Dr. Peggy Mitchell Norwood is a clinical psychologist and professor of psychology at the Community College of Aurora. She also teaches at the University of Colorado Denver and Christian Vocational Training School (CVTS), and is an ordained minister/teacher through Global Change Network, USA. Dr. Peg earned her Bachelor’s degree in Psychology from Brown University and her M.Ed. and Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from the University of Virginia.
Prior to her teaching career (which has spanned fifteen years in both Virginia and Colorado), she worked as a psychotherapist in a wide variety of inpatient and outpatient mental health settings, including college counseling centers, a community mental health agency, and a large state psychiatric hospital. Dr. Peg has served as Secretary for the Denver-Rocky Mountain Association of Black Psychologists and was a member of the Colorado State Board of Directors for the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI). She is currently a member of the Board of Overseers for Global Change Network, USA.
Dr. Peg is the host and co-producer of the TV talk show, Perspectives, (KAGE, Channel 54), and the host and producer of the radio broadcast, Living Well with Dr. Peg which airs on 1220 AM in Denver and around the world on the web at www.1220kldc.com live on Fridays at 4 pm Mountain Standard Time.
Originally from New York, Dr. Peg lives in Denver and is the proud mother of twins, Ali and Richard. She enjoys cooking, walking, biking, and swimming, and just completed her sixth triathlon. The author of the book, Do Something Different…For a Change: An Insider’s Guide to What Your Therapist Knows (But May Not Tell You), she is writing the next book in her Do Something Different series and working on another book about the many lessons on life, love, and loss that she learned from her dog, Dallas.
