Making clinical and other settings more welcoming to those with a history of trauma is the focus of this 2-hour webinar. Offered in collaboration with Dr. Lonnie Nelson, Partnerships for Native Health, WSU.
Dr. Nelson will provide a discussion of the effects of trauma on the perception of common clinical and legal settings and practices, as well as how to make these environments and processes feel safer and more welcoming to individuals with a history of trauma.
Dr. Lonnie Nelson (descendant of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians) earned his PhD in Clinical Psychology from the University of Arizona and completed a postdoctoral fellowship in Rehabilitation Psychology at University of Washington's Harborview Medical Center. In 2012, he returned to the field of Native health disparities through the Patient Centered Outcomes Research Career Development Award (K12) at the University of Washington School of Public Health. Dr. Nelson joined the Washington State University College of Nursing in 2015. His work aims to address health disparities experienced by American Indian and Alaska Native communities through multiple avenues. His current research interests focus on the elimination of health disparities in urban dwelling and other Native populations through the application of culturally adapted evidence-based interventions and other patient centered approaches to changing health behaviors, such as indigenized motivational interviewing and harm reduction treatments. Outside of work, he enjoys making and using traditional Native archery gear and spending time with his 7-year-old daughter, Amelia.
