While working full time, she continued her education and progressed in her career within nursing, health, and education. Now she is a Nana for three grand- children, one boy, and two girls. She still enjoys life in Vermont with her husband after more than 50 years together.

Peggy brings over thirty-five years of experience working with young people and their families to share this clear-cut introduction to Dialectical Behavior Therapy DBT. She possesses an extraordinary passion for helping and educating people living with neurodiversity because she sees people in her family, circle of friends, and community who suffer and struggle.

Nurse Darling has helped thousands of students, patients, and their families who held varied psychological diagnoses. Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD), Eating disorders, Generalized anxiety disorder (GAD), Major depressive disorders (MDD), Substance Use Disorder (SUD), Suicidal Ideation, as well as other diagnoses found in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders DSM5. Peggy treasured and learned a lot from all of them. She is indeed qualified to care because of her experience and enthusiasm for helping others, and imparting her knowledge.

Nurse Darling wants to share information that will help people effectively, and that appeals to them. Her writing conveys a sentiment towards neurodiverse individuals as not having medical conditions, rather people who have unique ways of being human. A diagnosis does not mean a person is "crazy" or "unhinged." Simply put, it signifies that something has meddled with one's mental wellbeing.

The Author, Peggy Darling, R.N., M. Ed.

Peggy@DarlingDirect.com