She has been working with chronic pain patients in her private practice for the past 10 years. Dr. Winterowd received her PhD in Counseling Psychology at The University of Kansas in 1993. She was a postdoctoral fellow at the Center for Cognitive Therapy at the University of Pennsylvania. She is a licensed psychologist (Health Service Psychologist) in the state of Oklahoma and is a Founding Fellow of the Academy of Cognitive Therapy (ACT). Much of her current research is focused in the area of health psychology. She is a member of the Association for the Advancement of Behavior Therapy (AABT), the American Psychological Association (APA), the International Association for Cognitive Psychotherapy (IACP), the International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP), and the American Pain Society (APS).