Dr. Provencal earned her undergraduate degree in neuroscience from the University of Rochester, and her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology with a specialty in neuropsychology from the University of Utah. Following a one-year internship at the Oregon Health Sciences University/Doerenbecher Children's Hospital, she returned to Utah for post-doctoral research and training with Erin Bigler, Ph.D. from Brigham Young University/University of Utah's Autism Research Project. She accepted an opportunity to complete post-graduate training at Rhode Island Hospital through the clinical neuropsychology program at Brown University.