I have purposefully sought a broad educational background to better serve my clients. Training continues every year to fulfill Continuing Education requirements for Pennsylvania State Board of Psychology. I also receive training that is not covered under State Board CE requirements, in Christian subjects, and Kolbe recertification.

Psychological Training

• Bachelor of Science in Elementary Education from Wagner College, Staten Island, New York.  Supporting courses in Nursing.
• Masters in Counselor Education from University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
• Doctor of Clinical Psychology from Spalding University, Louisville, Kentucky
• Doctoral Dissertation: "Lay Judgments Regarding Child Sexual Abuse: A Comparison with Professional Judgments and the Role of Discursive Process".
• Internship: Mt Vernon Center for Community Mental Health in Mt. Vernon, VA. (Both the Spalding PsyD program and the year-long Internship program were approved by the American Psychological Association.)
• Psychology Residency at Advanced Diagnostics Trauma Specialists, Pittsburgh, PA
• Licensed in the State of Pennsylvania as a Psychologist
• Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, completing Levels I & II
• Red Cross Disaster Mental Health Provider Course
• Pittsburgh Action Against Rape [PAAR] Crisis Intervention Hotline Training
• Prepare/Enrich Relationship Skills Program Workshop; Advanced Workshop. Premarital and Marital enrichment; Building relationship skills for life for ages 13-23.
• Couple Communication I & II
• CORE Communication for Individuals

Christian Training

• Theotherapy I & II, Christian University College of the Americas
• Happy Hunter’s Video Healing School; Healing Team member
• World Congress on Deliverance
• Northeastern Congress on Prayer Evangelism
• Native American Resource Network: "Heal The People, Heal the Land Seminar"
• A Public Apology Ceremony To The Delaware Tribes of The United States, and TheDelaware Nation Council/ Moravian Band Office as well as the Munsee Delaware Tribe of Canada" by Public Officials and Churches of Washington and Westmoreland Counties of Pennsylvania
• Organizer through International Reconciliation Coalition and International Reconciliation Coalition for Indigenous People
• Leader, Cleansing Stream Program
• Isaiah 61 Ministry Center: Seminars I-3, & Freedom, dealing with breaking the iniquities, lies, hurts, shame, and identity through the family line, and the principle of
  remittance.
• Dunamis Retreat Project Series
  • Dunamis 1. Gateways to Empowered Ministry
  • Dunamis 2: In the Spirit's Power
  • Dunamis 3. The Power of Prayer
  • Dunamis 4. The Healing Ministry of Jesus
  • Dunamis 5. Equipping for Spiritual Warfare
  • Dunamis 6. Mission and Evangelism
• Director, The Dunamis Course: Gateways to Empowered Ministry
• Theophostic Prayer Ministry

Business Consultant Training

• KOLBE External Specialist Certification
• Powered by Instinct
• Perfectly Capable Kids Certification
• Collaborative Team Skills
• Value Of The Person
• CREST: Continuous Relationship Education & Skills Training

Work Experiences

• Sixth grade teacher
• Therapist in community mental health centers, and inpatient psychiatric hospitals with adolescents and adults
• School Special Education Assessor
• Clinical Psychologist in private practice
• Clinical Psychologist with Kane/Scott Nursing Home Residents
• Stress Management Presentations
• Time for Marriage Enrichment (TIME) workshop
• Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Center volunteer therapist and group leader
• Biofeedback Therapy
• Pittsburgh Action Against Rape: Crisis Intervention Hot Line Counselor
• Prepare/Enrich Relationship Skills Workshops. Premarital and marriage enrichment
• Workshop: Narcissistic Personality Disorder: What are the symptoms and how can I deal with the pain/persecution, from a Christian perspective?

Professional Affiliations

• Christian Association for Psychological Studies
• Pennsylvania Psychological Association
• Greater Pittsburgh Psychological Association
• EMDRIA: Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing International Association
• Christians for Biblical Equality
• International Association for Theophostic Ministry
• Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania