Joan Beckett, is a licensed mental health counselor with a private practice in North Kingstown, RI, and, along with Dr. Andrew Hahn, is the principal of the Life Centered Therapy Institute and teaches the Life Centered Training Program to students internationally. She has a B.S.Ch.E. in chemical engineering from Tufts University, an M.B.A. from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and an M.A. in holistic counseling and a certificate of advanced graduate study in mental health from Salve Regina University. She is the former controller of the Worldwide Engineering Division of Pfizer.