I joined my first process group in 2016, and I’m still in that original group. 

My time in process groups has taught me how to not avoid conflict, how to tolerate disappointment and rejection, how to stay open to criticism, how to go for what I want.  

I truly don’t think I would be capable of a nourishing marriage without these lessons. I wouldn’t feel confident with my parenting. I would feel far less empowered in my work.

I’m also a member of a second ongoing group, and attend lots of time-limited group events and trainings every year. I LOVE group. I teach other people how to run groups. I write about groups. I dream about groups.

Because life IS groups. Family. Friends. Co-Workers. Schools. Towns, states and the country as a whole. Louis Ormont, my main group inspiration, wrote, “if you succeed in group, you will succeed in life.”

Member of:

American Group Psychotherapy Association

American Association for Psychoanalysis in Clinical Social Work

International Association of Psychology and Counseling

International Association for Group Psychotherapy and Group Processes

Critical Therapy Antidote

Heterodox Academy

Austin Group Psychotherapy Society

Mid-Atlantic Group Psychotherapy Society

Open Therapy Institute

New Jersey Society for Clinical Social Work

Braver Angels

Therapy First

Eastern Group Psychotherapy Society

Education and training:

Rutgers School of Social Work, MSW, 2013

C.G. Jung Institute, 2014-2015

Center for Group Studies, 2016-Present (18 training weekends)

Training group with Dr. Elliot Zeisel, 2016-Present

Jungian Analysis with Margaret Klenck, 2014-Present

I’ve led the Deeper in the Here-and-Now workshop over 30 times and presented frequently for the Eastern Group Psychotherapy Society, the New Jersey Society for Clinical Social Work, the NASW-NJ, and the Rutgers School of Social Work Continuing Education Program.