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Brehony has appeared as both guest and host on numerous radio and television programs; produced and hosted many Public Broadcasting specials; and served as Executive Producer and on-air talent for a bimonthly regional talk show – All About Women. She was the Director of Marketing and, later, President of The Media Works, an independent video and film production company where she served as Executive Producer, head writer, and frequently on-air talent, for more than one hundred video and film scripts for industry, training, and broadcast.

Brehony currently serves as a regular guest host and guest expert for a daily radio program on a regional NPR station and as co-host (with Cathy Lewis) of the weekly radio talk show The Art of Living: Conversations About the Heart and Soul of Modern Life. Negotiations are underway to bring this half-hour talk format show to national syndication. She is also the head writer, producer, and host of the short-form radio program HeartWaves that airs on more than 100 stations across the country and a syndicated columnist with her weekly piece called Your Personal Coach.

A licensed clinical psychologist and Jungian-oriented psychotherapist, Brehony has been in private practice for the past twenty-two years. She holds a Ph.D. and M.S. in clinical psychology from Virginia Tech and a B.A. in Sociology from Catholic University in Washington, D.C. She completed her residency at the University of Mississippi Medical Center where she served as Chief Resident.

In addition to her popular books, Brehony co-edited (with Lee Frederiksen and Laura Solomon) a well-respected behavioral medicine book that is considered a classic in the study of the application of marketing strategies to health-related behaviors. Marketing HealthBehavior (Plenum, 1984) continues to be widely used in university-based public health and psychology programs. Boston Marriages(The University of Massachusetts Press, 1993), co-edited with Esther Rothblum, was nominated for an American Library Association Award and is a staple of Woman's Studies Programs throughout the world.

Brehony is listed in Outstanding Young Women of America and The National Registry of Who's Who – Life Member.She is the recipient of two Golden Quill Awards for Non-Fiction Writing (1997, 1998) and the Winner of Visions Magazine "Excellence in Writing" Award for Non-Fiction in 1999. Brehony was selected and served as the Writer In Residence for Old Dominion University for Spring semester 2001. She has taught at the university level and is a sought-after speaker having conducted hundreds of professional workshops, keynotes, seminars, and training programs.