Dr. Sonja Bethune holds an M.Ed. in Counseling from Wichita State University and a Psy.D. in Clinical Psychology with an emphasis in Health Psychology from Alliant International University, previously known as California School of Professional Psychology. She has also earned her MBA in Social Media Marketing from Southern New Hampshire University. Dr. Bethune is a licensed Clinical Psychologist in California; however, she lives in her hometown of Wichita, KS. She has acquired over 24 years of experience working in various settings related to the field of psychology: high schools, intensive outpatient clinics, hospitals, colleges, community-based treatment centers, in-home treatment, adolescent group homes, and residential treatment centers. For the past several years, she has been teaching both undergraduate and graduate-level courses in subjects pertaining to psychology for various online institutions. Key occupational accomplishments include being the Director of Assessment and Referral for a few psychiatric hospitals in Southern California in which she effectively supervised crises with patients as well as administered psychiatric assessments to the chronically mentally ill population. She also worked for a clinical trials company that focused on developing new psychotropic medications for various mental disorders. Furthermore, she has provided online cognitive behavioral therapy to adults who present with relationship issues, depression, and anxiety. She has demonstrated her passion for teaching through various scholastic accomplishments in which she co-authored a book that focuses on teaching strategies for online instructors. She also co-authored and published a journal article that centers on implicit bias within the online classroom.