Education:
2001      Post Doctorate,
Presecribing Psychologists Register in Psychopharmacology
1979      Doctor of Philosophy,
University of Texas A&M in Commerce.  
             Major: Psychology; minor: Counseling.
        
    Dissertation:  The Effects of Visual Imagery on Test Anxiety and Performance
1975      Master of Arts, University of Texas A&M in Commerce
        
     Major: Psychology; minor: Counseling.
         
   Thesis:  The Effects of Body Cathexis and Locus of Control on Performance
         
   of Gross Motor Skills before an Audience
1969     Bachelor of Science in Education,
Texas State University
            Major: Speech/Drama; minor: English/Literature



July 1991 to Present    Psychologist in private practice in Austin, Texas.  Officing           
                                    with the therapists of
 Spicewood Psychotherapy Group  to           
                                    offer a full range of psychological services to children,                 
                                    adolescents, young people, and adults of all ages.
                              
     Founder of LifeEdTeenEd providing intervention                          
                                    education classes to individuals at risk with substance abuse        
                                    and anger issues.
                              
     Guest Lecturer at Universidad Francisco Marroquin in                  
                                    Guatemala City, Guatemala, on Advanced Understanding of       
                                    Cognitive Psychotherapy: BiPolar Disorder and PTSD
                              
     Consultant and Counselor with individuals undergoing                 
                                 
   Infertility Treatments
June 1980 to 1991      Psychologist in private practice offering full range of                    
                                   psychological services to individuals of all ages.  Director of         
                                   the Grayson County Guidance Clinic.  Co-Director of SARAH,       
                                   an out patient treatment program for survivors of sexual abuse.

Professional Organizations/Honors:
American Psychological Association
Prescribing Psychologists Register
Listed in Who's Who of American Women, Volumes 13 and 14
Listed in Volume 1 of Notable Women of Texas
Graduated With Honors from Texas State University and University of                          
Texas A&M in Commerce; Outstanding Psychology Graduate Student,1975

Publications/Writings
Relation of Dance Skills to Body Cathexis and Locus of Control Orientation,
    Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1978, 46, 464-466.
The Biochemistry and Physiology of Smoking, Texas Department of Health,                    
         2000.
Adolescent Tobacco Awareness Curriculum
Adolescent Anger Management Curriculum
Elektra: The Pathology of Revenge, for Austin Lyric Opera's publication, The                  
       Opera Insider, 2005
Professional Experience:
Biography
Psychologist