Laura Brown, founder of the Fremont Community Therapy Project, will give the 20th annual Andrea Carson Coley Lecture April 18 at 12:30 p.m. in the M. Smith Griffith Auditorium of the Georgia Museum of Art. The lecture, “With Power Tools: Lesbian Feminists Approach Legal Marriage,” is open free to the public. It will be preceded at 11:30 a.m. by a reception honoring the Coley family.
In addition to serving as director of the low-fee psychotherapy training clinic in Seattle, Brown is a clinical and forensic psychologist in independent practice. A writer and speaker on feminist therapy theory and practice, she offers workshops and trainings to professionals and the public on such topics as trauma treatment, cultural competence, psychological assessment and ethics.