Having spent the first ten years of her life in Israel, Vered then spent the rest of her childhood in Kansas City before moving to New York for eight years. Her scholarly interests include exploring the healing power of Jewish folklore through City University of New York's doctoral program in Clinical Psychology. Specializing in Clinical Health Psychology, she is currently a fellow at the Chicago Center for Family Health. She has trained extensively in Jon Kabat-Zinn's Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) at University of Massachusetts' Center for Mindfulness and is currently conducting research in MBSR and its effect on couples dealing with a diagnosis of MS. Vered is founder and president of MBSRChicago.