Vicki Loyer (Carlson) PH.D., LMFT, is an AAMFT Approved Supervisor and current past-president of AzAMFT. She is the CEO/President of Blue Door Psychotherapy Associates, a clinical partner at the University of Arizona Department of Psychiatry, and a Subject Matter Expert and Instructor for Graduate Studies at Grand Canyon University. Additionally, she has a private practice in Tucson. She is a regular contributing author to the House Calls section of the Desert Leaf, co-author of books on premarital relationships, youth at risk and has been publishing and speaking in the area of self-injury and Mental Illness and Addiction and Family Therapy.