Dr. Walsh is a psychologist, career counselor, educator, and management consultant.  She has 20 years of experience in working with diverse populations and all age groups.  Most recently, she worked at Duke University and the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill providing personal and career counseling to students and alumni.  She uses cognitive behavioral techniques to assist clients in solving problems and  promoting positive life changes.  Her special focus areas include:

• anxiety disorders
• depression and mood disturbances
• parenting issues
• marital and couples counseling
• women's issues (i.e. self-esteem, body image, assertiveness)
• career development/transition, job loss, retirement, and difficulties in the workplace

Besides traditional therapy, Dr. Walsh also engages in coaching clients to effectively establish life/career goals, develop a plan to meet those goals, and then successfully reach them.  She provides the structure, encouragement, and empathy needed in this process.

Often career and personal life issues and decisions overlap one another.  Besides being a skilled clinician, Dr. Walsh has worked as a career counselor to individuals at the skilled-trades level, middle management, and CEO's of Fortune 500 companies.  While serving as the company  psychologist for an outplacement firm, she reported to the CEO, conducted group presentations, and provided longer term individual career counseling for employees who had lost their jobs.  Dr. Walsh has also offered training sessions for medical and mental health professionals in hospitals and social service agencies.  Having taught in the public schools early in her career, she is well aware of some of the challenges that the classroom teacher faces.  Additionally, Dr. Walsh has been on adjunct faculty at universities in Colorado and Wisconsin.  She served on the Ohio Psychological Association Committee that evaluated and selected businesses for the Psychologically Healthy Workplace Award which is part of a national initiative of the American Psychological Association.

Dr. Walsh is a member of the American and North Carolina Psychological Associations.  She co-authored an article that appeared in a book published by the APA  entitled Optimism and Pessimism: Implications for Theory, Research, and Practice.  Dr. Walsh believes that a "realistic optimism" is central to living a successful and satisfying life.