Janet Stauffer is a professor in the MA Marriage and Family Therapy Program, an LMFT in private practice at Fredericksburg Family Therapy & Counseling Center, and an AAMFT Clinical Fellow as well as approved Supervisor and Mentor. She also taught and mentored in the ThD program specifically in the areas of integration of theology and psychology in the study of life between persons — the space where both trauma and transformation may happen. She views therapy through the Contextual Therapy lens which includes attending to the process of dialogue in navigating family loyalty dynamics between and across the generations of the family. She has served in numerous leaderships roles in academia, in communities of faith, and in institutional board governance. In her spare time, she enjoys kayaking, and biking.