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| Dr. Brennan Peterson |
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| Clinical Experience |
| Since 1999, I have worked as a therapist helping individuals, couples, and families deal with depression, marital distress, infertility, anxiety, grief, parent-child difficulties, sexual addiction, adjustment to divorce, and remarriage.
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| Professional Experience |
| I am an Assistant Professor of Psychology at Chapman University in Orange, California. At Chapman, I work as the Director of Clinical Training for the department's graduate program in Marriage and Family Therapy. I teach courses in Family Therapy, Marital Therapy and Domestic Violence, Family Development over the Lifecycle, and Diversity in Marital and Family Relationships.
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| Scholarly Research |
| I primarily study how the experience of infertility impacts men and women.
I have published my research in peer-reviewed academic
journals including Family Process, Family Relations,
and Fertility and Sterility. In addition, I have presented 3 papers on infertility at the
American Society for Reproductive Medicine's (ASRM) national meetings.
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| Educational Background |
Ph.D. 2003. Virginia Tech. Marriage and Family Therapy.
M.S. 2001. Virginia Tech. Marriage and Family Therapy.
B.S. 1995. Brigham Young University. Psychology.
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| Awards |
| Prize Paper. 2001 Annual Meeting of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM), Mental Health Professional Group (MHPG).
Examining the congruence between couples' infertility-related stress and its relationship to depression and marital adjustment in infertile men and women.
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