She received her doctoral degree in Psychology from the University of Notre Dame and completed her Clinical and Pediatric Child Psychology Internship at Nationwide Children's Hospital. Areas of special interest include depression, anxiety (fears, phobias, social anxiety, OCD), behavior disorders and parent guidance for preschool and school-age children and teens, diagnosis of and treatment for both child and adult ADHD, adoption and divorce/blended family issues, life-transition challenges and women's issues. She has worked in a college counseling center, inpatient and outpatient child psychiatric settings, as a consultant for Directions for Youth, and as an adjunct professor at Otterbein University.