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Dr. Jessica Gladden has a Ph.D. in Social Work from Michigan State University and an M.S.W. from Grand Valley State University. She earned her B.A. from Cornerstone University with a major in music. Dr. Gladden has a variety of clinical experience in private practice with Fountain Hill Center for Counseling and Consultation, teaching trauma informed yoga at Grand Rapids Healing Yoga, founder and executive director of Thrive: A Refugee Support Program and as a therapist at the YWCA and several other agencies.

Dr. Gladden has multiple publications and multiple presentations on a wide variety of topics. She is certified in trauma sensitive yoga and as a clinical trauma professional. Her current research interests are in the areas of refugee coping skills, teaching trauma content in higher education while minimizing adverse consequences for Â鶹´«Ã½s, and the use of somatic interventions such as yoga in clinical treatment.