Before starting her own practice, she built an exceptional body of experience as a contract psychologist and therapist throughout the Twin Cities:
- Contract psychologist at Northland Therapy Center, St. Paul
- Employee service provider (ESP) affiliate for Health Systems Minnesota, EAR/Ceridian, Maschoff-Barr & Associates, Greenspring Health Services
- Contract psychologist for Family Therapy Institute, St. Paul
- Group and family therapist at Abbott Northwestern Hospital, Minneapolis, in the Adult Partial Program and Willow Street Center
- Contract psychologist at Chrysalis Mental Health Center
- Co-therapist at the Outpatient Adult Women’s Therapy Group, Minneapolis
Professional licenses and certifications
- Certification, EMDR Institute (Eye Movement Desensitization Processing, therapy for PTSD), 2007
- Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW), State of Minnesota #07347, 1990
- Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT), State of Minnesota #165, 1989
- Licensed Psychologist (LP), State of Minnesota #0286
- Certification, American Association of Marriage and Family Therapists, 1980
- Certification, Lay Psychoanalyst, National Accreditation Association and the American Examining Board of Accreditation #413, 1978
- MA, psychology/psychoanalysis, Goddard College, Plainfield, Vermont, 1977
- BA, humanities, Fort Lewis College, Durango, Colorado, 1976