She graduated from college as the outstanding senior in psychology at Western Kentucky University. She completed her masters and doctoral degrees in clinical psychology at Auburn University. Her doctoral internship was done at the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine, with a primary placement in the Sparks Clinics for childhood neurodevelopmental disabilities and including both inpatient and outpatient rotations through the departments of psychiatry and pediatrics. She has been at the Behavioral Institute of Atlanta since 1999 and provides services for infants, children, adolescents, young adults, and parents.