I am a Licensed Creative Arts Therapist (NY),  Mental Health Counselor (NY), Professional Counselor (PA), and Board Certified Dance/Movement Therapist (ADTA), and  National Certified Counselor (NBCC). I am an internationally recognized presenter, educator, and author in dance/movement therapy and specialize in using alternative outlets for expression supporting children, adolescents, adults and families in moving through emotional difficulties.  I hold two faculty appointments including serving as a full-time tenure-track faculty at Rider University in Department of Education, Leadership, and Counseling for the MA in Clinical Mental Health Counseling with Dance/Movement Therapy Concentration (CACREP-accredited) and as an adjunct Visiting Associate Professor at the Pratt Institute in the Department of Creative Arts Therapies in Brooklyn, NY.   I held leadership positions for other university programs including Associate Clinical Professor and Program Director for the Dance/Movement Therapy and Counseling MA program at Drexel University in Philadelphia, PA, USA  and Program Director for the Dance/Movement Therapy and Counseling MA program at Antioch University New England (Keene, NH, USA).  I am also on program faculty at international programs in China, Belgium, and New Zealand.