Awards & Publications

Awards

• 2017 Writer in Residence – Mendocino Art Center
• 2016 Outstanding School and Agency Award, California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists.  For development of “Healthy Aging” Concentration, MA in Clinical Psychology Program, Antioch University Santa Barbara
• 2013 Award for Excellence in Community Education, National Association of Social Workers, California Chapter.
• 2012 Intergeneration Program of the Year, AARP and Central Coast Commission for Seniors
• Kovod Award for Excellence in Media, Association of Jewish Family and Children’s Agencies, 2006
• Administrator of the Year, NASW Santa Barbara Chapter, 2003

Publications

• Psychedelic-Supportive Psychotherapy: A Psychotherapeutic model for Before and Beyond the Medicine Experience. Journal of Psychedelic Studies. https://akjournals.com/view/journals/2054/aop/article-10.1556-2054.2022.00192/article-10.1556-2054.2022.00192.xml.
• Ketamine-assisted psychotherapy provides lasting and effective results in the treatment of depression, anxiety, and post-traumatic stress disorder at 3 and 6 months: Findings from a large retrospective effectiveness study. Wolfson, E., et all. Psychedelic Medicine. (2024) http://doi.org/10.1089/psymed.2023.0021
•  Reading, writing, and Winnicott- Reconstructing the Story of ‘I’ in the ‘Good-Enough Space. Other/Wise Uncut: Journal of the International Forum for Psychoanalytic Education (2015). 
• Giving up Your Power: What Does it Mean in Relationship? Common Ground Magazine, San Francisco:CA.February 2015. (http://www.sopdigitaledition.com/commonground/#/18/).
• In the Aftermath. in Stay Awhile: Poetic Narratives about Multiculturalism and Diversity, University Professors Press, Winter 2015
• Paradise Lost/Paradise Found. independent.com/news/2014/jun/05/paradise-lostparadise-found, June 2014
• Hiding in Plain Sight: Uncovering Richness Past Midlife, Common Ground Magazine, San Francisco:CA.December 2014.
• Holocaust Survivors and Gang Members: An Encounter Transforming Participants’ Attitudes Towards Vengeance and Forgiveness. Forgiveness: Boundaries and Paradoxes in Philosophy, Culture, and Psychology, Inter-Disciplinary Press, Spring 2013.
• Stepping Towards Darkness: The Enlightened Path to Healthy Aging. ImagiNews, March 2012.
• A Therapist’s Post-Holiday Season Perspective. Allthingshealing.com, January 2012
• Healthy Aging, Contradiction or Reality? Noozhawk, Allthingshealing.com, February 2012
• The Secrets of Healthy Aging. Santa Barbara Therapy News, March 2012
• Aging as a Muse: Creativity in Later Life. Noozhawk, March 2012.
• The Fee in Social Work: Ethical Dilemmas for Practitioners. Social Work (1999)
• Practicing Poetically: a Client-Centered Multi-Theoretical Response to Trauma. Proceedings from International Social Work Tavistock Clinic of London and New York University School of Social Work. (1999)
• Ethical Dilemmas Related to Fee Issues in Social Work Practice. Focus. (1998).