She holds licenses as an advanced clinical social worker and licensed chemical dependency counselor (LCDC) in Texas and a Diplomate in forensic Social Work from the American Board of Forensic Social Workers. She also holds a Diplomate in Clinical Social Work from the National Association of Social Workers and from the American Board of Examiners in clinical Social Work. She has presented numerous workshops and invited papers at professional meetings as well as for the Texas Protective Services Training Institute and the State of New Mexico Permanency Planning Project . She also serves on several editorial boards and is a consulting editor for Social Work and the Journal of Social Work Education.