Some Things You Might Like to Know About Me
- Brandeis University BA 1964
- New York University School of Medicine
MD 1968
- Licensed to practice medicine in California and Washington, DC
- Began practicing psychotherapy in 1966 and psychiatry in 1972
- Extensive post-graduate training in family systems theory and practice, group psychotherapy, psychoanalytic psychotherapy, CBT. Extensive experience in Forensic psychiatry–as psychiatric consultant and expert witness in complex cases where psychiatric expertise is necessary; workers comp including AME; sodium amytal interviewing
- Directed an alternative hospital for psychiatric care in the public sector with focus on family support, process work and alternatives to medication--Laingian in orientation and non-pathologizing
- Founding member of SEN, the Spiritual Emergency Network
- Taught in three Bay Area graduate schools in psychology and currently Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at UCSF
- Practiced MDMA (Ecstasy) psychotherapy in legal period and published on its use in psychotherapy. Founding Member of Heffter Research Institute
- I lost my oldest son, Noah to leukemia at age 16 after 4 years of illness. The book about his life Noë--A Father-Son Song of Love, Life, Sickness and Death will be published by North Atlantic Press in the Spring of 2011. In the wake of this experience, I freely offer myself to those struggling with life threatening illnesses, loss of a child, and in connection with those struggling with great grief.
- I am a Vajrayana Buddhist Practitioner
- Ran an R&D nutricutical company Phytos and wrote and had issued 5 patents in herbal medicine. Extensive experience in complementary medicine.
- Founder and Director of Energy Focus, Inc (EFOI) the largest developer and manufacturer of fiberoptic lighting and a main force company in developing energy efficient green lighting solutions
- I practice Extreme Gardening and design and make furniture and other objects from wood and stone, such as the Torii pictured on this site.
