Trauma-Informed Primary Care – Concrete Steps to Make It Happen

Karen Johnson is a licensed clinical social worker specializing in leadership and staff development, complex system change, individual and organizational resilience, trauma, trauma-informed approaches. She has expertise in leading national, state and regional learning communities promoting a culture of trauma-informed and resilient-oriented principles and practices across a variety of systems of care. She is certified in Dr. Brené Brown’s Dare to lead leadership training program. She is also trained in Dr. Bruce Perry’s Neurosequential Model of Therapeutic with expertise in organizational change management, out-of-home care, child welfare, transition age youth, Wraparound services, community- and school-based mental health.

Laura Leone, DSW, MSSW, LMSW, has worked in the behavioral health field for more than 20 years, She has provided training and consultation on integrated care, mental health, substance use, suicide prevention, evidence-based practices, value-based payment readiness and other behavioral health topic areas. She has extensive experience in bidirectional integration, engaging primary care in mental health partnerships and in specific clinical treatment modalities. Leone has published and presented nationally and has held leadership, clinical, administrative, supervisory, research and publication positions at a Federally Qualified Health Center; in private practice; at an in-patient psychiatric hospital; and at McLean Hospital’s OCD Institute.