Now in its 7th year. I founded this day-long festival supporting Boston area Women Playwrights, organizing & facilitating a day of play development for playwrights, including: moderating a morning discussion group with playwrights having readings of their plays; facilitating an experiential workshop for playwrights in the afternoon integrating psychodrama & playback theatre; moderating and facilitating & producing an evening of staged readings for an audience featuring pre-selected short plays by Boston area women playwrights, with an audience discussion following.

Author of Before You Forget - The Wisdom of Writing Diaries for Your Children (2001)

Leading writing workshops for parents in a variety of settings, arts & therapy conferences, parent groups, bookstores, in the workplace

Advisory Board Member & Past President of Playwrights' Platform, Boston, MA,www.playwrightsplatform.org; Co-founder and Co-Coordinator, Actors-in-Residence Program; Readings Moderator; communications

Private Psychotherapy practice based in Florida, working with adults and adolescents, co-dependents, adult children of alcoholics, sexual abuse survivors; couples, individuals. Provided personal growth and psychodrama workshops for clients and the general public. Provided writing & creativity workshops for the general public.

Substance Abuse Counseling Specialist