She also has a Master’s Degree in Speech Communications from Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge. Dr. Ryburn had a private practice for many years in New York City before returning to Arkansas in 2007. She has been an advisor to NBC’s Dateline in New York and a speaker for many groups on depression, anxiety, medical issues, and weight management. Dr. Ryburn also worked for several magazines in New York including the Time Inc. Group, Ladies Home Journal, Seventeen, Teen, and Scholastic. She has written numerous magazine articles including an advice column for teen girls that ran in four magazines for over several years. She has also written a syndicated mental health column for Stephens and Gateway Publications.