Joanne is that very fit woman playing tennis, skiing, and hiking who always has stories cooking in her head... she writes fiction for fun. You might also catch her taking her Tibetan terrier for a walk. Although she took time off from Speakeasy to finish a Ph.D. and to establish a practice in psychology, she has been an instructor with us for a total of almost 20 years. You can expect to learn a lot with Joanne as instructor. Her style is never pushy; she¨s gentle, supportive - and tremendously effective. She has extensive experience with the workings of non-profit organizations, but much of her business savvy comes from having created and sold her own practice in speech pathology. Joanne delivers almost all of Speakeasy's programs. She's an ASHA certified speech pathologist, and is licensed both as a speech pathologist and as a clinical psychologist. She¨s a member of the American-Speech-Language-Hearing Association and of the California Speech and Hearing Association. She earned a BA from Southern Methodist University in Dallas in speech pathology and audiology, a Masters degree in speech pathology from the University of Denver, and both a Masters in psychology and a Ph.D. in clinical psychology from San Francisco's School of Professional Psychology.