About Me

Madelaine is an LICSW, MBA, BCC (Board Certified Coach) trained in psychotherapy and coaching via the Harvard system and Erickson International Coaching, respectively; and in organizational behavior at Boston University, Graduate School of Management. She has met the training requirements for Massachusetts state certification for general and advanced mediation, is a former group mental health practice Administrative Director/Psychotherapist, former Chief Organizational Development Officer, and former Associate Director of the Anatomical Gift Program at Harvard Medical School. At Harvard, Madelaine spoke before the Joint Committee on the Status of Women, and designed and delivered programs for the Center for Learning and Performance. In addition to her work In Executive, Career, and Life Coaching, Madelaine teaches mindfulness to individuals and groups based on her extensive and ongoing study of evolutionary psychology, philosophy, and the brain and behavior. Madelaine is located in Washington, DC, where she speaks in a variety of settings and enjoys her family and private practice clients. She is a chapter co-author in the Handbook of Stressful Transition Across the Lifespan (Springer, 2010). and is currently working on a book as co-author entitled "All Spin: Negotiating Life's Narratives for a Better Yours, Mine, and Ours." If you asked her, she would tell you she likes to think she is in the business of helping people to make their dreams come true.