Sonya Norman, Ph.D.

Presentation Title: Moral Distress in Our Workforce: What Can We do for Ourselves and our Colleagues

SONYA NORMAN, PhD is a Professor of Psychiatry at the University of California San Diego School of Medicine and the director of the PTSD Consultation Program for the National Center for PTSD. She is a researcher in the treatment of PTSD and addictions, applications of Prolonged Exposure therapy, and novel treatments to address moral injury, trauma-related guilt and shame. She previously directed the PTSD treatment program for Veterans who served in Iraq and Afghanistan. Dr. Norman has grants funded by VA, DoD, and NIH and has over 250 publications. She is an elected board member of the International Society of Traumatic Stress. Dr. Norman received her PhD from Stanford University.