I received my B.A. in Psychology from Concordia University, Montreal (1980) and my M.A. in Counselling Psychology from the Adler School of Professional Psychology, Chicago (1988).

I completed my practicum at a Quebec Ministry of Health treatment centre for alcoholics and their families. During that time I received specialized training in psychological testing, dual-diagnosis, assessment using the DSM, psychodrama, and individual and group psychodynamic psychotherapy.

Work Experience:

For ten years I worked as an individual and group therapist and psychometrician at an in-patient substance abuse clinic and an out-patient mental health clinic in Montreal.

After moving to Vancouver in 1988 I worked in a group practice specializing in the treatment of childhood trauma in adults. I ran specialized groups for adult children of alcoholics and saw clients in both individual and couples therapy.

I taught substance abuse courses for the Masters programme at the Adler School of Professional Psychology and also gave workshops on “Interactional Group Psychotherapy”, and “Ethics and Boundaries in Psychotherapy”.

Twenty-two years ago I opened my own private practice in West Vancouver where I provide individual psychotherapy, marriage counselling and group psychotherapy.

Additional Training/Supervision:

• Five years of personal psychoanalysis and two years participating in an interactional therapy group for therapists.
• Three years training/supervision with Jane Middelton-Moz, M.S. of the Middelton-Moz Institute in Seattle, specializing in working with childhood trauma in adults.
• Two year program “Certificate in Psychoanalytic Scholarship” at the Northwest Alliance for Psychoanalytic Study in Seattle.
• Ten year period of on-going clinical case conference/ supervision groups with Psychoanalysts, including: Oscar Romero, M.D., Hassan Azim, M.D., and Stephen Rush, PhD.
• Advanced Study: Assessment & Intervention: Gottman Method Couples Therapy, Gottman Institute, Seattle.

Completed Research:

“MMPI Profile Changes in Alcoholic Patients After Treatment and Follow-Up Period” Concordia advanced research program, Montreal (1981)

“The Effects of Parental Alcoholism in Childhood on Personality Outcome” Masters Thesis, Chicago (1988)