1943
Is born in Boston, Massachusetts, to Mervyn and Eleanor Matorin.
1964
Graduates from Vassar College with a Bachelor of Arts.
1966
Earns a Master of Science in social work from Columbia University and becomes a Certified Social Worker in the State of New York.
1966
Serves as the chief of social work for Washington Heights Community Service with the New York State Psychiatric Institute until 1978.
1977
Is an adjunct associate professor at the Columbia School of Social Work.
1978
Earns her credentials from the Academy of Certified Social Workers.
1978
Marries Richard Charles Friedman.
1981
Is the director of social work for the Payne Whitney Clinic NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center.
1989
Receives a Distinguished Service Medal from Columbia University.
1994
Becomes a member of the Society for Social Work Leadership in Health Care.
1995
Is nominated for Social Work Director of the Year by the Society for Social Work Leadership. In Health Care.
1997
Is the program director for the Cornell Psychiatry Intensive Outpatient Program until 2000.
2006
Receives the Hyman J. Weiner Award from the Society for Social Work Leadership in Health Care.
2015
Authors a commentary on the article “Finding Joy in Social Work” in The Social Work Journal.
2015
Authors “Still Stressed About My Grades” and “An Interdisciplinary Team to Inform Patient Decisions.”
2016
Contributes a chapter to “Clinical Social Work with Troubled Couples.”
2021
Receives the Ellen Perlman Simon Mentor Award from the Society for Social Work Leadership in Health Care.
2021
Authors “Digital Psychotherapy” in the New York Times.
2022
Authors “What Holds a Marriage Together, or Doesn’t” in the New York Times.
2024
Is a representative for the Columbia School of Social Work through today.