Lawrion Anderson

Lawrion Anderson is a rising third-year doctoral student in counseling psychology at Iowa State University. She earned her bachelor of arts in psychology and religion at Lincoln University of Pennsylvania. Anderson has served as a psychologist in training counseling undergraduates within a university counseling center setting. She has also served as a teaching assistant for many undergraduate psychology courses, enjoys supporting and assisting others, and providing the best service to clients. Her research focus is relationship quality, Trauma Focused Therapy, and protective factors when adverse childhood experiences are present. As an African American woman and first-generation college student, Anderson aspires to become a licensed psychologist providing trauma-informed care in marginalized communities to help reduce the stigma of seeking mental health care and increase access for people who have been traditionally underserved.