Dorothy C. Buck has an MA in Pastoral Counseling from Emmanuel College in Boston, Massachusetts. After completing her Ph.D. in Religion and Literature at Boston University she did a three year post-graduate clinical training program at the Boston Institute for Psychotherapy in Long-term Psychodynamic Psychotherapy. She has been a Licensed Mental Health Counselor for more than 30 years. She currently has an online private practice focusing on psycho-spiritual work.