PROFESSIONAL INFORMATION

CURRENT POSITION

  • 1984 to date: Private practice. Children, adolescents, adults, couples and family Psychotherapy.
  • 1990 to date: Director of PAE, Programa de Asistencia al Empleado y Estudiante (Assistance Program for the Employee and the Student).
  • 1999 to date: APdeBA Liberman Assistance Center. Children, adolescents, adults, couples and family.
  • 2007: International Affiliate Counsellor of FEI Behavioral Health (USA). Substance Abuse Expertise, Trauma Expertise and Professional Trainer.
  • 2007: International Affiliate Counsellor of Human Dynamic Asia Pacific Ltd: China, Hong Kong, India, Japan, Korea, Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia, Taiwan, Australia, Philippines, Indonesia, Vietnam, Europe (Middle East) and America.
  • 2007: International Affiliate Counsellor of St Barnabas Management Services (SBMS) (USA).
  • 2007: International Affiliate Counsellor of Employee Advisory Resource (EAR) ACCOR Services (United Kingdom). Couple Counseling.
  • 2007: International Affiliate Counsellor of NEAS Inc. (USA, Canada and Puerto Rico)

WORK EXPERIENCE

  • Hospital Residence: N°3 Mental Health Center “Arturo Ameghino” Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Department. Individual, couple, family and group psychotherapy (1985-1989)
  • Coordinator of the Alcoholism Provincial Program for the Buenos Aires Province (1988)
  • Advisor for the Buenos Aires Province Alcoholism Draft of the Law (1988)

EDUCATION

  • APdeBA (Buenos Aires Psychoanalytic Association. Member of IPA International Psychoanalytic Association) Post-graduate course on theoretical critical practice 1999-2002
  • Universidad Católica Argentina, Graduate studies in Psychology 1979-1984

ACTIVE PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP

  • Member of Employee Assistance Professional Association (EAPA)
  • Member of the Executive Committee of Argentine Council for Alcoholism 1990-1992
  • Full Member of the Advisor Committee on Alcoholism of National Ministry of Social Welfare (COteSAL)

PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS

  • Case material of a baby girl observed for one year and a half with Mr Esther Bick method of Tavistock Clinic of London. “Evacuative and retentive patterns. Interiorization of an experience” (3th Symposium and Internal Congress APdeBA) (2003)
  • Case material of a seven years old girl on September 11th “External world and psychic reality”, co-author with Dr Roberto Oelsner, Children and Adolescent Department of APdeBA (2002)
  • “Prevention of Problems with Alcohol and other Drugs”, APdeBA Journal (1999). Currently used as study material at the Mental Health Dept. of the University of Buenos Aires (in Spanish).
  • “Employee Assistance Program (EAP)”, "The abuse of alcohol and other drugs in the working environment" ESSO Seminar. Society for Labor Medicine. (1997)

MASS MEDIA PRESENCE

  • Contributor of FocusOn, The Women's Site 
  • Micro-program on Alcoholism Prevention. (once a week) Program: “Going to the root of the problem” Host: Dr Nelson Castro. El Mundo Radio Station (1990-1992)
  • “Alcoholism”, La Prensa Newspaper (1990)
  • “Alcoholism”, La Nación Newspaper. Section on Addiction Prevention (1999)