After 6+ years of hard work, headaches, self-doubt and sacrifice (mostly on my part) Beth successfully defend her doctoral thesis today.

When Beth had just started to consider going back to school seven years ago, she knew it would take a lot of time and effort. And even with that realistic perspective, she almost ran out of steam before accomplishing her goal. By the time her coarse [sic] work officially ended and she began her internship with the Manhattan VA, Beth was well ahead of the curve but burning herself out in compiling her research and processing the data. Working nights and weekends on her dissertation — all the while working full-time — she managed to get her thesis done and copies of its 100+ pages to her review board this month. That same review board (after a severe paddling) granted her passage into the realm of doctor-hood today. Beth Manning, Doctor of Philosophy in Clinical Psychology (that's a PhD, baby). Congratulations, Beth!