Ingrid Clayton, PhD

Ingrid Clayton, PhD, with a master’s in transpersonal psychology and a PhD in clinical psychology, Dr. Clayton has a holistic approach to psychotherapy, incorporating trauma-informed modalities like Somatic Experiencing, EMDR and other experiential ways of working with the nervous system. As a clinical psychologist in private practice in Los Angeles, California, the author of a memoir on complex trauma and narcissistic abuse: Believing Me, and an upcoming book on the fawn response: Fawning: Why the Need to Please Makes us Lose Ourselves – and How to Find our Way Back (Sept 2025) Dr. Clayton brings years of clinical experience to her conceptualization of the fawn response.

Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Ingrid Clayton maintains a private practice and receives royalties as a published author. She receives a speaking honorarium from PESI, Inc. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Ingrid Clayton has no relevant non-financial relationships.