Photo-psychotherapy. I got my first digital camera more than 20 years ago. As one of the first psychologists in the US working with Hoarding Disorder, I needed to document the process of decluttering work in my clients’ homes and offices. Those photos also proved useful, long before the TV hoarding shows, for training my staff and colleagues and for advocating for the recognition of Hoarding Disorder as diagnosis – which later was finally achieved in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM 5) in May 2013. I still take photos for therapeutic and training purposes.

Photo-activism. For a while I was a member of Texas Documentary Photographers and began to see how images can help people see things differently. My first photo to be accepted for an exhibit was for the Heart Gallery of Texas, a project that connects kids up for adoption with their parents-to-be. I still enjoy making portraits, but I especially like to document events, things that seem worthy of note, whether a birthday party, a school play rehearsal, or a political event.

Photo-fiction. When I moved to Austin in 2007 I started exploring photography as an art form. My most creative effort to date is a little “documentary fumetti” (a comic book story but with photos instead of drawings). I’m quite pleased with it, so let me know what you think!

People and places. I love taking photos of people doing things, especially when they’re enjoying themselves. I’m also intrigued by places I’m living in or traveling through. I take their photos to get to know them. I guess that's true of all subjects. I get to pour over them, for hours at a time while photo editing. It wouldn't be polite to stare that long at people in person.