Assistant Professor
Ph.D. University of Illinois
Area: Clinical

Contact Information

Email: jgone@umich.edu
Psychology Office: 2239 East Hall
Psychology Phone: 734-647-3958

Research and Teaching Interests

My research engages a key dilemma confronting mental health professionals who serve Native American communities, namely how to provide culturally appropriate helping services that avoid the neo-colonial subversion of indigenous thought and practice. In seeking to understand the cultural implications of the clinical encounter in Indian country, I pursue the ethnopsychological investigation of self, identity, personhood, and social relations in American Indian cultural contexts vis-à-vis the conventions and practices of the mental health clinic. Related fields of interest include: cultural psychology, community mental health, psychiatric anthropology, and narrative analysis.

 

Representative Publications

• Gone, J.P. (in press).  A community-based treatment for Native American historical trauma:  Prospects for evidence-based practice.  Journal of Consulting & Clinical Psychology.  89KB PDF
• Gone, J. P. (in press). Psychotherapy and traditional healing for American Indians: Exploring the prospects for therapeutic integration. The Counseling Psychologist. 314KB PDF
• Gone, J. P. (2008). "So I can be like a Whiteman": The cultural psychology of space and place in American Indian mental health. Culture & Psychology, 14(3), 369-399. 162KB PDF
• Gone, J. P., & Alcántara, C. (2007). Identifying effective mental health interventions for American Indians and Alaska Natives: A review of the literature. Cultural Diversity & Ethnic Minority Psychology, 13(4), 356-363. 75KB PDF
• Gone, J. P. (2004). Mental health services for Native Americans in the 21st century United States. Professional Psychology: Research and Practice, 35(1), 10-18. 100KB PDF

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