Featured Psychologist
John Gonzalez, PhD, is a member of the White Earth Anishinaabe Nation and an associate professor of psychology at Bemidji State University. He received his doctorate in clinical psychology from the University of North Dakota.
Gonzalez’s professional interests are in cultural psychology, multicultural psychology and community psychology, which are guided by his life experiences of growing up on the reservation He strives to bring his life experience into the classroom and give back to the community.
Gonzalez’s research interests include development of culturally grounded preventative programs that focuses on resiliency processes and behavioral health services for Native communities and youth. This centers on multicultural practice to investigate adaptive responses to trauma, including cultural and intergenerational trauma. Previously, his research involved collaborations and community partnerships on a participatory research project, in which he tested a culturally based prevention program that promotes reasons for living and sobriety among youth in Alaska Native rural villages. Currently, he is investigating and documenting the developmental pathways to sobriety and reasons for life in Ojibwe Anishinaabe communities. He hopes to use this knowledge to collaborate with communities to design a culturally based prevention program that addresses the issues of substance use and suicide at the community, family and individual level.
References
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