Curriculum Vitae Cont...

International Field Experience

February 2000
The Center for Mind-Body Medicine, Washington, D.C.
Member of trauma team in Pristina, Kosova. Faculty for training program “Healing the Wounds of War.” Group facilitator for survivors of war, genocide and torture. Focus on working with traumatized children and adolescents. Field work with children in rural areas devastated by the war.

September 1994-November 1994
American Refugee Committee, Kigali, Rwanda
Public Health Consultant
Responsible for organization, planning and implementation of public health needs assessment in post-war conflict zone. Assessed destruction and devastation in village health centers; wrote proposal for restructurization, staffing and training of local personnel. Met with local and government officials to coordinate rehabilitation efforts.

August 1989-September 1990
CARE International, Tegucigalpa, Honduras
Assistant Manager, Food Program
Assisted food program manager in planning and implementation of monitoring system for Maternal Child Health and School Feeding Programs serving 368,000 beneficiaries; wrote evaluation proposals, baseline survey and needs assessment methodologies; preparation of quarterly “Food Program Planning, Implementation and Evaluation Report;” designed computer information system for quarterly reporting and trained staff in new systems; consultant for regional AIDS Education Program.

February 1985-March 1987
Peace Corps Guatemala/Guatemalan Ministry of Health
Nutrition Extension Agent
Organized village based self-help projects including gardens, potable water, latrine and sanitation programs; coordinated women’s groups to teach basic nutrition, maternal-child health, and family planning; member staff committee to review, evaluate, and approve project proposals for A.I.D. funding; assisted in the implementation of counterpart trainings in oral rehydration therapy; surveyed five rural villages for health and nutritional status; assisted in implementation of CARE food program for 1,200 beneficiaries; assisted local midwife in child delivery.

Research, Teaching and Training Experience

April, 2006-Present
Southwestern College
Adjunct Faculty
Instructor for Continuing Education Program and for Masters level counseling program. Courses focus on working with survivors of trauma; secondary trauma and stress management, and somatic approaches to clinical intervention.

September 2002-January 2004
Naropa University
Adjunct Faculty
Develop and teach one credit “Current Topics” course “Restorative Therapy: Resource-based Approaches for Working with Survivors” for graduate level psychology students. Topics include innovative therapeutic models for working with severe trauma, strength and resource-oriented approaches, cross-cultural application of somatic psychology and interventions for working with traumatized children.

September 1999-January 2001
Naropa University
Teaching Assistant/Guest Lecturer
Assist professor in Masters level courses “Clinical Process: Diagnosis through Assessment,” “Moving through Birth and Death” and “Essential Dance Therapy: Advanced Movement Observation and Assessment with the Kestenberg Movement Profile,” a course emphasizing child development. Lecturer for Multicultural Issues Class.

September 1988-August 1989
Cicatelli Associates, Inc., New York, NY
Trainer/Consultant
Trainer/Educator in Pre- and Post-test AIDS counseling and education for family planning clinics in New Jersey and New York; assisted in training program design, management and evaluation; coordinated Mid-Hudson Valley HIV Training Program Series.

January 1988-January 1989
Gay Men’s Health Crisis, Client Services Dept., New York, NY
Program Evaluator
Conducted intake interviews and support counseling for recently diagnosed HIV positive clients; designed and implemented needs assessment as first step of program evaluation; trained and supervised project volunteers in interviewing, coding, and data entry; analyzed data and wrote final report.


Volunteer Service

April 1999
Member crisis response team, Columbine High School shootings.

September 2001 – February 2004 Member Disaster Response Team, American Red Cross.
Provided debriefing to team members returning from WTC disaster work and to United Airlines.

September 1999-November 2003
St. Joseph’s Home for Boys
Wings of Hope Rehabilitation Program for Abandoned Children

CODEHA L’Ecole Amitie
Provide mental health interventions, supervision and training for various children’s programs in Port au Prince and Cap Haitien, Haiti. Provide psychotherapy, movement and creative arts therapy, and community building activities for children traumatized by torture, detention, street violence, abuse and abandonment. Many of the children are developmentally delayed. Develop project proposals to request funding for human rights programs in Haiti.

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