She graduated from New York University with a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and Sociology. She received a Master of Arts in Psychology and Education from Columbia University, where she assisted research on eating disorders, as well as the mental health and substance use outcomes of affluent adolescents. She completed an APA accredited internship at Hutchings Psychiatric Center in the Child and Adolescent Track. She then received a subsequent Master of Science and doctorate in Clinical Psychology from the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine.