After graduating from Emory University in Atlanta, Dr. Ferrell attended medical school at Ohio University College of Osteopathic Medicine. She completed a four year Psychiatry residency training at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston where she served as the administrative co-chief resident as well as the chief resident of the Baylor Psychiatry Clinic.

Dr. Ferrell is board certified for the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology.

Her interests include psychodynamic psychotherapy, group therapy, anxiety, depression, palliative care and trauma related illnesses. She is also trained in reproductive mental health, a specialty focused on psychiatric conditions associated with key stages of the reproductive life cycle, including menstruation, pregnancy, infertility, and menopause.