Claire is a third-year doctoral student in clinical psychology at the Graduate Institute of Professional Psychology at the University of Hartford. She was born and raised in Key West, Florida and received her B.A. in Psychology from Wheaton College in Massachusetts. Prior to graduate school, Claire worked at two residential programs in the greater Boston area, both focusing on care towards adolescents and emerging adults with social, emotional, and behavioral difficulties that had extensive trauma histories and diagnoses such as borderline personality disorder. This past year, she worked as a clinical intern at a college counseling center and worked with counseling concerns such as depression, anxiety, academic concerns, relationship/interpersonal difficulties, gender-identity exploration, domestically violent relationships, trauma, anger management concerns, and life stressors. In her free time, Claire enjoys doing yoga, baking, exploring the outdoors, and spending time with family and friends.