She received a PhD in clinical psychology from the University of Arkansas and is a licensed psychologist in Indiana. She completed a predoctoral internship at the Charleston Consortium where she worked at the National Crime Victims Research and Treatment Center at the Medical University of South Carolina and the Ralph H. Johnson VA Medical Center. Prior to joining the faculty at the University of Indianapolis, she completed both a postdoctoral fellowship participating in treatment research on Cognitive Processing Therapy, an empirically supported treatment for posttraumatic stress disorder. Her clinical and research interests include cognitive processing therapy (CPT), posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), additional reactions following traumatic experiences, human trafficking, risk and vulnerability factors, and disgust.