About RAD Consultancy

The Team

AARON LEDERER
Aaron Lederer, NCPsyA, CTA
Director
Aaron Lederer, a psychoanalyst and transactional analyst, has studied attachment disorders for more than 20 years. During that time he developed the novel Corrective Communication methods and founded The RAD Consultancy, LLC. Aaron Lederer personally trains and supervises The RAD Consultancy's counselors. He is a member of the National Association for the Advancement of Psychoanalysis, the Society of Modern Psychoanalysis, a clinical member of the International Transactional Analysis Association and is on the Board of Trustees of the New Jersey Center for Modern Psychoanalysis.

BARBARA BRODY
Barbara Brody, MS, CCC
Coordinator
Mrs. Barbara Brody is retired from a career as a speech therapist/pathologist in the public school system where she has worked with many children who, in addition to speech problems, also suffered from emotional or other disabilities. She is a mother to two daughters and a youthful grandmother to two grandaughters and a grandson.

SHEILA ZARETSKY
Sheila Zaretsky, PhD., NCPsyA
Consultant
Dr. Sheila Zaretsky, a Psychoanalyst, received her doctoral degree in 1981 from Heed University in Florida. She is the founding director and supervising analyst at ACAP (Academy of Clinical and Applied Psychoanalysis) and at NJCMP (New Jersey Center for Modern Psychoanalysis). Dr. Zaretsky is the chairperson for the Assembly of Psychoanalytic Institutes of the American Board for Accreditation in Psychoanalysis, Inc. She is author of many published clinical articles and has been the speaker at frequent clinical presentations for the last seventeen years. She is now writing a book, tentatively titled, "Taming the Wild Child," about The RAD Consultancy's corrective communication methods she has participated in developing.

DIANA LADDEN
Diana Ladden, LCSW, NCPsyA
Counselor
Diana Ladden is a Certified Psychoanalyst and a Licensed Clinical Social Worker. She is a member of the faculty of The Academy of Clinical and Applied Psychoanalysis in Livingston, New Jersey. Formerly she supervised clinicians who assessed risk and level of care at NewBridge Services in Morris and Passaic Counties in New Jersey. She has worked directly with children and adolescents, as well as with adults. Ms. Ladden has experience as an educator, as an administrator, and she is experienced in the supervision of other therapists. Fully trained and experienced team member of the RAD consultancy, Diana now helps mothers, nationwide, help their out-of-control children become easy to live with.

JUDITH AKULLIAN
Judith Akullian, PhD., LCSW, NCPsyA
Counselor
Dr. Judith Akullian, a Psychoanalyst and a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, received her doctoral degree in clinical social work in 2005. She has been teaching Psychoanalytic and Psychopathology subjects in several psychoanalytic institutes for over twenty years. Dr. Akullian is author of many clinical publications and she is affiliated with several Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy Associations.

PATRICIA SHULMAN
Patricia Shulman, MSW, LCSW, NCPsyA
Counselor
Patricia Shulman is a Certified Psychoanalyst and Licensed Clinical Social Worker. She received her MSW from the University of California, Los Angeles in 1978.  She later completed a postgraduate clinical fellowship in early childhood in the Dept of Psychiatry at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles.  Her experience includes medical, psychiatric, and emergency room work, as well as private practice with adults, children and adolescents, with special interest in attachment disorders and depression/anxiety. Fully trained and experienced team member of the RAD consultancy, Patricia now helps mothers, nationwide, help their out-of-control children become easy to live with.

SARAH PERKINS
Sarah Perkins, MSW, LCSW
Counselor
Ms. Sarah Perkins is a psychotherapist and a Licensed Clinical Social Worker. She has studied Modern Psychoanalysis with special interest in using emotional communication to repair early emotional injuries which she applied when working with children. Mrs. Perkins has studied attachment disorders and how they relate to the parent-child relationship.