I am fully bilingual and bicultural. I was born and raised in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and have been in practice in New York for over 20 years. I have developed expertise from years of training. My areas of specialty include:

  • Individual Therapy
  • Couples Therapy — straight, gay, lesbian, transgender
  • Sex therapy — straight, gay, lesbian, transgender
  • Divorce Counseling
  • Counseling with Interfaith Couples

I offer a personalized approach tailored to your specific challenges. My therapeutic treatment offers a unique and integrative approach that draws from myriad schools of thought and practices including:

  • Family Systems Theory
  • Psychodynamic Psychotherapy
  • Relational Attachment Theory
  • Gestalt Therapy
  • Goal Oriented Therapy
  • Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT)
  • Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy (AEDP)

In addition to my practice, I have 14 years of experience working in community outpatient mental health at the Hudson Guild Mental Health Services, in Chelsea, New York. I am clinical supervisor to our student interns; I serve as the Admissions Coordinator; and I provide psychotherapy to people from diverse ethnic and socioeconomic backgrounds.

I teach First and Second year students about Sexual Issues and Sex and Couples therapy at the Family and Couples Treatment division of the Institute for Contemporary Psychotherapy (ICP), where I have also served as Supervisor training other therapists.

I run Divorce Support groups for both women and men who are beginning their separation or divorce process; and teach workshops on various topics relating to Relationships at the JCC Manhattan:

  • New relationships after Divorce
  • Moving on After Divorce
  • Sex and Dating
  • Sex and Aging
  • Healthy Ingredients of a Relationship
  • Emotional and Sexual Intimacy

 

Credentials

Masters Degree, Marriage and Family Therapist, Los Angeles, California.
Post Graduate Certificate in Couples Therapy, Universidad Catolica Chile
Post Graduate Certificate in Marriage and Family Therapy, Instituto Chileno de Terapia familiar, Chile
Post Graduate Certificate in Psychodrama, Chile
Sex Therapy Training with Dr. Helen Singer Kaplan, New York Hospital, Payne Whitney Clinic.
Post Graduate Certificate in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy, New York Institute for Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy, New York
Certificate in Spiritually Oriented Psychotherapy, Psychotherapy and Spirituality Institute, NIP, New York
Certificate in Marriage and Family therapy, Ema Genijovich, The Minuchim Center, New York
Certificate in Marriage and Family therapy, Peggy Papp, Ackerman Institute, New York
Certification in The Integration of Couples Therapy and Psychoanalysis, S. Shimmerlik, Ackerman Institute, New York
Emotionally Focused Therapy, Dr. Susan Johnson, Ackerman Institute
Gestalt therapy, study group, New York
Sex Therapy for Couples, Suzane Iasenza, New York
Couples Therapy, John Gottman, Washington DC
Essential Skills, AEDP, Dr. Diana Fosha, New York
Externship EFT, Dr. Susan Johnson, New York
Couples therapy, PACTS approach, Dr. Stan Tatkin, New York

Professional Affiliations

AMFT Association for Marriage and Family Therapists
NYCEFT New York Center for Emotionally Focused Therapy
ICEEFT International Center for Excellence in Emotionally Focused Therapy
AEDP Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy
ICP Institute for Contemporary Psychotherapy