Susan Deax-Keirns is a marriage and family therapist and Director of behavioral health at Valley Springs Health and Wellness center in Northern California.

She received her Bachelor of Arts in Psychology with a minor in Philosophy from the University of Oklahoma and her Masters in Counseling psychology with a pastoral emphasis from Santa Clara University.

She worked in Campus Ministry at Santa Clara for 9 years, was a stay at home mom for 7 years, and has been working in the mental health field for the past 16 years. She has been married for 27+ years and has three children.

She is Sharron's identical twin sister.