Professional Education
I earned my master's degree in Social Work from the University of Chicago in 1983. After practicing as a psychotherapist for several years, I decided to pursue a long-standing interest I had in the arts. I enrolled at
the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. While pursuing a Bachelor of Fine Arts, I continued to work part-time as a social worker. After graduating from art school I
went back to working full-time as a psychotherapist. Several years later, I participated in a one-year fellowship at the Institute for Psychoanalysis in Chicago, which persuaded me to
plunge in and get a Ph.D.
I selected the Ph.D. program at the Institute for Clinical Social Work. Besides learning about advances in the field of psychology, the program allowed me to work full-time and have my sessions with clients evaluated by seasoned therapists. These opportunities enriched my work as a psychotherapist.
My dissertation combined my interest in psychology and art. I met with many different types of artists and explored aspects of their creative process with them. In 2008, I completed my Ph.D. work.
Still eager to become a better therapist, I went back for four years of training and was certified as a psychoanalyst by the National Institute For The Psychotherapy's Training Program in New York City in 2017.
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