Phone and fax: (212) 977-3189

CURRICULUM VITAE

1980-present: Private practice of psychology, including:

- 900+ referrals, in Spanish* or English, from federal court for individual and family psychotherapy;

- 1500+ emergency consultations, often as result of "suicide consultation" announcement;

- 130 N.Y.C. Family Court evaluations, with testimony;

- 70 pre-trial and pre-sentence evaluations of adults for State Supreme Courts and U.S. District Courts;

- 600+ bilingual (Spanish) psychological evaluations of N.Y.C. school children (ages 3-21), based on emotional/behavioral indicators, and neurological and other learning strengths and deficits;

- individual, group, and family counseling of disturbed school children and adolescents;

- evaluations and psychotherapy with Workers’ Comprehension patients.

1974-80: As Chief, Psychology Services, for federal Metropolitan Correctional Center:

-developed and directed model "Suicide Prevention Project" that reduced by half the number of suicidal and assaultive actions in the institution;

-developed institution’s first Family Counseling program, a service that drew upon the counseling skills of probation officers and institution staff;

-conducted 100+ pre-sentence evaluations for federal judges;

- conducted countless crisis interventions, and group psychotherapy;

- supervised 10 staff (paid, intern, and volunteer), trained correctional counselors, and consulted to institution’s management and other staff

1977: New York State License in Psychology (#5261).

1974: Ph.D., Psychology, City University of New York.

1973-4: Clinical Psychology Internship, Bellevue Hospital, New York, N.Y.

1971: M Div., Woodstock College, New York, N.Y.

1965: M A (Philosophy), St. Louis University, St. Louis, Mo.

1964: B.A. (Philosophy), magna cum laude, St. Louis University.

Member:

American Psychological Association, N.Y. S. Psychological Association,

American College of Forensic Psychology, Columbia University Seminar on Death, and

Psychologists’ Workers’ Compensation Panel of N.Y.S. Insurance Fund.

*Married to Hispanic woman; 2 daughters; Spanish spoken at home.