Training and Affiliations

Private Practice of Integrative Psychiatry
1984—present

Associate Clinical Professor of Psychiatry Albert Einstein College of Medicine
1995—present

American Psychiatric Association member
1984—present

Faculty member Family Institute of Westchester
2000—present

  • Yeshiva University, BA 1976
  • Albert Einstein College of Medicine (AECOM), MD 1976—1980

    The Albert Einstein College of Medicine, founded 1955, is Ranked #31 out of 144 in primary care by US News & World Report, and is ranked #38 out of 144 in research quality by US News & World Report.

  • AECOM Psychiatry Residency 1980–84
  • Board Certified Psychiatry 1986
  • New York Society of Ericksonian Psychotherapy and Hypnotherapy (NYSEPH) Certification Program 1987–89
  • NYSEPH Teaching Faculty 1990–95
  • American Society of Clinical Hypnosis membership 1997
  • Advanced training in hypnotherapy and Self-Relations Therapy with Dr. Stephen Gilligan 1993–99
  • Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) training level 1 and 2 1996–98
  • Training in mindfulness meditation and psychotherapy applications with ordained monk and psychoanalyst Dr. Diane Shainberg 1996–99
  • Training in an integrative, meditative healing system that combines elements of Eastern and Western spiritual and philosophical wisdom traditions taught by Jason Shulman in his school, Society of Souls, 1999–2004
  • Leader of private practice hypnotherapy training and supervision groups 1995–present
  • Leader of private practice meditation groups 1998–present
  • Numerous workshops lead in mind-body approaches to healing.

Publications:

Chapter entitled “Self-Relations, Hypnosis, and Transpersonal Approaches in the Treatment of Panic Attacks”, in Walking in Two Worlds, Gilligan and Simon editors, Zeig, Tucker and Theisen, Inc., 2004.



 


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