Clinical Psychologist
Home Base Program- a Massachusetts General Hospital and Red Sox Foundation Program
Dr. Lauren Brenner is a licensed clinical psychologist, with expertise in the field of trauma and stressor-related disorders. She received her BS from the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign, and MS and PhD in Clinical Psychology at Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science in Chicago. Dr. Brenner conducted clinical training at the University of Chicago, Edward J Hines VAMC, James Lovell Federal Health Care Center, and an intensive DBT program. She completed her predoctoral internship at VA Boston Healthcare System, with a focus in cooccurring substance use and traumatic stress disorders, with additional training in General Mental Health and Urgent Care. Dr. Brenner attained fellowship training at the Home Base Program, where she now serves as a staff psychologist working with military service members and veterans, with expertise in the Special Operations Forces (SOF) community. Her research focuses on establishing best practices for psychological evaluation and treatment of SOF service members and veterans. Dr. Brenner is an Instructor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and is a credentialed Certified Brain Injury Specialist through the Brain Injury Association of America.