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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

Teaching, Training & Consultation:

• California Pacific Medical Center Department of Psychiatry
• Center for Understanding in Conflict
• California Pacific Medical Center Child Development Center
• California School of Professional Psychology, Berkeley/Alameda
• New College of California Graduate Psychology Program

Professional Affiliations:

  • California Psychologist License no. PSY12162

  • Center for Understanding in Conflict

  • Member, Association of Family and Conciliation Courts (AFCC); AFCC-CA

  • Member, California Psychological Association

Presentations & Publications:

  • Navigating Family Law for Mental Health Providers, Center for Understanding in Conflict, co-presenter (2026)

  • Adjunct teacher: Family therapy for psychiatric residents and psychology interns, Department of Psychiatry, Sutter Health/California Pacific Medical Center, 1999-2024

  • How Ancillary Professionals Can Help Reduce Conflict in Family Law Custody Cases, Marin County Bar Association, co-presenter (2024)

  • Family Law Attorneys and Mental Health Professionals: The Need for Interdisciplinary Reconciliation, Association of Family and Conciliation Courts-California (AFCC-CA) co-presenter, (2024)

  • Neutrals in Family Law Cases, Bar Association of San Francisco, co-presenter (2022)

  • Co-Mediation: Interdisciplinary Neutrals When Lack of Civility Prevails, Association of Family and Conciliation Courts-California (AFCC-CA) co-presenter (2019)

  • Variations in Co-Mediation Workshop, Association of Family and Conciliation Courts-California (AFCC-CA) conference, co-presenter (2016)

  • Mechanics of Attorney & Therapist Co-Mediation, Bar Association of San Francisco, co-presenter, 2016.

  • Family Law Dispute Resolution — Getting a Divorce Without Litigation, “Your Legal Rights” radio show, KALW-SF, co-presenter with Paula Lawhon, JD (2015)

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

  • Understanding Divorce - with Michael Tobriner, JD, 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. February, 2014