Dr. O’Fallon has been in private practice for over thirty years.  Her doctorate specialized in marriage and family therapy.  She has also taught at Stanford, The University of California at San Diego, and The University of San Diego.  Her pre-doctoral internship was at the County of San Diego in Child Protective Services with the Child Sexual Abuse Treatment Program where she taught incest families psychoeducational tools for recovery, led therapy groups and did individual therapy with perpetrators, non-offending spouses, victims, and their siblings.  

Dr. O'Fallon did her post-doctoral work at Rancho Pacifica Health Center, and became certified by Pia Mellody, RN (Facing Codependence, Facing Love Addiction, etc.) in Post-Induction Therapy.  Other advanced training included sexual therapy certification with David Schnarch, Ph.D., EMDR, coaching, poetry therapy, transpersonal therapy, brain gymnastics, EFT, hypnotherapy, the quick pulse technique, and most recently Brainspotting. She has chaired dissertation committees and supervised post-doctoral interns.

With an office in Carlsbad, CA and on teleheath, Dr. O'Fallon treats adult individuals, couples, and families with symptoms such as depression, anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder, relationship issues, parenting issues, grief recovery, sexual therapy, addictions, and life transitions. 

Dr. O’Fallon has published self-help articles in newspapers and magazines, as well as  fiction/poetry in literary journals, magazines, anthologies, and poetry collections.