At Family Service Agency of Marin she helped develop a co-parenting class for separated or divorced parents, team taught Dialectical Behavioral Therapy classes, and directed a program for adults with co-occurring substance abuse and mental health problems. She worked with a short-term treatment model at Santa Rosa Junior College’s Student Heath Services. She did her graduate work at Alliant International University/California School of Professional Psychology, where she wrote her dissertation about equine facilitated psychotherapy for couples. She completed her undergraduate work at Yale. She lives in Marin with her husband and their teenage son.