My passion for research started when I worked in the Gunnar Lab at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities as an undergraduate. I was an Undergraduate research assistant working on projects related to attachment and stress.
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As a graduate student, I worked at Stanford University as an RA on a project comparing group psychotherapy protocols for adult survivors of childhood sexual abuse.
Finally, once back in the Twin Cities, I spent a great deal of effort on a project at the U of MN, TC working on a hybrid cognitive behavioral program for individuals suffering from co-occurring anxiety and alcohol use disorders. I was able to be a PI on this, later on, to disseminate the protocol to clients at Hazelden as well.
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Currently, my research interests bridge those earlier experiences along with studying aggression, interpersonal violence, and sexual assault and variables that appear to be associated.
