This 90-minute listening session is for members of Native communities of Oregon. Hosted by the Northwest MHTTC and the National American Indian and Alaska Native MHTTC.
The Northwest Mental Health Technology Transfer Center humbly seeks to develop a deeper understanding and connection with the numerous Native communities, leaders and governments in our Region.
We are collaborating with the National American Indian and Alaska Native MHTTC in holding listening sessions for each of the 4 States in Region 10, including partnering with Native consultants who have offered to host these events.
Through these listening sessions, we hope to:
Please also feel free to pass this on to anyone who may be interested in participating. We know you are extremely busy, and if you cannot attend nor send a representative, we’d still much appreciate hearing from you and finding ways to collaborate. Please email [email protected] and someone from our team will get back to you.
Thank you and we look forward to connecting with you.
Since 1974, Dr. Tomlin has been in the addictions and mental health treatment and prevention field as a counselor, administrator, educator, and consultant. Now semi-retired, Dr. Tomlin is committed to sharing her experiences and knowledge within Native American/Alaska (NA/AI) communities. Her career has focused on the development of supervision and training practices to support the professional development of evidenced based practices. One of those best practices is the teaching, and supervision of Motivational Interviewing. She is a member of the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe, where her mother was raised. On her father’s side, she is Irish American from county Mayo in Ireland. Her family has many roots in the Pacific Northwest, with relatives from the southern Willamette Valley to Seattle.