Objectives >>>
To reach a population interested in the understanding and treatment of persons affected with borderline personality disorder, unresolved traumatic symptomology and self-injurious
behaviors
Education >>>
Temple University, Bachelor’s degree in psychology Graduated magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappy, Golden Key National Honor Society
Psychoanalytic Center of Philadelphia 2013-2014 and 2014-2015 Academic Psychoanalytic Fellow
Conferences and Meetings >>>
International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation 2014, 2015 Conference
American Psychoanalytic Association Annual Meetings 2014
Committees and Boards >>>
Child and Family Connections Board Member – 2015 to present
Friends of Belmont Committee – Belmont Center for Comprehensive
Treatment, 2009 to present
Recovery Advisory Committee – Belmont Center for Comprehensive
Treatment, 2008 to present
Appearances >>>
WHYY/NPR radio
The Morning Edition
Dan Gottlieb’s “Voices in the Family”
Understanding Borderline Personality Disorder, 2010 and 2015
Publications >>>
The Boom Boom Retreat: A Memoir, Release Date: June 5, 2014
Facilitator’s Manual for Getting off the Emotional Roller Coaster, Published by: Training & Education Center (TEC), Mental Health Association of Southeastern PA (MHASP)
Healing Magazine, Vol. 19, No. 2, Colliding Realities: Borderline Personality Disorder
Support Groups >>>
Initiator/peer facilitator – 2008 to present
Peer to peer support group for women dealing with traits of borderline personality disorder
Co-facilitator – 2008 to 2013
Parent/caregiver psychoeducational support group for those whose lives are affected by someone suffering from traits of borderline personality disorder
Volunteer Work >>>
CONTACT of Greater Philadelphia – 2007 to 2011
Suicide Hotline
Phone listener
Involved in training for new volunteers
National Alliance for Mental Illness – 2007 to present
School Outreach
Recovery Speaker
Family 2 Family (F2F) support group guest speaker – 2010 to present
Program Consultations >>>
Child and Family Solutions
Phone Training/Supervision
Mental Health Association of SEPA
Consultant
Private Practice >>>
BPD Support Consulting, LLC
Private clientele – trauma coaching
Trainings/Workshops/Talks Conducted >>>
Tinicum Middle School, 7th grade class — National Alliance for Mental Illness
TEC Workshop on Borderline Personality Disorder — Mental Health Association of SEPA
Welsh Valley Middle School, guidance counselors — National Alliance for Mental Illness
Unitarian Society of Germantown — National Alliance for Mental Illness
Presbyterian Church of Ardmore — National Alliance for Mental Illness
Recovery Foundations Training — Department of Behavioral Health
Drexel University, College of Nursing and Health Professions, Biopsychosocial Issues in Patient Care — Panel participant
Trauma Champions Day, Department of Behavioral Health Mental Retardation Services (DBHMRS) — From Trauma Survivor to Helper
Drexel University, Hahnemann Physician Assistant Program — From Illness to Recovery
Immaculata College, Psi Chi recovery presentation
Mental Health Association of Southeastern PA – BPD
Gaudenzia House – BPD (co-presenter)
Girls Space – resiliency training (co-presenter)
LaSalle University School of Nursing – A Journey Through Borderline Personality Disorder: Understanding the Behaviors and Tips to Responding
Montgomery County Youth Center – Self Injury, full day workshop (co-presenter)
Upper Moreland Public Library – BPD
Psychiatric Nursing Conference, 2009 – A Journey Through Borderline Personality Disorder: Understanding the Behaviors and Tips to Responding , concurrent session
Bucks County Life Program – Self Injury, half day presentation
Behavioral Health Training and Education Network (BHTEN) – A Journey Through Borderline Personality Disorder: Understanding the Behaviors and Tips to Responding, full day workshop (co-presenter), 2009
Mental Health Association of Southeastern PA – Get Off the Emotional Rollercoaster An eight week workshop for parents/caregivers addressing depression, bi-polar disorder and borderline personality disorder – September 30th to November 18th, 2009
University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing – A Journey Through Borderline Personality Disorder: Understanding the Behaviors and Tips to Responding, fall session
Trauma Champions Day, DBHMRS – recovery speaker, breakout session facilitator
Montgomery County Behavioral Health Court – Building a Wall of Compassion: Understand and Respond Effecctively to BPD, half day presentation
French International School of Philadelphia – Teens and Mental Illness, presentation to 8th through 11th grade returning alumni students
Trail Guides/Friends Connection, Mental Health Association of Southeastern PA – Building a Wall of Compassion: Setting Limits…..BPD
Lower Merion Counseling Services and New Foundations – Building a Wall of Compassion: Understanding the Behaviors and Tips to Responding, Full day presentation
