About
Dr. Gene Hightower is a licensed clinical Psychologist who has spent most of his professional career serving vulnerable populations. He is American Indian and is descendant from the Choctaw, Cherokee, and Creek tribes. Dr. Hightower is a member of the Society of Indian Psychologists and serves as the spokesperson of their Good Relatives Initiative. He is a past Director of Clinical Services at the Native American Health Services Oakland. Dr. Hightower has taught Native American Psychology at UC Berkeley and Stanford. He published a book on Counseling Native American Indians in 2019 and is editor of a textbook on Native American Indian Psychosocial Identity. His undergraduate education in Social Relations was at Harvard, he completed a Masters in Community Mental Health at UC Berkeley, a doctorate in Social Clinical Psychology at the Wright Institute, a clinical internship in community psychology at UCSF, and was a postdoctoral fellow in personality development at UC Berkeley. Outside of work, Dr.
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| Qualifications: | Uc Berkeley Department Of Psychology |
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| Academic Suffixes: | PhD |
| Expertise: | Anxiety, Bipolar Disorder, Depression, Life Transitions, Marital and Premarital, Trauma and PTSD |
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