1 00:00:10,000 --> 00:00:11,800 My background is in psychology. 2 00:00:11,800 --> 00:00:15,133 I'll usually spend the morning working on research tasks, or 3 00:00:15,133 --> 00:00:19,300 prepping for class, or even having service meetings toward the middle of the day. 4 00:00:19,333 --> 00:00:22,033 In the afternoons, I'm usually teaching, and in the evenings 5 00:00:22,033 --> 00:00:24,433 I may be seeing clients or doing supervision. 6 00:00:31,966 --> 00:00:32,633 I ended up 7 00:00:32,633 --> 00:00:37,766 working at a children's home in Illinois, where I was the primary house parent, 8 00:00:37,766 --> 00:00:42,533 and so that meant that I lived in a home with about 12 kids, 9 00:00:42,933 --> 00:00:47,266 and they were ages 5 to 11 in this home. 10 00:00:47,600 --> 00:00:51,000 And I was responsible for living in the home with the boys 11 00:00:51,000 --> 00:00:54,400 as well as taking them to school, helping them do their homework. 12 00:00:54,400 --> 00:00:57,266 The kids had access to a lot of different things in their room. 13 00:00:57,266 --> 00:00:59,333 They could play in their room, all sorts of things. 14 00:00:59,333 --> 00:01:02,766 And I thought, well, this really isn't what I'm used to or what I've learned 15 00:01:02,966 --> 00:01:05,533 would make really effective time out procedures. 16 00:01:05,533 --> 00:01:09,100 So I went to the director at the time and I said, hey, listen, 17 00:01:09,500 --> 00:01:11,233 this is what's going on in my home. 18 00:01:11,233 --> 00:01:12,966 And the guy said, that's great. 19 00:01:12,966 --> 00:01:15,000 Love the passion, love the energy. 20 00:01:15,000 --> 00:01:18,433 But if you really want to dictate kind of what happens here, 21 00:01:18,466 --> 00:01:20,133 you need to be a therapist. 22 00:01:20,133 --> 00:01:23,066 And I thought, all right, then I will. 23 00:01:23,066 --> 00:01:25,666 So I went back to my Peterson's guide. 24 00:01:25,666 --> 00:01:30,800 I went past the C's and this time found M marriage and family therapy. 25 00:01:30,800 --> 00:01:33,133 And I thought, that's exactly what I need to be doing. 26 00:01:33,133 --> 00:01:35,533 And that's how I got into the programs. I got into. 27 00:01:37,433 --> 00:01:38,600 In my research, I'm 28 00:01:38,600 --> 00:01:42,500 really looking at the way in which technology affects our daily lives. 29 00:01:42,600 --> 00:01:47,566 I am looking at it in terms of the way that we have, the roles that we have 30 00:01:47,833 --> 00:01:50,966 in our family lives, and how technology's affected the roles. 31 00:01:51,300 --> 00:01:54,233 I'm looking at it in terms of how we establish boundaries 32 00:01:54,233 --> 00:01:55,800 or whether we have any at all. 33 00:01:55,800 --> 00:02:01,166 I also look at the way that technology manages our relationships for us. 34 00:02:01,166 --> 00:02:02,366 How does it maintain them? 35 00:02:02,366 --> 00:02:04,500 How does it help us commit to each other? 36 00:02:04,500 --> 00:02:06,133 How does it create distance? 37 00:02:06,133 --> 00:02:09,000 A lot of the application around technology 38 00:02:09,000 --> 00:02:12,000 for my research has to do with those things. 39 00:02:13,566 --> 00:02:16,933 I have been a member of AAMFT for 24 years. 40 00:02:17,000 --> 00:02:21,333 I joined AAMFT in May of 1999. 41 00:02:21,366 --> 00:02:25,100 AAMFT was one of the first organization that recognized my work 42 00:02:25,100 --> 00:02:28,866 through a dissertation award many years ago, and since then 43 00:02:28,866 --> 00:02:32,000 I've won most of the research awards at my university. 44 00:02:33,800 --> 00:02:35,000 AAMFT has played a 45 00:02:35,000 --> 00:02:38,066 significant role in helping me to develop my confidence 46 00:02:38,266 --> 00:02:41,266 as both a clinician, as an academic, as a researcher. 47 00:02:41,666 --> 00:02:45,900 They have played a significant role in advocacy for the profession, 48 00:02:45,900 --> 00:02:48,933 from which I have greatly benefited, as well as my colleagues 49 00:02:48,933 --> 00:02:50,233 and as well as our clients.