Prior to that he spent 15 years working with students in college counseling centers at Rowan and Temple Universities, serving as Training Director and Trauma Response Coordinator, and regularly facilitated a variety of process, support and psycho-educational groups. While primarily CBT oriented in his work with individuals, his orientation to group work tends to be systemic and psychodynamic. He received his BA from Brown University, MA from New York University and Ph.D. from the University of Connecticut (Go Huskies!).