Sponsor, lead high quality Gottman Couples Workshops and Professional Trainings (level 1, 2, and 3)Sponsor other couples workshops and professional trainings, such as Dr. Dan Wile 2 Day Collaborative Couples Therapy Workshop and Developing Couple Wisdom Couples Workshop Teach Gottman's Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work in Chicago and other cities and how to apply them to all kinds of relationships.

I am a Gottman certified relationship therapist (2005).As an independent contractor: I provide consultation to other therapists seeking Gottman certification (2006-present)I am a Gottman Certified Trainer, which means I am certified to present all three levels of The Gottman Method. I am one of the group first five clinicians chosen as a "top trainer" for The Gottman Institute, meaning that I was among the first group of Gottman certified relationship therapists chosen to provide all levels of Gottman training to professionals. I have a lot of experience with Gottman training. Chicago is the area where I present most often. I have led Gottman trainings at the Professional Development Program at The School of Social Service Administration at the University of Chicago since 2005, and at other Chicago area institutions. I have also led Gottman trainings in other states, and abroad.

I provide counseling and psychotherapy to adolescents & adults (March, 1993-present). I specialize in psychoanalytically informed psychotherapy with individuals.Over 50% of my clinical work is couples therapy, I blend The Gottman Method with a psychoanalytically informed approach to psychotherapy. I also have training in Emotion Focused Couple Therapy and draw up on that method in my work.In addition to the workshops and professional trainings that I lead through The Gottman Institute, I also provide training to consumers, parents, and professionals on such issues as the emotional aspects of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and Learning Disabilities.

In a collaborative partnership with the founder and director of PPCC, a counseling psychologist:Train lay counselors working with people affected by war and disaster in Batticaloa, Sri Lanka two times per year for two weeks at a time. Develop Portable Accessible Counselor Training Program (PACT), which includes a series of modified basic courses in counseling theory and skills. Design each course. Along with the local trainer, act as subject matter expert for each courseCo-present courses with local trainer, who translate themProvide case consultation

Taught Adult Disorders II, a course on psychological trauma and attachment disorders.

After the tsunami, I traveled to Sri Lanka twice a year to support the Professional Psychological Counselling Centre of Batticaloa.With support from The Chicago School, from 2008-2011, I taught Sri Lankan lay counselors courses on basic counseling skills. I also developed and taught (2008-2009) a course called "International Perspectives on Mental Health," which involves taking students to Sri Lanka as part of the course plan. I also taught "Couples Therapy" (2006-2008) and "Psychopathology" (2003-2006) at The Chicago School.

St. Francis Hospital of Evanston, Partial Hospitlizaiton Program