The three disciplines that inform her work are her Psychoananalytic Training at the Karen Horney Institute, Focusing, and her practice of Zen Buddhism. She is interested in the interface between spirituality and psychotherapy, and contributed a chapter to the book Into the Mountain Stream: Psychotherapy and Buddhist Experience. She is a haiku poet, and is about to complete a long term project of writing a memoir about growing up with her developmentally challenged sister. She serves on the board of the Focusing Institute.