This episode, I had the privilege of speaking with Dr. Clayton Brigance, who recently got his PhD in Counseling from the University of Missouri-St. Louis. We talk about his own experience through infertility, as well as the research he has been doing regarding trauma and infertility. A recent study of his showed that 43% (primarily women) had symptoms of PTSD due to reproductive trauma.
Dr. Clayton Brigance, PhD, LPC, is the founder and
clinical director of Shiloh Counseling, LLC, in Ballwin, Missouri (just outside
of St. Louis). Clay’s clinical focus and utmost passion is working with couples,
navigating infertility and reproductive loss. Clay and his wife have had their
own experiences with infertility, which was recently published as a
duoethnography in the Journal of Couple and Relationship Therapy. Clay
has also published several other articles as well on counseling couples going
through infertility and reproductive trauma in some of the top scientific
journals, such as The Family Journal, Contemporary Family Therapy, and Psychological
Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy.
Clay is on the Healthcare Task Force for the Institute
of Reproductive Grief Care in San Diego, California, where he works with
medical doctors, nurses, and other mental health professionals on how to
advocate for couples going through the unique journey of infertility. Clay has
spoken on this special topic across the country to various audiences, including
the American Psychological Association. Clay is currently Level III trained in
Gottman Method Couple Therapy and will soon seek full certification. Clay’s
dissertation was focused on how couples achieve couple satisfaction in their
relationship during infertility from the lens of the Gottman Method. Clay, his
wife, and their two miracle boys live in Ballwin, Missouri (though Clay is
often pining away for his home state of Kentucky).
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