I hold a Dual Doctorate in Organizational Psychology and Critical Theory from PSP (the Professional School of Psychology) in California, a school that grew out of the groundbreaking work of Nevitt Sanford, primary author of The Authoritarian Personality, the foundational work on the psychological roots of totalitarianism. I earned Masters degrees in Sociology and History from the Graduate Faculty of the New School for Social Research. I am certified in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy by the Training and Research Institute for Self-Psychology in New York. I am also certified in Ericksonian Hypnosis by the Neuro-Linguistic Programming Center of New York. As a Credentialed Alcohol and Substance Abuse Counselor (CASAC-T), I have worked extensively in a clinical setting with opioid-dependent and substance-disordered patients, many of whom have co-occurring mental health issues that range from depression to bi-polar and borderline psychiatric diagnoses.