Education

  • CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY NORTHRIDE (Northridge, CA)
    • Master of Science, Marriage, Family and Child Counseling
  • UNIVERSITY OF SANTA MONICA (Santa Monica, CA)
    • Master of Arts, Applied Psychology
  • UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES (Los Angeles, CA)
    • Extension: Litigation Certificate, Attorney Assistant Training Program
  • LOS ANGELES VALLEY COLLEGE (Van Nuys, CA)
    • Early Childhood and Director Credential
  • WALDORF INSTITUTE OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA (Northridge, CA)
    • Teaching Certificate
  • UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SANTA BARBARA (Santa Barbara, CA)
    • Bachelor of Arts, Sociology
    • Dean’s List, Honors at Entrance

Advanced Training / Workshops and Conferences

  • Jung on the Hudson, The New York Center for Jungian Studies, Inc., Rhinebeck, New York, 2005
  • Living the Tides of Uncertainty, Sandplay Therapists of America, National Conference, Monterey, California, 2004
  • Sandplay Therapy: Current Themes with Sachiko Taki Reese, M.A., MFT, sponsored by Phillips Graduate Institute, 2003
  • Love and Intimacy, The Couples Conference sponsored by The Milton H. Erickson Foundation, Los Angeles, California, 2002
  • Marital Therapy: A Research-Based Approach by John M. Gottman, Ph.D., The Gottman Institute, Long Beach, California, 2000
  • Activating the Healing Self: Sandplay Theory and Practice Intensive, Asilomar, Monterey, California, 2000
  • Sandplay: Opening the Door, at the C. G. Jung Institute of Los Angeles, with Harriet Friedman, M.A., MFT, Jungian Analyst 1999
  • Sandplay: Crossing the Threshold, at the C. G. Jung Institute of Los Angeles, with Rie Rogers Mitchell, Ph.D., ABPP, RPT-S, 1999
  • Introduction to Sandplay, Rie Rogers Mitchell, Ph.D., sponsored by California State University Northridge, Continuing Education, 1997
  • Keeping the Love you Find, a Workshop for Singles, by Harville Hendrix, Ph.D., The Institute for Imago Relationship Therapy, at the Pasadena Institute for Relationships, Bruce Crapuchettes, Ph.D., and Francine C. Beauvoir, Ph.D., 2002
  • Giving the Love that Heals, a workshop for Parents, by Harville Hendrix, Ph. D., The Institute for Imago Relationship Therapy, at the Pasadena Institute for Relationships, Francine C. Beauvoir, Ph. D., 1995
  • Getting the Love you Want, a Workshop for Couples, by Harville Hendrix, Ph. D., The Institute for Imago Relationship Therapy, at the Pasadena Institute for Relationships, Bruce Crapuchettes, Ph.D., and Francine Beauvoir, Ph.D., 1994

Ongoing Training and Classes

  • Gestalt Institute, David Gorton (Woodland Hills, CA)