Culturally Competent Trauma Care in High Conflict Areas With Michael Niconchuk

Oct 18, 2023

Michael Niconchuk, neuroscience researcher and practitioner, discusses culturally competent trauma care in high conflict areas. They explore the shortage of mental health care, tensions between trauma-informed language, and power dynamics in client-caregiver relationships.

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Introduction

00:00 • 2min

Trauma Care and Cultural Competence

02:11 • 20min

The Impact of Colonial Mindset and Trauma on Human Beings

22:03 • 4min

Understanding Behavioral Change and Adaptive Strategies in Trauma Care

25:56 • 3min

Creating a Field Guide for Barefoot Psychology

29:09 • 24min

Expressing gratitude and discussing future collaborations

53:20 • 2min

NARM Senior Trainer Brad Kammer welcomes Michael Niconchuk, a neuroscience researcher, practitioner, and author working at the intersection of forced migration, trauma recovery, and peacebuilding.

Michael and Brad discuss the critical shortage of culturally competent mental health care in conflict areas, using laypeople to close that gap, and addressing power dynamics in the client-caregiver relationship. They also explore tensions between the gatekeeping of trauma-informed language by professionals and its overuse by social media influencers and underskilled providers.

About Michael Niconchuk:

Michael Niconchuk is a researcher and practitioner at the intersection of psychological trauma recovery, migration, and violence prevention. Trained in security studies, international relations, and social cognition, Michael has worked for more than a decade in the Middle East, Central Asia, and the Balkans to support local capacities to offer evidence-based care for persons affected by violent conflict, extremism, and displacement. This includes extensive work on innovative community programs and policy to support the healing and wholeness of folks affected by the Syrian conflict as well as the return and rehabilitation of the families of foreign terrorist fighters in the Middle East. He is the author of The Field Guide for Barefoot Psychology and numerous publications on mental health, identity-based violence, and migration.

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