Education
Ph.D. Psychoanalysis, Contemporary Freud
Southern California Psychoanalytic Institute, Beverly Hills, CA
(Member APA, IPA)
Ph.D. Art Therapy, Psycho-Oncology
The Union Institute Cincinnati, Ohio
M.A. in Art Therapy and Psychology
Goddard College, Vermont and Washington, DC
C.G. Jung Institute Zurich, Coursework
Jungian Analysis, Zurich
Diploma in Art and Fashion Design
F+F, Experimental Art School & School for Fashion Design
Zurich, Switzerland
Teaching Experience
Senior Faculty: Southern California Psychoanalytic Institute, Los Angeles Psychoanalytic Institute, The New Center for Psychoanalysis
Chai Lifeline Non-profit Organization for children and their families living with cancer
UCLA Extension, Visual Arts
UCLA Extension, Health Sciences
Lecturer: University of Tel Aviv, Dept. of Clinical Psychology, Graduate School
Lecturer: Swiss Society for Psychoanalysis Freud Institute, Zurich Member of the IPA
Lecturer: Volkshochschule des Kantons Zurich University of Zurich, Extension Program
Medical Resident Training: Department of Internal Medicine, Oncology, Zurich
Clinical Work Experience
Private Practice, Beverly Hills, CA
Simms/Mann UCLA Center for Integrative Oncology Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center
Chai Lifeline, Nonprofit Organization, for children and families living with cancer
Southern California Psychoanalytic Institute, Beverly Hills
Cedars Sinai Comprehensive Cancer Center, Los Angeles
Tel Hashomer University Hospital Oncology Department, Psychiatry, Tel-Aviv, Israel
University Hospital Zurich, Switzerland, Dept. for Internal Medicine, Oncology: Prof. Dr. Med. G. Martz.
Private practice: Zurich
Awards & Grants
Jewish Community Foundation for Chai Lifeline Season of Respite: Seasonal Retreats for Mothers of Children with Cancer or Other Life- Threatening Diseases.
Jewish Community Foundation for Chai Lifeline The Sib Art Shop: Art Therapy Workshop for Siblings of Children with Life-Threatening Diseases.
Award, Daniel C. Siegel Award, Best Thesis of the Year, Southern California Psychoanalytic Institute, Beverly Hills. The Power of the Deadline in Paul Klee's Last Working Period.
Awards granted by the Medical Faculty of the University of Zurich & the Dr. Ernst Th. Jucker Stiftung, for the article: "The Psychotherapeutic Significance of Art Therapy in the Treatment of Cancer Patients".
Memberships
Member: Board of Directors, The New Center for Psychoanalysis, Los Angeles, CA
Member: Southern California Psychoanalytic Institute and Society
Member, American Psychoanalytic Association/International Psychoanalytic Association, JPA
Member, American Psychological Association and Southern California Chapter Division 39, Psychoanalysis
Professional Member Southern California Art Therapy Association
Founding Member of the Swiss Professional Society of Psychotherapy with Expressive Means and Art Therapy
Active Member of the International Association for Psychopathology of Expression
Registered member of the American Art Therapy Association (ATR)
Interdisciplinary Symposia Organizations
March 2006
Music and the Mind: Psychoanalytic Perspectives
The New Center of Psychoanalysis and Department of Musicology UCLA
February 1999
Culture and the Psyche: New Perspectives on
Vincent van Gogh
Southern California Psychoanalytic Institute, Beverly Hills
June 1996
Psychoanalytic Perspectives in Art II: Psychoanalysis and Biography
Southern California Psychoanalytic Institute, UCLA
May 1994
Psychoanalytic Perspectives in Art I: Psychoanalysis
and Visual Art
Southern California Psychoanalytic Institute, Beverly Hills
