Winkelman has a Master's degree in Psychology and Expressive Arts, as well as training in Art Therapy and is Nationally Board Certified as a Psychodramatist, Sociometrist and Group Psychotherapist. Satya, a Communication and Effectiveness Trainer and Consultant for Fortune 500 corporations, schools, churches and businesses in the USA, Canada and Europe has designed and facilitated hundreds of Wise Women Retreats, has been a Staff Trainer and Program Director for Kripalu Holistic Health Center in Lenox, Massachusetts, and was Staff Trainer and Director of Psychodrama at Sarasota Palms Psychiatric Hospital in Sarasota, Florida. Winkelman was the Creator and Director of PERSONAL GROWTH THEATRE, an Improv troupe of professional mental health workers teaching communication and relationship skills, and was the host of a live TV talk show, Mental Health Matters. The author continues to teach communication for couples and facilitate women's personal growth groups. Satya, the mother of two adult sons, is also a ceramic artist who works and plays in Sarasota, Florida.