About Me

I received my undergraduate degree from Stanford University, 

and my medical degree from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School at Dallas.

I completed residency training in General Psychiatry at

the University of Southern California, 

and fellowship training in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at

the University of California, San Diego.

I was board certified in Psychiatry from 1995 to 2005.

I completed training in Psychoanalysis and in Child and Adolescent Psychoanalysis at the San Diego Psychoanalytic Society and Institute.

 I have been in private practice in La Jolla since 1993.

I have held staff positions at Rady Children's Hospital,

the Chadwick Center for Children and Families,

San Diego State University, Vista Hill,

and other institutions.

 I am currently appointed Associate Clinical Professor of Psychiatry 

at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine.

 I was previously a member of the faculty at the San Diego Psychoanalytic Society and Institute, where I chaired the 

Child Psychoanalysis program.