Dr Kami L. Schwerdtfeger, Ph.D., LMFT is an Assistant Professor of Marriage and Family Therapy in the Department of Human Development and Family Science at Oklahoma State University in Stillwater, Oklahoma, USA. She earned her master's degree in marriage and family therapy from Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, USA and her doctorate from Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas, USA. Dr. Schwerdtfeger's current research activities pertain to the effects of trauma on the transition to parenthood and the couple relationship.