Educational History

Doctoral Candidate – Walden University; Dual – MA in CMHC & SC – Eastern Mennonite University; BA in CMHC – Old Dominion University

Professional Highlights

• Presenter at the American Counseling Association (ACA) – 2025; “Post-Infidelity Stress Disorder: An Ecological Systems Theory Approach”
• Presenter at the Virginia Department of Education of School Counselors – 2023; “Animal-assisted Interventions in a School Counseling Program”
• Author – “The Elephant in the Room – Animal-Assisted Interventions in a School Counseling Program”; Chapter 13 in “A Trauma-Informed School”

Research

Current – Post-Infidelity Stress for “Grey” Divorced Women

Personal Highlights

I have one son who is a mathematician and professor at SUNY-Albany. I have a beautiful Chocolate Lab/ Brittany Spaniel mix named Masala Curry. I love to travel, take photographs, paint, read, and relax.

Fields of Expertise

• Women – Specifically Midlife & Older; Infidelity Trauma
• Child and Adolescent; Families; Childhood Trauma