She is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and an AAMFT-Approved Supervisor for Marriage and Family Therapy, with extensive experience as an assessment and referral counselor in a psychiatric facility. She served as the conference chair for the 2016 American Association of Suicidology Annual Conference, and she currently serves on the American Association of Suicidology's Early Career Task Force. Her research primarily focuses on the role of family dynamics in the suicide assessment and treatment process, with an emphasis on factors that affect suicide-related disclosure, family reaction, and their impact on treatment-seeking behaviors.