I am a licensed psychologist and marriage and family therapist engaged in private practice in Pasadena since 1988. I have two Ph.D.’s, one in Counseling Psychology from the University of Southern California and one in Psychoanalysis from the New Center for Psychoanalysis. I have served as a member of the Board of Directors of the California Psychological Association and as President of the San Gabriel Valley Psychological Association. I am an Expert Reviewer for the State of California’s Board of Psychology and Board of Behavioral Sciences. I teach and lecture widely. I founded Rose City Center (RCC), a non-profit clinic offering psychoanalytic psychotherapy to economically disadvantaged persons, in 2004. I served as President of its Board of Directors through 2014. I currently am Chair of the RCC Training Committee