Lauren Mizock, PhD, is Doctoral Faculty in the Clinical Psychology PhD Program at Fielding Graduate University. Dr. Mizock is a licensed clinical psychologist in Massachusetts and California. She is also on the Executive Committee of the Society for the Psychology of Women (Division 35) of the American Psychological Association (APA). She has conducted a number of studies related to psychiatric rehabilitation and recovery, multicultural competence, and mental health practice with transgender individuals, and specializes in these areas of psychotherapy in her private practice. Dr. Mizock publishes widely in peer-reviewed journals and is the author of Researcher Race: Social Constructions in the Research Process.