                    constitutional issues before the Massachusetts Appeals Court and the

                                    Supreme Judicial Court.                           

New York Legal Aid Society, New York City – February 1977 – June 1978

Associate Appellate Counsel.  Briefed and argued appeals before the

New York State Court of Appeals and lower courts

Office for Civil Rights, U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare,

                                                New York City, September 1975 – February 1977 

Civil rights attorney enforcing anti-discrimination laws throughout

the New York regional area.