Before starting my private practice, I worked as a therapist at a counseling center on Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, where I helped active-duty members, reservists, and their spouses work through a range of mental health issues. Before that, I worked on the same installation as a FOCUS Resilience Trainer, in which position I provided military-specific relationship skills training for both couples and families. During grad school I received a paid internship at the VA Hospital in Bay Pines Florida where I provided Clinical Social Work services to Veterans with moderate to severe mental illness. And even before that, I was a volunteer at a different VA Hospital in Florida, where I restocked medical supplies in the Emergency Ward and spent as much time talking to the veterans awaiting care as I could.