The After the Fire USA Wildfire Leadership Summit
September 20-22, 2022 in Sonoma, CA
KEYNOTE: "Rising from the ashes: healing the wounds of disaster and managing climate grief" SPEAKER: Adrienne Heinz, Ph.D., Research Scientist National Center for PTSD, Palo Alto VA Healthcare System and Stanford University
https://www.ptsd.va.gov
www.dradrienneheinz.com
About Dr. Adrienne Heinz
Dr. Heinz delivers a keynote speech that focuses on the kinds of trauma and stress that we face after a disaster, and how to address it. Post-disaster stress is uniquely related to the trauma we face while living through changing climatic conditions on our planet. This imparts stress on our daily lives. Dr. Heinz recommends ways to heal our wounds from disaster events and stay mentally healthy through the different stressors that push down on us as individuals and in our communities.
Find out more about the novel ways Dr. Heinz is changing the conversation in this keynote speech focused on mental health and overcoming trauma.
Selected biography:
In addition to her private practice, Dr. Heinz is a research scientist at the National Center for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder at the Palo Alto VA Health Care System and Stanford University School of Medicine. Within this organization, she conducts research trials to improve treatments for PTSD, disaster, and addiction, develops mobile mental health apps, and facilitates the implementation of mobile health technology into VA care nationwide. Dr. Heinz also works as a consultant advising on mental health strategy in the workplace.
She currently serves as Vice President of the Redwood Psychological Association and is striving to increase awareness of the intersection of climate change and mental health in California.
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