Dr. Gail R. Karafin is a licensed and school certified psychologist with graduate degrees from Temple University. She is in independent practice in Doylestown Pennsylvania in addition to serving in a Bucks County school district. Her mission is to practice evidenced-based psychology to promote one’s strengths that enable individuals to thrive. It is founded on the belief that people seek to lead meaningful and fulfilling lives, to cultivate what is best within them, and to understand and enhance their experiences. Our lives are a series of experiences from which we grow and learn. We learn to identify and appreciate our unique qualities, and we learn to develop resilience in the face of adversity. Counseling and therapy seeks to nurture one's spirit and to put one's life journey on a meaningful path. It is not merely directed to treat mental illness, but to make one's normal life more fulfilling.