Lectures
- 2012
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Abuse and Family Complexity: The Therapist’s Dilemma
The Complexity about Reporting Abuse (Intergenerational Transmission of Trauma)
- February, 2012
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Faculty: American Group Psychotherapy Association (AGPA)
Workshop: Weight Matters: Cutting Edge Group Approaches to Dysregulated Eating.
- 2010
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"Group Acting as a Psychobiological Regulator"
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
- 2009
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Part I: "Weight Regulation: a Brief Overview of the World of Obesity, Origins of Body and Self Image Dysfunction amongst the Overweight, Disordered Eating Population"
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
- 2009
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Part II: With Dr. Suzi Tortora, "Implicit ways of Knowing: Body image and It's early Origins"
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
- 2006
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"Addressing the Hollow Victory and Pseudo Cure of Weight Loss: The Conundrum of Treating the Overweight to the Medically Obese Patient (O.D.E.): A Contemporary View"
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
- 2005
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It's Not About the Food: Addressing the Conundrum of Treating Disordered Eating Patients
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
- 2004
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"An Unfortunate Confluence of Events in Group"
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
- 2004
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"Case Presentation: The Brilliant Saboteur"
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
- 2003
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Case Presentation: A difficult case to treat. Where do we go from here?
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
- 2002
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Case Presentation: A complicated case. How dangerous is he?
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
- 2000
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Case Presentation: The brilliant Writer: An overweight Bulimic with Body Image Problems
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
- 1999
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The Sleeper: Sleep disorder or depression: A Case presentation. Co-presentation with Ana Krieger, M.D., Director of NYU Sleep Disorder Unit.
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
- 1999
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Body Image and Body Image Disturbances with the Weight Regulation Population
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
- 1998
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The Internal Life of an Obese Patient
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
- 1998
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Faculty: Annual Conference of the Eastern Group Psychotherapy Society.
Workshop: Treating Anorexia, Bulimia and Compulsive Overeating in the Group Setting. (Three hour Workshop CE Credits)
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
- 1994-2001
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Theodore B. VanItallie Center for Nutrition and Weight Management, New York Obesity Research Center. St. Luke's Roosevelt Hospital Center.
Psychotherapy trainer and Consultant. Clinical supervisor for psychology intern and psychiatric social worker in group dynamics.
- 1990
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United Weight Control Corp., in affiliation with St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center.
Psychotherapy trainer and consultant
Staff training in dynamics of Body Image.
- 1979 - 1994
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Weight Control Unit, New York Obesity Research Center, St. Luke's Roosevelt Hospital Center.
Psychotherapy Consultant.
Clinical supervisor of psychiatric social worker, premedical students in endocrine rotation, endocrine fellow and psychiatric residents in rotation. Developed and conducted seminar series for premedical students, Institute of Nutrition. "Psychosocial behavioral Approach to the Treatment of Eating Disorders," 1985. (six month course)
- 1975 - 1978
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St. Luke's Woman's Hospital. N.Y.C.
Supervisor, Social Work Assistant.