I am a licensed, Clinical Psychologist and received my bachelor’s of science, masters and doctoral degrees all at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Basically, I went down to Santa Barbara from northern California, fell in love with the beach and the sunshine and stayed for 14 years! In my undergraduate and graduate studies, I focused on addiction and recovery issues and trauma and published a book, Couples Therapy for Alcoholism, as part of my dissertation studies.
