Dr. Anita Myer began her academic career earning a B.A. from the University of Iowa in English. After returning to New England, she received a Master’s Degree in teaching English and later pursued a C.A.G.S. in Developmental Reading. As Director of the Learning Center at Fisher College in the evening school, Dr. Myer felt she could better understand the needs of veterans returning from Vietnam. To that end, Dr. Myer completed an M.S in Counseling and then went on to complete her doctorate at Boston University where she taught in the doctoral program for seven years. Later, Dr. Myer completed a post-doc program in the department of Child and Family Forensic Services within the Law and Psychiatry Program of the Department of Psychiatry at University of Massachusetts Medical School.