education & experience

Education

Princeton Theological Seminary

• Master of Divinity
• Master of Theology

University of Georgia

• Master of Social Work
• Appalachian State University
• Bachelor in Science, Psychology

Experience

• Counseling Ministry of Charlottesville, VA
• Pastoral Counseling of Central Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
• Family Counseling Ministry, Syracuse, NY
• Pastoral Ministry serving congregations in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and New York
• Director of Social Work Services, Wilmington, NC
• Presbyterian Hospital, inpatient psychiatric social work, Charlotte, NC
• Veteran Administration Medical Center, psychiatric & alcohol rehab., Asheville, NC
• Rokerfield Day Centre, outpatient psychiatric groups & individual therapy, Ashfield-in-Sutton, United Kingdom

Talks, Groups, Retreat and Conferences

• Thin Places: A Circle of Trust for Finding the Courage to Live an Undivided Life Retreat, May 2018
• Self-Care for the Social Worker:  A Practice in Self-Compassion, Jan. 2018
• Marriage Renewal Retreat, St. Paul’s Ivy Episcopal Church, Ivy, Va., April 2015
• Courage to Grieve Support Group, St. Paul’s Ivy Episcopal Church, Ivy, Va. Spring, 2014
• Finding Forgiveness: A Transformative Tool for Couples and Families, Virginia Society of Clinical Social Workers, Charlottesville, VA, March 16, 2012
• Finding Forgiveness: A Transformative Tool for Couples and Families, Virginia National Association of Social Workers, Richmond, VA, March, 2011
• Circle of Trust: Clergy Renewal Group, Syracuse, NY, Spring, 2006

Other Training

• MIndfulness Group Facilitator in Primary Care Certified, January 2022
• Mindful Self-Compassion in Psychotherapy Certified – October 2021
• Certified Mindful Worker Facilitator, Mindful Leader – May 2021
• Center of Courage & Renewal, three-year facilitator training, leading vocational renewal retreats
• Imago Training, negotiating the impasse in couples’ therapy
• Narrative Therapy Training, listening for the story
• Clinical Supervisor Certification Program – Virginia
  

Memberships & Affiliations

• National Association of Social Work, Academy Certified Clinical Social Worker naswdc.org
• Virginia Society for Clinical Social Work, Blue Ridge Region vscsw.org
• Presbytery of the James, Member-at-large, Validated Ministry presbyteryofthejames.org