Psychotherapy and Mental Health Therapy Experience
Drawing on 25+ years of experience, we focus on insight and real-life application
Career Highlights
Executive Director, Interwoven Community Counseling Center & The Forensic Center, The Chicago School of Professional Psychology (2018 – 2025). Led the founding of a new community mental health center to serve to serve populations which have chronically experienced barriers to accessing affordable-high quality mental health care.
District Director, Behavioral Health & Specialized Student Services, City Colleges of Chicago (2011 – 2017). Led the start-up of 7 student counseling centers.
Featured Speaker, Community Colleges in Action, Plenary Session – Supporting Students with Mental Health Needs: The Role of Academic Advisors and Other Student Support Professionals, July 10–11, 2017, Minneapolis, MN
Wellness Center Director, Harold Washington College, City Colleges of Chicago (2007 – 2012). Created a model student counseling center which was replicated at the city's other community college campuses.
Adjunct Professor, Loyola University – Courses: Social Welfare Policy, Human Sexuality
Adjunct Professor, The Chicago School of Professional Psychology – Courses: Theories of Counseling and Psychology, Psychopathology & Psychopharmacology, Existential-Humanistic Psychology
Member & Chair, City of Chicago, Mayor’s Commission on Employment and Economic Opportunity for Persons with Disabilities (2016 – 2017)
Member, City of Chicago, Community Connections for Mental Health Care Access (West Side) (2013 – 2017)
Member, Healthy Chicago Interagency Council, Chicago Department of Public Health (2012 – 2019)
Member, Chicago Americans with Disabilities 25th Anniversary Committee (2015 – 2016)
Plenary Speaker, Engaging Consumers: Community-Based Outreach, Enroll America National Conference – The State of Enrollment Under the Affordable Care Act, June 16–17, 2014, Washington, DC
Staff Therapist, Howard Brown Health Center (1998 – 2001)
Director, Pride Youth Program, North Shore Youth Health Service (1996 – 1998)
