I am a psychiatrist, psychoanalyst, with a specialty in addiction psychiatry. I have maintained an integrative psychiatry practice based on diagnostic assessment and treatment guided by biological, psychological, social, and behavioral paradigms since 1978. A developmental orientation toward understanding human behavior guides my clinical perspective. This is influenced by a special interest in attachment styles and their impact on interpersonal conflict in families and couples.
I have a keen interest in the phase of life problems resulting from major transitions in development. Transitions such as the passage from adolescents to young adulthood, marriage, divorce, mid life adjustments,...