A graduate of the University of Pittsburgh, she studied Bowen family systems theory at the Family Therapy Institute at Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic and at WPFC in Pittsburgh and at the Georgetown Family Center in DC. She has had over 20 years of experience working with adults displaying a range of functioning in outpatient settings. She studied cannibalism and violence among Gombe chimpanzees in a research group at Georgetown Family Center. Her current interest is in aspects of evolutionary theory and Bowen family systems theory that may inform each other.
