Dr. Edens began her career as a psychology faculty member at a small private university. Her interest in adolescents and families lead her to join a group of passionate parents and advisors, with whom she developed and opened a recovery high school in Houston, Archway Academy. She has consulted with several alternative peer group (APG) programs and is the current president of Cornerstone Recovery, Inc. By coupling her professional education and experience with her personal encounters with substance abusing individuals, she developed keen insight into the relationship between personal behavioral choices, destructive behavior, and resistance to change. She has been in long-term recovery from codependency for twenty years. She has provided innovative and effective approaches to emotional healing in families, individuals, and couples. Her work with families whose adolescents abuse substances has earned wide acceptance in the academic, professional, and recovery communities.