Jo Ann Bennett graduated Cum Laude from Iona College after receiving her Psychology degree from Dowling College in Oakdale, New York. Her Post-Graduate Study includes work at the Option Institute in Sheffield, Massachusetts studying The Option Dialogue Process of non-directive therapy. In addition to her work in private practice, she has worked at Pilgrim State Hospital in East Islip, New York and additionally at the world-renowned Childhelp U.S.A. facility in Wickenburg, Arizona. She possesses a thorough working knowledge and personal experience of the impact of addiction and substance abuse on the family and the young adult and integrates this into her therapy. Jo Ann is also a Level 1, EGALA certified, equine therapist.