Role

Co-creates TRI trainings in resilience, trauma-informed care, psychological first aid, and skills for psychological recovery

Leads and co-leads Tri trainings and auxiliary Cognitive Processing Therapy trainings for PTSD

Leads virtual learning collaboratives for mental health and other allied providers

Plays a lead role in TRI contract partnerships

Current Grants

2023-2028

Co-Principal Investigator, Targeting Drinking Identity as a Cognitive Mechanism for Preventing and Reducing Hazardous Drinking During Adolescent and Young Adult Developmental Transitions, MPIs: Kristen Lindgren & Clayton Neighbors, R01AA029672, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism

Co-Principal Investigator, Testing the efficacy of a CBT-enhanced text message intervention to reduce symptom burden in individuals with post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms and co-occurring hazardous drinking, MPIs: Kristen Lindgren & Michele Bedard-Gilligan, R01AA028776, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism

Areas of Expertise

• Alcohol and substance use 

• Posttraumatic reactions and PTSD

• Implicit cognition and identity

• Experimental methods

• Clinical trials

Education

Ph.D., University of Washington, Clinical Psychology

M.S., University of Washington, Clinical Psychology

B.S., Brown University, Psychology

Credentials

Licensed Clinical Psychologist, WA State

Diplomate in Behavioral and Cognitive Psychology, American Board of Professional Psychology

Publications

Bedard-Gilligan, M.A., Dworkin, E.R., Kaysen D., Ojalehto, H.J., Stappenbeck, C.A., Lindgren, K.P. (2022). A pilot study on the feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary efficacy of a brief text message intervention for co-occurring alcohol misuse and PTSD symptoms in a community sample. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 91, 102615.

Lindgren, K.P., Neighbors, C., Teachman, B.A., Wiers, R.W., Westgate, E., Greenwald, A.G. (2013).I drink therefore I am: validating alcohol-related implicit association tests. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 27(1), 1.

NIH bibliography | Dr. Kristen Lindgren

Media

Murphy, P. (March 19, 2020). Green Lake. Guest on KUOW’s Seattle Now Podcast.

Interview for UW Medicine’s COVID-19 Re-Entry Anxiety | Right as Rain by UW Medicine

Personal Interests

Reading, swimming, running, hiking, and enjoying time with family and friends