Credentials
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.