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Originally from
Albany, NY, I have a BA in psychology from the University of Rochester and a Masters in Social Work from Boston University.
I was director of a family and children's program at Judge Baker Children’s Center, the first Child Guidance Clinic
in the U.S. Then I served as the first Director of Casey Family Services where I initiated a state wide foster care program
for children and adolescents in Massachusetts.
Since moving to Florida in 1996 I have been the manager of the
Child Protection team at Tampa General Hospital, as well as working for several other agencies including Directions for Mental
Health and the Pinellas County School System. I have also consulted at the Menorah Manor Nursing Home.
I presently
have a private psychotherapy practice, where I see individuals, couples and children. My logo is “Life takes Balance".
In addition as a certified Laughter Leader I run laughter workshops in both business and human services agencies.
In-service trainings can help to lift the moral of a stressed staff.
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Education
Boston University, School of Social Work, M.S.W., 1973
University of Rochester, A.B. in
Psychology, 1970
Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel, Junior Year Abroad
Professional Experience
Private
Psychotherapy Practice, 926 16th St. North, St. Petersburg, FL, 1999-Present
Psychotherapy with children, individuals,
families, couples and groups.
Vendor for Vocational Rehabilitation
Certified Laughter Leader
Director of Community Programs, Tarpon Springs Housing Authority, Tarpon Springs, FL, 2004-present
Pinellas
County School Department, St. Petersburg, FL, 2000-2002
• School Social Worker
Tampa Jewish Family Services,
Tampa, FL, 1999-2002
• Psychotherapist at Menorah Manor Nursing home, St. Petersburg, FL
Directions for
Mental Health, Family Specialist, Clearwater, FL, 1999-2000
• School based prevention and intervention program
• Supervision on consultant basis of Social Work Staff
Family Continuity Program, Clinical Coordinator,
St. Petersburg, FL, 1998-1999
• Manage Residences for youth from the Department of Juvenile Justice
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Supervise Staff of Residences
• Consult with alternative home parents
• Inservice training for staff on
multiple clinical issues
Tampa General Healthcare, Manager, Child Protection Team, Tampa, FL, 1996-1998
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Manage a multidisciplinary child protection team
• Supervision of child protection staff
• Trainer for
Guardian Ad Litem program
• Liaison to multiple community groups
• Responsible for personnel and budget
management
• Acquisition of grant funding
Casey Family Services, The Casey Foundation, Andover, MA, 1991-1996
Massachusetts Division Director
• Start up and administration of long-term foster care and permanency planning
agency.
• Program development and strategic planning.
• Fiscal management of one million dollar budget.
• Recruit, screen, hire and train diverse staff.
• Supervision of administrative and M.S.W. level clinical
staff.
• Recruitment and training of foster parents.
• Liaison with State Department of Social Services.
• Member of management team with seven New England State Directors.
Judge Baker Children’s Center,
Boston, MA., 1976-1991
Program Manager, Clinical Services Program
• Administrative responsibility for the operation
of the Clinical Services Program in all geographic areas served in Massachusetts
• Fiscal management of program,
contract development and negotiation.
• Responsible for inservice staff training and training of state social workers.
• Consultant to the Cosby Outpatient Center of the Judge Baker Children’s Center.
• Administrative
and supervisory responsibility for unit of Ph.D. and M.S.W. therapists
• Consultation on protective, mental health,
and administrative issues to staff in five area offices of the Department of Social Services.
• Diagnostic evaluations,
individual and group treatment of children and families.
• Multi-cultural training, Co-presented with Dr. Melvin
Delgado, Professor, Boston University School of Social Work
Pequod Counseling Center, Cambridge, MA., 1981-1984
Psychotherapist,
Group private practice.
Community Teamwork, Inc., Community Action Agency, Lowell, MA., 1980-1991
Consultant,
Early childhood and mental health issues, staff training and supervision.
Boston College, School of Social Work,
Field Instructor, 1985-1986.
Boston University, School of Social Work, Field Instructor, 1993-1994.
Human
Resource Institute, Brookline, MA., 1975-1981
Social Worker, Inpatient and outpatient services.
Publications
and Presentations
Clinicians and Caseworkers: Issues in Consultation and Collaboration Regarding Protective Service Clients,
Molin, R., Ph.D. and Herskowitz, S., LICSW, International Journal of Child Abuse and Neglect, Vol. 10, pp. 201-210, 1986.
Guest lecturer in psychology, social work and early childhood courses at Wheelock College, Brandeis University, and
Boston University, 1976-1988
Clinicians and Caseworkers: Issues in Consultation and Collaboration Regarding Protective
Service Clients, co-presented at Conference of American Association for Psychiatric Services to Children in Orlando, Florida,
1984
The Middlesex County Child Abuse Project: The Fells Acre Day School Case; panel presentation, Malden, MA.,
1988.
A unique Model of Consultation for Protective Service Workers and A Community Model for Groupwork with Abusive
Parents, papers presented at the Seventh International Congress on Child Abuse and Neglect, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1988.
Presentations on loss, behavioral issues, child therapy, and abuse, at workshops and conferences for foster parents
and mental health professionals, 1991-1995.
Skills and Capabilities
• Extensive clinical skills with children,
adolescents, families and groups
• Excellent communication, management, administrative and supervisory skills
• Effective team building and staff development skills
• Training and teaching diverse groups in human services
• Facilitating groups and knowledge of developmental stages of groups
• Community relationship building,
including creating partnerships between public and private sectors
• Perseverance, resilience and good sense of
humor
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