About Me

I am a licensed psychologist in private practice in Princeton, NJ.  My background includes an B.A. from Dartmouth College and graduate degrees (M.S. and Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology) from Rutgers University.  During the first 20 years of my career, I conducted research, lectured and practiced psychotherapy at Princeton University and Robert Wood Johnson Medical School.  I am currently Adjunct Associate Professor of Psychiatry at Rutgers-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School and Research Associate at Princeton Medical Institute. 

I spent the majority of my academic career developing and studying the efficacy of various treatments for depression, anxiety, and somatic symptom disorders.  I was awarded the Clinical Scientist Development Award from the National Institute of Mental Health for my research.  I also received grant funding from the National Institutes of Health and various pharmaceutical companies to study treatments for depression, somatization, and fibromyalgia.  My findings and interpretations of research outcomes have been published in numerous articles, book chapters, and books and as well as being summarized in the popular press, such as the New York Times and the Washington Post.  

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I have been practicing psychotherapy, studying its impact, and training students and other clinicians for over 25 years.  My academic endeavors enable me to use scientific findings to inform my clinical practice.  My treatment approach is reasoned, compassionate, and practical.  I collaborate with patients to facilitate deeper insight and improved well-being.

Currently, I continue to lecture and write while also practicing psychotherapy in my office in Princeton, New Jersey.