She is a licensed clinical psychologist and has worked extensively on the development of a theoretical model of biopsychosocial influences on substance use relapse. Her research program has focused on the development and evaluation of mindfulness-based interventions for substance use disorders since 2002. She has conducted numerous empirical studies on the efficacy and effectiveness of mindfulness-based relapse prevention, prediction of relapse following treatment for alcohol and drug use disorders, and mechanisms of change following mindfulness-based interventions to prevent alcohol and drug use relapse.