Sources for Human Services – Building a Wall of Compassion: Understanding the Behaviors and Tips to Responding, BPD, fufull day presentation, Edison, NJ
Sources for Human Services – Building a Wall of Compassion: Understanding the Behaviors and Tips to Responding, BPD, full day presentation, King of Prussia, PA
University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing – Building a Wall of Compassion: Understanding the Behaviors and Tips to Responding, BPD presentation, summer session
Behavioral Health Training and Education Network (BHTEN) – A Journey Through Borderline Personality Disorder: Understanding the Behaviors and Tips to Responding, full day workshop (co-presenter), 2009
University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing – A Journey Through Borderline Personality Disorder: Understanding the Behaviors and Tips to Responding, fall session. 2010
Sources for Human Services – Getting Comfortable with Self-Injury: Personal and Professional Perspectives, co-presentor, full day presentation, King of Prussia, PA
The College of New Jersey – Master’s of Counseling program, Community Agency class, A Journey Through Borderline Personality Disorder: Understanding the Behaviors and Techniques for Responding
Sources for Human Services – Building a Wall of Compassion: Understanding the Behaviors and Tips to Responding, BPD, full day presentation, Edison, NJ, February 10, 2011
University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing – Building a Wall of Compassion: Understanding the Behaviors and Tips to Responding, BPD Presentation, summer session, 2011
University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing – Building a Wall of Compassion: Understanding the Behaviors and Techniques for Responding, BPD presentation, fall session, October 2011
Sources for Human Services – A Journey Through Borderline Personality Disorder: Understanding the Behaviors and Techniques for Responding, full-day presentation, Teaneck, NJ, October 27, 2011
LaSalle University, Master’s Clinical Psychology class – A Journey Through Borderline Personality Disorder, November 10, 2011
Sources for Human Services – Building a Wall of Compassion: A Personal Perspective on Understanding the Behaviors and Techniques for Responding to Borderline Personality Disorder, Full-day workshop, October 27, 2011
Northern Burlington County In-Service – Getting Comfortable with Self-Injury: Personal Perspective on Identifying, Understanding and Responding, Half-day In-service, November 22, 2011
Behavioral Health Training and Education Network (BHTEN) – Building a Wall of Compassion: Understanding and Responding Effectively to Borderline Personality Disorder, Full-day presentation Co-presentor, December 4, 2011
Franklin Square Hospital Center, Baltimore, Maryland – Building a Wall of Compassion: Understanding and Responding Effectively to Borderline Personality Disorder – Morning and afternoon session for clinical and psychiatric staff. March 14, 2012
LaSalle University – Building a Wall of Compassion: Understanding and Responding Effectively to Borderline Personality Disorder – class for PsyD students, April 10, 2012
University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing – Building a Wall of Compassion: Understanding the Behaviors and Techniques for Responding, BPD presentation, Summer session, June 6, 2012
Open presentation through Creating Increased Connections, Borderline Personality Disorder, Norristown, PA, May 31, 2012
University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing – BPD presentation for undergraduate program, October 3, 2012
Council on Alcohol and Drug Abuse, Allentown, PA – Building a Wall of Compassion, Full-day presentation, September 27, 2012
Behavioral Health Training and Education Network (BHTEN) – Building a Wall of Compassion: Understanding and Responding Effectively to Borderline Personality Disorder, Full-day presentation Co-presentor, October 3, 2012
University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, graduate program, BPD presentation, October 9, 2012
Council on Alcohol and Drug Abuse, Allentown, PA – Recognizing What Can Motivate Trauma Related Behavior and Responding Effectively: A Trauma and Recovery Perspective for Coping with Challenges Experienced by Individuals with Complex Trauma, Full-day presentation, December 13, 2012
Penn Presbyterian Medical Center, Med-surg nursing conference, Building a Wall of Compassion: Understanding the Behaviors of Borderline Personality Disorder and Techniques for Responding, January 17, 2013
Behavioral Health Special Initiative (BHSI), Building a Wall of Compassion: Understanding the Behaviors of Borderline Personality Disorder and Techniques for Responding, Full-day workshop, March 6, 2013
2013 Psychiatric Nursing Conference, Building a Wall of Compassion, concurrent session, March 23, 2013
LaSalle University – Building a Wall of Compassion: Understanding and Responding Effectively to Borderline Personality Disorder – class for PsyD students, April 9, 2013
Eagleville Hospital – Getting Comfortable with Self-Injury: Personal Perspective on Identifying, Understanding and Responding, full-day workshop, April 23, 2013
