lori was formally diagnosed with Panic Anxiety Disorder in the early 1990's. It was at this time that she started on a quest to find information about this debilitating disorder. She entered into an intense psychotherapy program for the next seven years. As her memories, about her life with this little known disorder returned, she began to write them down. This book is the result of her capturing what it was like to grow up with this disorder as a child and also capturing what she saw as she watched her children and her grandchildren grow up with Anxiety Disorder.
lori graduated when she was an older adult with a Bachelor's degree in Heath Education. She has a strong nursing background and has done graduate work in the Clinical Social Work field. She applied the skills she learned during her education to learning all she could about panic disorder and its effects on children.
lori joined Dr. Stuart Shipko’s Panic Disorder Institute in the late 90's as his Director of Education. The Panic Disorder Institute uses the Internet to educate people about anxiety disorders and to help them to identify the symptoms associated with it.
lori now lives in the mountains of Wyoming where she continues to help people through the Internet. She also is continuing her research into Panic Anxiety Disorder in children, which is often misdiagnosed. lori is a strong advocate of "Keeping Kids off Drugs." She doesn’t believe that medications should be used in the initial treatment plan for anxious children. She focuses on the early identification of this disorder in children and behavioral training techniques that have proved effective in her own family and for others that she has counseled.