She received her Master’s Degree in Counseling Psychology from St. Mary’s college in 1994 and was licensed as a psychologist in1997. She has competencies in the areas of marriage and family counseling, as well as individual counseling with adolescents and adults. Her areas of special interest include: parent-child relationships (adolescent to adult children), marriage and family work, interpersonal skill development, family of origin issues and spiritual development. She has background working with addictions, trauma, depression and anxiety.