Dr. Sally Winston, a licensed psychologist, was born in Montreal and was educated at Cornell University and the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana. She spent 18 years at SheppardPratt Hospital in Baltimore and then, in 1992 cofounded the Anxiety and Stress Disorders Institute of Maryland which specializes in treating phobias, panic, OCD, worry and related disorders . She is the first recipient of the prestigious Jerilyn Ross Award of the ADAA. She gives workshops nationally and internationally and appears frequently in the media. Her teaching style is well known for being free of jargon, compassionate, informed by current scientific evidence and accessible. She maintains a lively psychotherapy practice .