Dr. Carlson earned her doctoral degree in counseling psychology in 2007 from University of St. Thomas. She earned her master's degree in community counseling with an emphasis in marriage and family therapy in 1999.

She has also been intensively trained in individual, marital/couples, family and group psychotherapy for adults, adolescents, and children. She has worked in multiple settings, including residential, day-treatment, in-home, outpatient clinics, hospitals, and schools where she has pro