Indigenous Perspectives: Historical Trauma | Conference Highlight 2021

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In this conference highlight, Dr. Sylvia Lindinger-Sternart covers historical trauma and its manifestations when working with indigenous populations. This clip is taken from the presentation “Indigenous Perspectives related to Addiction, Treatment, and Recovery ”.
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Sylvia Lindinger-Sternart, Ph.D., LCPC, CRC, has earned her doctorate in Counselor Education & Supervision and serves as a core faculty for the M.S Clinical Mental Health Counseling Program at the University of Providence (UP). In the past few years, she focused in her clinical work on “Historical Trauma and Enhancement of Resilience in Native Americans”.
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This material is based upon work that is supported by the National Institute of Food and Agriculture, U.S. Department of Agriculture, under award number 1 H79 TI083272-01.