I have been providing clinical and forensic psychology services to individuals, couples and families in Sonoma County since 1980. I have provided psychotherapy to individual adults in my private practice throughout my career.

I have also worked extensively with divorcing and divorced individuals and families in psychotherapy, mediation, co-parent counseling, and divorce coaching/consultation. For many of those years, I performed court-ordered custody evaluations.

As a staff psychologist for twenty years in the Department of Psychiatry at the Kaiser Permanente Medical Center, I performed individual and group psychotherapy on the Adult Services Team. While at Kaiser, I co-developed and implemented treatment groups for individuals with post- traumatic stress disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, anxiety and depression.

Experience

Licensed Psychologist in Private Practice: Petaluma, CA (1980-1996), Santa Rosa (1996-2021), and via Zoom (2021-present)

Mediator at Compassionate Divorce with Joann Campoy, Family Law Specialist: July, 2020 to present

Staff Psychologist, Adult Services Team, Department of Psychiatry at Kaiser Permanente Medical Center: Santa Rosa, CA (1993-2014)

Licensure

California Licensed Psychologist, #PSY6453

Education

Ph.D., Clinical Psychology, 1978. California School of Professional Psychology, Berkeley, CA

M.A. Psychology. 1976. . California School of Professional Psychology, Berkeley, CA

B.A. Psychology, 1973. University of Cincinnati. Cincinnati, Ohio

Memberships

Presentations and Publications

“A Model of Individual Psychotherapy with Court-Involved Parents”. A presentation as part of the Court-Involved Therapist Training Program. Novato, CA. October 2, 2021

“Working with Resist/Refuse Dynamics of Children in Post-Divorce Families”. Sonoma County Bar Association, Family Law Division. Santa Rosa, CA. November 20, 2019

“Divorce and Trauma: Working with Clients Who Have Trauma Histories”. Sonoma County Bar Association, Family Law Division. May 29, 2014

Settlement-Focused Parenting Plan Consultations: An Evaluative Mediation Alternative to Child Custody Evaluations”. Kahn, Jeffrey & Pickar, Daniel. Family Court Review. January 2011 - Link to Publication