Education

Brown University,  BA
​Dominican Univeristy of California, MS

Licensing and Credentials

Marriage & Family Therapist CA mft51107
Post-graduate credentialing in:
ADHD 
​Trauma 
Mindfulness 
Special Education Mediation
Custody Mediation

​Published

​- My Whirling, Twirling Motor  (2019) , My Wandering, Dreaming Mind  (2020), You Can Say Hi with Only A Smile (2025) -  APA/Magination Press
-TROUBLE WITH A TINY T (2021) --  Capstone Editions
- Divorce and the ADHD, Autistic, Anxious Child -  2022
- Mindfulness Meditation for ADHD (2022) -- Rockridge Press
- ADDitude Magazine & Webinars, regular contributor
- AAMFT’s Family Therapy Magazine, Dec. 2013
- "The Application of Motivational Interviewing in a Mediation Caucus"
in The Mediate.com Weekly #293, Sept. 2009

Professional Affiliations, Past & Present

Matrix Parent Network & Resource Center: Board Member 
​CADRE: The National Center on Dispute Resolution in Special Education
AFTNC: Association of Family Therapists of Northern California
CAMFT-Marin: Board Member & Treasurer
CHADD: Children & Adults with ADHD
AFCC - Association of Family & Conciliatory Courts
SCBWI - Society of Childrens' Book Writers & Illustrators - Regional Advisor

Experience

Child Custody Recommending Counselor, Superior Court of California, Sonoma
Adjunct Professor, Dominican University of California
Instructor, PESI Continuing Education
    Marin County Office of Education, SELPA, Special Education Mediation 
             Case Settlement Conference Panelist, Superior Court of California, Marin
Utilization review, MHN-Healthnet
Marin County Suicide Prevention Hotline
​Private Practice - 2011-2023

Ansel Adams Publishing Rights Trust:
Business Manager, 1995-2007