Degrees
PhD University of Wisconsin;
MSW Hunter College School of Social Work,New York
Certificate in Life Coaching(2004)MentorCoach.
My Expert Service
I have 28 years of experience as a licensed psychotherapist as well as 14 years as a life coach. I have served over 1200 clients on this site since 2010. In addition, I have had an academic career as a university-based sociologist who taught a course in the sociology of human sexuality for 25 years at Queens College, City University of New York.
An increasing number of people meet online and this venue offers both opportunities and pitfalls.I am aware of both the promise and complexities of internet dating and can help you navigate it as effectively as possible.
I have also written for the Huffington Post on how best to deal with break-ups and the myth that so-called "rebound" relationships---those begun shortly after a break-up---are doomed to failure.
Experience & Qualifications
Clinical Social Worker in mental health clinics since 1991; Life Coach since 2004; Sociology professor at University of California, Santa Barbara and Queens College, CUNY.
CSW(1991);LMSW(2004). I have traveled extensively---more than fifty countries---and am aware of the cultural factors that affect dating in different societies, or even make it impossible.