So that I can give you an idea of who I am professionally I've put together a page that outlines some of my education and accomplishments. It doesn't communicate who I am, in terms of my philosophy and values, just some of what I've done.
- Clinical psychologist for more than 30 years;
- Faculty emeritus, California State University,
Sacramento, 1974-2000;
- Consulting, executive coaching and leadership development;
- Red Cross disaster mental health responder to 9/11 in New York, ground
zero; first psychologist on the scene after American Airlines crash in
Rockaway Beach, NY, in November 2001;
- Past President, Santa Clara County, CA Psychological Association
Education and Credentials:
Ph.D. and M.A. Psychology: Michigan State University;
B.B.A: The City College of the City University of New York
License: Psychology, California Board Of Psychology, (Clinical), PSY4001;
Fellow: Prescribing Psychologist's
Register;
Certified: EEG Biofeedback
Practitioner;
Honors:
- Who's Who of American Women, 1975
- Award: “Outstanding Contribution to the field of
Psychology by a Psychologist,” Santa Clara County Psychological
Association, 2001
- Award: “Psychologist of the Year,” Santa Clara County
Psychological Association, 2006
- Award: Feature Article of the Year, HR West Magazine, 2004
Recent Articles:
- "What is Positive Psychology?," (Feature Article) The California Psychologist, January-February, 2008.
- “Emotional Intelligence” for
the Masses," Santa Clara County (CA) Psychological Association Newsletter, October-November,
2006.
- “A Model of Organizational
Recovery,” Journal of Emergency Management, (Winter 2004);
- “Disaster Planning As a Tool in
Developing a Resilient and Viable Business,” HR West Magazine, (Vol. 2, 2004) (Winner of the
Feature Article of the Year)
- “Businesspeople should have a ‘Professional
Will,’” Silicon Valley Biz Ink, 2/04;
- “Aftermath of attack reaches
the workplace,” Palo Alto Daily News, 9/28/2001;
- "Coaching 101: A Primer
for Psychologists, ”The California Psychologist, 3/2000, (Reprinted in the New York State
Psychologist Journal);
- "When Your Company is
Acquired: The Human Aspect," The Business Journal (Silicon Valley), 10/99;
- "Too Many Choices: Sensory
Overload," The Business Journal (Silicon Valley), 9/99.
Books:
- Your Kids Are Grown: Moving
On With And Without Them, Insight Books, Plenum Corporation, New York, 1994;
- When Your Child Is Gone:
Learning to Live Again, Capital Publishing Company, 1986; Ballantine Books, New York,
1987.
Appearances on numerous radio and TV shows
including the Ronn Owens show - KGO AM (San Francisco), CNN, KRON, BBC, German
National Television Network and the Phil Donahue show. Quoted in: Red
Herring Magazine, Dallas Morning News, San Francisco Chronicle, Sacramento Bee,
USA Today, and the National Post (Canada)