University of Pennsylvania – Recognizing What Can Motivate Trauma Related Behavior and Responding Effectively, full-day workshop, June 6, 2013
Sources for Human Services @ Eaglevill Hospital, Building a Wall of Compassion: Understanding the Behaviors of Borderline Personality Disorder and Techniques for Responding, Full-day workshop, October 10, 2013
Salem County School District, Self-Injury workshop for guidance counselors, October 11, 2013
INOVA Healthcare System, Fairfax, Virginia, Building a Wall of Compassion: Understanding and Responding Effectively to Borderline Personality Disorder, full-day workshop, October 16, 2013
Sources for Human Services, Recognizing What Can Motivate Trauma Related Behavior and Responding Effectively, full-day workshop, October 22, 2013
Child and Family Connections, Inc. @ Temple Univeristy, Workshop on Emotional Dysregulation and Validation for parents, October 29, 2013
University of Pennsylvania – Recognizing What Can Motivate Trauma Related Behavior and Responding Effectively, half-day workshop, November 18, 2013
LaSalle Univeristy – Building a Wall of Compassion: Understanding and Responding Effectively to Borderline Personality Disorder, November 21, 2013
University of Pennsylvania – Recognizing What Can Motivate Trauma Related Behavior and Responding Effectively, half-day workshop February 3, 2014
Sources for Human Services @ Eagleville Hospital, Recognizing What Can Motivate Trauma Related Behavior and Responding Effectively, Full-day workshop, June 11, 2014
Sources for Human Services @ Belmont Center for Comprehensive Treatment – Building a Wall of Compassion: Understanding and Responding Effectively to Borderline Personality Disorder, Full-day workshop, June 27, 2014
Resources for Human Development – Trauma Supervision Training with Case Study presentations, Full-day, July 17, 2014
New Directions – Talk on Borderline Personality Disorder, followed by book signing for The Boom Boom Retreat: A Memoir,August 2, 2014,
NAMI Conference (2014) – Talk on Getting Off the Emotional Rollercoaster workshop, September 5, 2014
University of Pennsylvania – Recognizing What Can Motivate Trauma Related Behavior and Responding Effectively, undergraduate nursing program, October 1, 2014
Behavioral Health Training and Education Network (BHTEN) – Building a Wall of Compassion: Understanding and Responding Effectively to Borderline Personality Disorder, Full-day presentation, October 17, 2014
Sources for Human Services – Self-injury workshop, full-day, Allentown, PA, November 6, 2014
University of Pennsylvania – Recognizing What Can Motivate Trauma Related Behavior and Responding Effectively, graduate psychiatric nursing program, November 18, 2014
Princeton Behavioral Health, Grand Rounds on Borderline Personality Disorder, November 24, 2014
College of New Jersey, Master’s in Marriage and Family Therapy program, A Psychoanalytic Perspective: Understanding the Unresolved, March 12, 2015
Fairmount Hospital, Recognizing What Can Motivate Trauma Related Behavior and Responding Effectively, Full-day workshop, May 13, 2015
Fairmount Hospital, Getting Comfortable with Self-Injury: Personal Perspective on Identifying, Understanding and Responding, Full-day workshop, May 25, 2015
Wordsworth Academy, Trauma: The Dangers of the Disconnect, teacher inservice, Full-day workshop, August 26, 2015
University of Pennsylvania – Recognizing What Can Motivate Trauma Related Behavior and Responding Effectively, undergraduate nursing program, October 21, 2015
Bryn Mawr College Professional Development, Trauma from the Top Down, 3 part series, November 6, November 20 and December 4, 2015
Behavioral Health Training and Education Network (BHTEN) – Building a Wall of Compassion: Understanding and Responding Effectively to Borderline Personality Disorder, Full-day presentation, November 13, 2015
University of Pennsylvania – Recognizing What Can Motivate Trauma Related Behavior and Responding Effectively, undergraduate nursing program, February 10, 2016
Steps for Recovery Treatment Center, Trauma training with case study, June 10, 2016
University of Pennsylvania – Recognizing What Can Motivate Trauma Related Behavior and Responding Effectively, undergraduate nursing program, February 10, 2016
Belmont Center for Comprehensive Treatment, Recognizing What Can Motivate Trauma Related Behavior and Responding Effectively, July 14, 2016
University of Pennsylvania – Recognizing What Can Motivate Trauma Related Behavior and Responding Effectively, undergraduate nursing program, October 5, 2016
Bryn Mawr College Professional Development, The Difficult Client: Rules of Engagement, November 18, 2016
University of Pennsylvania – Recognizing What Can Motivate Trauma Related Behavior and Responding Effectively, undergraduate nursing program, February 8, 2017
Fairmount Hospital, Building a Wall of Compassion: Understanding and Responding Effectively to Borderline Personality Disorder, Full-day presentation, February 3, 2017