Credentials

• California License PSY 17278.
• Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, UCSF School of Medicine.
• Lecturer Emerita, Program in Writing and Rhetoric, Stanford University.

Experience and Training

My credentials include a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology and a Master's Degree in Health Psychology from the California School of Professional Psychology. I have experience treating a range of conditions from serious mental illness to interpersonal conflicts in the workplace. I primarily see adults in individual therapy.

I also teach in the Foundations of Patient Care Program at the University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine.

In addition to my work in psychology I have undergraduate and graduate degrees in English (UC Berkeley, Washington University in St. Louis) and I have taught at Stanford University since 1987, where I directed the undergraduate writing program and taught graduates and undergraduates. I have authored or co-authored ten books and several articles in this discipline.

My professional memberships and listings include the American Psychological Association; California Psychological Association; American Association of University Professors; San Mateo County Psychological Association, Executive Board; Who’s Who in America; Who’s Who in the World; Who’s Who of American Women.