She works as part of the psychological team and service within Malta’s main social work agencies providing therapeutic interventions to individuals and families. She has experience in various family problems mainly marital conflict, separation issues, children’s behaviour problems and teenage problems. She also runs her own private practice. She’s also a family mediator and works regularly at the law courts, assisting couples to resolve their disputes and help them to avoid worry, time and costs associated with court-based litigation. She studied social work and worked for 5 years in a mental health setting within a multidisciplinary team. She is also a registered nurse and midwife. Carmen has been teaching family studies and systemic theory on various courses and is currently teaching within IFT.