For 20 years, Dr. Horton has practiced as a psychologist in corporate environments and served in Christian ministry providing therapy and professional guidance and conducting empirical research.  

Having been raised in a law enforcement family, she constantly heard the heartbreaking stories of physical and mental abuse by the perpetrators. It was clear to her that these wrongs were committed by broken people whose wounds were a result of a cycle of family mental illness. She felt the need for early intervention was paramount and so began providing pro bono mental health work with adult and juvenile female inmates. Through those (and many other) encounters she has seen how people who seek professional help — and are committed to change — can transform their lives and, in turn, the lives of those close to them.