After completing her internship and post-doctoral residency at Child and Adolescent Behavioral Health in Ohio, she relocated to Raleigh, North Carolina in 2010 where she provided intense mental health services to children and adolescents at Central Regional Hospital, a state psychiatric hospital in Butner. Additionally, Dr. Fought serves as a Field Research Examiner for Pearson Clinical Assessment in which she evaluates volunteers as part of the standardization process for upcoming clinical testing measures.