Briana Goff

Briana S. Nelson Goff, PhD, LCMFT, is a professor in the School of Human Sciences, College of Health and Human Sciences at Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas. Dr. Nelson Goff's clinical experience and research focus on primary and secondary traumatic stress symptoms in couples and families. From 2009 to 2017, she served as the founder and director of the Institute for the Health and Security of Military Families at Kansas State University. Dr. Goff has received numerous awards for her work with service members, veterans and their families. During her 30 year career, Dr. Nelson Goff worked with hundreds of people through her research and clinical work. Each one impacted her work, teaching her about resilience, hope, and healing from trauma, which led to authoring her first book, Bulletproof Vows: Stories of Couples Navigating Military Deployments and Life's Battles (January 2023, New Degree Press; available on Amazon). Dr. Nelson Goff maintains a small trauma-focused private practice with Andrews and Associates in Manhattan, Kansas, where she integrates Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) therapy and Neurofeedback to support clients in their healing journey.