Recognized as an expert in the field of hospice and palliative care, I am a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW 29775) with more than 30 years of experience caring for people affected by life-threatening illness and at end of life.  I am known for my compassion, commitment, communication, knowledge, and skill and have helped thousands of patients and families navigate illness.

 

While I have worked with many types of illness, I feel that my specialties include cancer, from diagnosis through survivor-ship, remission or end of life, diseases related to advanced age and adult children of aging parents.

 

Experience:

• Hospital-based palliative care

• Community-based palliative care

• Oncology

• Hospice

• Home Health

• Skilled Nursing 

 

Education and Training:

• BA, Biology (Human) and BA, Psychology (Social), University of California Santa Cruz

• Masters, Social Welfare (Aging), University of California Berkeley

• Licensed Clinical Social Worker LCSW 29775

• Advanced Certification Hospice Palliative-Social Work, NASW

• Advanced Palliative Hospice Social Worker-Certified, APHSW-C

 

Professional Associations:

• National Association of Social Work

• Social Work Hospice and Palliative Care Network: Through a highly competitive national selection process, I was asked to participate in the development of the first certification exam for hospice/palliative care social workers. 

• California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists