Bio I have been a practicing psychologist for two decades, with the first part of my career spent in an academic setting training clinical psychology doctoral students. As a relational, psychodynamic therapist I have a keen interest in work with sameness and difference, particularly as our society becomes diverse, and exploring relationally how sameness and difference across multiple dimensions (age, disability status, race/ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, etc.) impact both the treatment alliance and process.
Education Ph.D. Received 2004, Clinical Psychology
Temple University, Philadelphia PA
M.A. Received 1997, Developmental Psychology
University of Chicago, Chicago IL
B.A. Received 1994, with General Honors, Phi Beta Kappa
University of Chicago, Chicago IL
Training PSYCHOLOGY FELLOW / INTERN, Department of Psychology, Pennsylvania Hospital, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Current Research My research areas include multiculturalism, how to practice culturally competent psychotherapy, and issues faced by minority groups in accessing mental health care. In particular, I retain an interest in immigrant populations, indigenous healing and mental health/illness in non-US (Asian) countries, and cross-cultural differences in self and other. I also have a focused research interest in the area of suicide, and in particular socio-cultural factors such as religion, ethnicity, gender, and country of origin that may impact suicide risk. One additional strand of research interest is based upon my experience working in college counseling settings and with college students clinically, where I have studied issues of access and utilization of mental health services by college students.
