“Gold Star Wife” using experience with trauma to help others in Stapleton

STAPLETON, Ala. (WKRG) — A woman who lost her husband in Afghanistan nearly 15 years ago is using her experiences with pain and trauma to help other families and veterans going through the same thing.

Brittany Lawrence is now an intern at a horse therapy facility in Baldwin County, working toward her degree, and helping others with grief.

Lawrence showed WKRG News 5’s Chad Petri how she leads a horse at Equine Therapy Group in Stapleton. She’s a Mental Health Therapist Intern, getting a degree in clinical mental health, struggles she’s had herself…

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