Laura K. Kerr, PhD is a scholar and former psychotherapist specialized in sensorimotor psychotherapy. Though her primary focus is trauma and its effects, her interests are varied, with degrees in physics, atmospheric and space science, philosophy, counseling psychology, and the philosophy of education and symbolic systems.

Dr. Kerr has published numerous articles, book chapters, and encyclopedia entries. She is the author of the monograph Dissociation in Late Modern America and a collection of essays, Trauma's Labyrinth. She is currently at work on her next two books: one on the evolution of spirituality and the other on recovery from sexual trauma.

She lives in San Francisco, CA with her husband. When not working on her upcoming books, she gardens, paints, writes poetry, practices yoga, and enjoys nature. Visit her at laurakkerr.com.