Education: BS Occupational Therapy, Tufts University Boston School of Occupational Therapy(1986)
Special Training/Certifications: Advanced level of training in several types of manual therapy; background in psychosocial OT interventions: trauma, PTSD, dissociative disorders
Professional Associations/Accomplishments:
- Rhode Island Occupational Therapy Association: President for two terms; Advocacy and Legislative Chairperson
- American Occupational Therapy Association: Represented RI to the Committee of State Association Presidents while RIOTA president and served one term as Nominating Chair for the Committee of State Association Presidents
- Rhode Island Occupational Therapy Licensure Board 2004-2016, Chairperson, 2016
Practice/Research Interests: Complex client presentations, manual therapy, craniosacral therapy, pain treatment, posttraumatic stress and dissociative disorders, general psychiatric diagnoses, neuro including concussion, clinical driver evaluations and rehab, women’s and men’s health, wholistic approaches to client care, and wellness/prevention