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Education:

  • B.A., Psychology
    Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH
     
  • M.Ed., Bilingual Education
    Boston University, Boston, MA
     
  • Ph.D., Clinical Psychology
    California School of Professional Psychology, Berkeley/Alameda, CA
     
  • Collaborative Law Training
    Suzanne L. Brunsting, Esq., New York, NY
     
  • Mediation Training
    Steven Rosenberg, Esq., Mill Valley, CA
     
  • Divorce Mediation Trainings
    Northern California Mediation Center
     
  •  Mediation and Self-Reflection Trainings, Center for Understanding in Conflict

Teaching, Training & Consultation:

  • California Pacific Medical Center Department of Psychiatry

  • California Pacific Medical Center Child Development Center

  • California School of Professional Psychology, Berkeley/Alameda
     
  • New College of California Graduate Psychology Program

Professional Affiliations:

  • Faculty, Center for Understanding in Conflict
  • California Psychologist License no. PSY12162
  • California Board of Behavioral Sciences, Continuing Education Provider License no. 2830
  • Member, American Family Therapy Academy
  • Member, California Psychological Association
  • Member, San Francisco Psychological Association
  • Member, San Francisco Psychological Association Child Custody Best Practices Working Group
  • Member, Collaborative Practice San Francisco
  • Member, Association of Family and Conciliation Courts (AFCC)
  • Member, Integrative Mediation, Bay Area

Presentations & Publications:

  • Variations in Co-Mediation - with Attorney-Mediator Paula Lawhon:
    • Chuck Finney; Your Legal Rights Radio Show KALW

    •  Bar Association of San Francisco - February, 2017

    •  Collaborative Practice, San Francisco - May, 2016

    •  Collaborative Practice, East Bay - April, 2016

    • Association of Family and Conciliation Courts (AFCC), California chapter conference, San Francisco - February, 2016

  • Beyond LGBT Family Law - with Frederick Hertz, JD at Collaborative Practice – California conference, Los Angeles, CA, April, 2014

  • Understanding Divorce - with Michael Tobriner, JD, at the SF Jewish Community Center, San Francisco. April, 2014

  • Lesbian, Gay & Transgender Families:  Legal and Psychological Challenges to Their Formation and Dissolution in California.  February, 2014

  • Plenary and workshop - Beyond LGBT Family Law: Expanding the Reach of Collaborative Practice to Meet the Needs of All Non-Traditional Families.  With Deborah Wald, JD and Frederick Hertz, JD, at Association for Family and Conciliation Courts, California chapter annual conference, San Francisco, CA.

  • The Changing Face of Legal Parenthood in California. 6th Annual fall panel, Planned Parenthood of Mar Monte, Sacramento, CA. October, 2013

  • Same-sex Dissolution - with Frederick Hertz, JD, at American Association for Justice annual convention, San Francisco, CA. July, 2013

  • Legal and Psychological Dynamics of Same-sex Dissolution - with Frederick Hertz, JD, at Association for Family and Conciliation Courts (AFCC) , Los Angeles, CA, May-June, 2013

  • Integrating Psychological issues in the Resolution of Same-sex disputes - with Frederick Hertz, JD, at Lavender Law conference, Brooklyn, NY - 2009