-Master of Arts, University of Chicago, School of Social Service Administration, 2005

-Bachelor of Science, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Psychology, 2002

-Licensed Certified Social Worker-Clinical, (LCSW-C) in Maryland

-Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW) in the District of Columbia

-Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) in Virginia

-Montgomery County Divorce and Family Law Roundtable- President

-DC Academy of Collaborative Professionals- member

-International Academy of Collaborative Professionals- member

-Domestic Violence Coordinating Council- Victim Services and Legislative Committees; Member of workgroup for the impact on children

-Association of Family and Conciliation Courts- member

-Independent practitioner for Parent Coordination, co-parent coaching and divorce counseling.

-Conducts parenting plan evaluations and specific issue evaluations for families who are separating/divorcing.

-Provides expert consultation and expert testimony related to child development, best practices related to children’s needs within separation/divorce and within high-conflict divorce, intimate partner violence, power and control dynamics within relationships and post-separation, child abuse risk assessment and forensic interviewing.

-Provides presentations for various community organizations around healthy relationships; power and control dynamics within relationships and the impacts on children of witnessing parental conflicts.

-Provides presentations for the New Beginnings “Divorce 101” series regarding development of Parenting Plans and children’s issues, as well as power and control dynamics within separation, custody and divorce.

-Over 14 years working within the Child Welfare system and CINA courts; qualified as an expert witness in dozens of cases regarding safety, risk assessment, child abuse and neglect.

-Provider of clinical supervision for graduate level and clinician level social workers since 2016.

-Supervisory Therapist and Supervisory Social Worker for clinicians in Montgomery County’s Trauma Services and Child Welfare Services programs.

-Co-presenter of “Innovations in Providing Trauma Therapy to Children Immediately After Removal: A Collaboration Between Child Welfare and the Child Advocacy Center through Transitional Trauma Therapy” for the National Child Advocacy Center’s International Symposium on Child Abuse (Huntsville, Alabama, March 2018)

-Extensively trained in Parent Coordination

-Completed Mediation and Specialized Mediation trainings regarding children’s issues/access in divorce.

-Completed training in Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT) intervention for children who have experienced trauma.

-Completed training in the Child and Family Traumatic Stress Intervention (CFTSI) Training from the Yale Child Study Center- intervention to improve communication between child and parents around trauma symptoms

-Completed the Safe and Together Core Training- domestic violence intervention for families