Glenna Stumblingbear-Riddle, PhD, is a member of the Kiowa tribe and is a licensed health service psychologist. She serves as the director of behavioral health and outreach coordinator for the Citizen Potawatomi Nation in Shawnee, Oklahoma. Stumblingbear-Riddle strives to help reduce behavioral health disparities among American Indians and Alaska Natives. Her clinical and research interests include American Indian/Alaska Native issues such as historical trauma, social justice and advocacy, post-traumatic stress disorder, mood disorders, self-injury, suicide prevention, strength-based approaches and resilience.
Stumblingbear-Riddle obtained her doctoral degree in counseling psychology at Oklahoma State University, completing a pre-doctoral internship with the Oklahoma Health Consortium and post-doctoral fellowship at the University of Oklahoma's Counseling Center. She also serves as the clinical director for the SAMHSA Native Connections grant and founded Resilient Tribal Roots, PLLC.
Stumblingbear-Riddle is a member of the Society of Indian Psychologists, APA, Oklahoma Psychological Association (OPA), and a recipient of APA's Minority Fellowship Award. Stumblingbear-Riddle was recently appointed to the Oklahoma State Board of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services. Additionally, she is a 2017 member of the Committee on Ethnic Minority Affairs, serves as OPA's diversity chair and has worked as a diversity delegate at APA's Practice Leadership Conference. In 2017, Stumblingbear-Riddle was the recipient of the Award for Outstanding Contribution to Trauma Psychology by an Early Career Psychologist.