About Me

I am a retired psychiatrist and certified life coach through the International Coaching Federation.

As a psychiatrist, I specialized in the treatment of anxiety disorders. My areas of expertise include Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, mindfulness training, and assertiveness training. Along with my 27 years of private practice, I worked at CAMH, Mt. Sinai Hospital, Princess Margaret Hospital, and the University of Toronto Student Psychiatric Service.

In the latter years of my psychiatric practice, I focused my work primarily on the treatment of a variety of professionals. I had a very strong working relationship with the Physician Health Program of the Ontario Medical Association. I also worked with the Ontario Lawyer Assistance Program, a part of the Law Society of Ontario. I have worked with a large number of medical professionals, and a wide variety of business and academic leaders.

As a life coach, my main areas of interest include healthy and personally sustainable career development, prevention and healing of burnout, career transitions, physician self-care, and the medical system and its culture. I am also very experienced at helping people with many other types of individual and interpersonal concerns, such as work-life balance, healthy self-confidence, and healthy interpersonal relationships.