Lauren Ruhlmann

Lauren Ruhlmann currently serves as the Director of Trauma Services and a Marriage & Family Therapist/Human Trafficking Therapist at The Homestead, a residential recovery program for female survivors of sex trafficking, and has held this position since August 2015. Additionally, Lauren is a Graduate Research Assistant and TRECK Team Research Coordinator at Kansas State University, where responsibilities include manuscript preparation, mixed-method data collection, and data management. Lauren's academic qualifications include a Ph.D. in Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling from Kansas State University, an M.S. in Marriage and Family Therapy from Oklahoma State University, and a B.S. in Human Development and Family Science from Oklahoma State University. Past experiences include research assistant roles, adjunct instruction, clinical internships, conference chair duties, and social work internships, with a focus on therapy, data analysis, and educational program creation.