I am a retired Psychological Associate, a writer, and someone with a serious interest in the natural world and how we relate to that world. 

My career in psychology included counseling, child development and attachment relationships, as well as behavior analysis. I provided mental health services in an early childhood intervention program and I did neuropsychological testing in a pediatric hospital. 

I am interested in issues such as mindfulness, stress, reducing fear of aspects of nature (such as snakes), attitudes toward nature and conservation, and our adaptation and coping with climate change and loss of wild places.

Strengthening our connection with nature is very important to me, and I continue to provide nature education and lead walks and offer mindfulness activities in nearby wetlands, woods and prairies. I have close ties with Sheri Capehart Nature Preserve and Fort Worth Nature Center & Refuge.

I have authored or co-authored two books on reptiles and amphibians, and a book on mindfulness in Texas nature that will be available in June, 2024. I write for Green Source DFW.

Much of what I have done is motivated by a concern for how we have become disconnected from nature and how many places have been lost. My presentations and writing are my attempts to share knowledge, wonder, and the sense that we are interdependent and that we must protect nature. What my other career taught me about human behavior led to an interest in how humans interact with nature. As a result, I have written and taught about mindfulness in nature and nature journaling. I am actively interested in understanding and offering support for the grief and anxiety we experience as a result of the climate crisis and other losses of nature.

Please feel free to contact me using the “Contact” page.