Laura Tahir graduated from Bennington College and received her Ph.D. from Rutgers University. She is a licensed psychologist. She was trained in psychoanalytic psychotherapy at the Greenwich Institute, New York City. Her practice as a therapist spans 20 years. She has published numerous articles on life-span development, psychotherapy, and the psychology of creativity. Her work has been published in Cosmopolitan, Psychology Today, New Jersey Psychologist, Encyclopedia of Creativity, and various academic journals and books.