Kirsten K. Havig

Kirsten Havig, LCSW, PhD has dedicated her career to building knowledge about and confronting all forms of violence against women. She has worked in family court and forensic settings with children and families impacted by violence. She served as a Clinical Instructor at the University of Missouri, Assistant Professor with the University of Oklahoma School of Social Work and Associate Professor of Social Work at the University of Wyoming. She also spent two years as a visiting researcher with the University of Illinois Children and Family Research Center. Her research has been focused on human trafficking in rural and frontier settings, simulation training for child welfare professionals, program evaluation, and trauma-informed practice. She is currently working as a therapist in private practice with an emphasis on the treatment of trauma rooted in interpersonal and family violence as well as vicarious trauma impacting first responders and mental health providers.