Gabriela Zapata-Alma

Selected publications and keynote presentations: 

• Co-Author and Editor: Wynecoop-Abrahamson, V.; Brandow, JS.; Lyon, AJ.; & Zapata-Alma, G. (in press, est. 2025). A Wildflower Path: Healing in Hard Times. Mind-body-spirit practices for reclaiming wholeness beyond trauma. The National Center on Domestic Violence, Trauma, and Mental Health.
• Keynote Panel: “40 Years Working with IPV Survivors: Where Do We Go From Here?” Institute on Violence, Abuse, and Trauma Across the Lifespan’s 30th Annual San Diego Conference, 08/2025.
• Lead Author and Editor: Zapata-Alma, G., & Wilson, J. (2025). Substance Use Coercion ECHO® Toolkit: An Evidence-Supported Capacity Building Curriculum. National Center on Domestic Violence, Trauma, and Mental Health, Addiction Technology Transfer Centers - Network Coordinating Office and Region 8 Mountain Plains, and Violence Free Colorado.
• Lead Author and Editor: Zapata-Alma, G., Love, C., & Feeney, K. (2024). Monitoring For Accessibility: Ensuring Equitable Access For Survivors With Mental Health and Substance Use Experiences in FVPSA-Funded Services, A
• Brief Guide for FVPSA State Administrators. National Center on Domestic Violence, Trauma, and Mental Health, and Capacity Building Consortium.
• Lead Author and Editor:  Zapata-Alma, G., Love, C., & Feeney, K. (2024). Monitoring For Accessibility: Ensuring Equitable Access For Survivors With Mental Health and Substance Use Experiences in FVPSA-Funded Services:
• Monitoring Criteria and Tool. National Center on Domestic Violence, Trauma, and Mental Health, and Capacity Building Consortium.
• Lead Author and Editor: Zapata-Alma, G., Love, C., & Feeney, K. (2024). Monitoring For Accessibility: Ensuring Equitable Access For Survivors With Mental Health and Substance Use Experiences in FVPSA-Funded Services:
• FVPSA Requirements Quick Reference Tool.
• Keynote and Workshop Presenter: National Indigenous Women’s Resource Center’s Specialty Institute, Enhancing Indigenous Advocacy for Survivors of IPV Impacted by Trauma, Mental Health, and Substance Use, 08/2024
• Expert Panelist: US DHHS SAMHSA Technical Expert Panel Meeting on Gender-Based Violence, Behavioral Health, and Recovery Supports, “Re-Imagining Behavioral Health Responses for Survivors of GBV to Achieve Health Equity,” 07/2024
• Keynote and Plenary Presenter: “Rivers Running to the Ocean: Domestic Violence, Sexual Violence, Trauma, Mental Health, and Substance Use” “Supporting Survivors' Safety and Choice Within Substance Use” “Fearless Empathy in Action: Responding to Suicidality” and “Linking Arms, Linking Hearts: Weaving Webs of Care and Healing,” Guam Coalition Against Sexual Assault and Domestic and Family Violence, 07/2024
• Keynote: “Pathways to Prevention: Holistic community-centered practices; intersection of substance misuse and trauma” Northeast Vermont Prevention Consortium, 06/2024
• Keynote: “Apoyo a las Personas Sobrevivientes que Experimentan Trauma, Problemas de Salud Mental, o Crisis” Conexión y Bienestar, Esperanza United & Futures Without Violence, 06/2024
• Co-Author: Phillips, H., Warshaw, C., & Zapata-Alma, G. (2024). New Research Findings Highlight the Impact of Intimate Partner Violence on Maternal Mental Health. National Center on Domestic Violence, Trauma, and Mental Health.
• Lead Author: Zapata-Alma, G., & Warshaw, C. (Jan. 2024). Beyond Trauma-Informed: A Simple Tool to Support Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence. ATTC Messenger, Addiction Technology Transfer Center – Network Coordinating Office.   
• Lead Author and Editor: Zapata-Alma, G., & Wilson, J. (2023). Intimate Partner Violence Curriculum Infusion Package. Behavioral Health Excellence Technical Assistance Center & National Center on Domestic Violence, Trauma, and Mental Health.
• Field Reviewer: Wolf, J., Fortuna, L.R., Gomez-Luna, S., Morgan, T., & Solopow, S. (2023). Chapter 16: Integrating Trauma-Sensitive Practices, Culturally Humble Care, and Social Determinants of Health. In Waller, R.C., & Boyle, M.P. (Eds.), The ASAM Criteria 4th Ed.: Treatment criteria for addictive, substance-related, and co-occurring conditions (pp. 395- 426). Hazelden Publishing.
• Co-Author and Editor: Jeong, S., & Zapata-Alma, G.A. (2023). Expanding Bystander Intervention Training to Address Domestic Violence, Opioid Overdose, and Hate-Motivated Violence: A Brief Guide. National Center on Domestic Violence, Trauma, and Mental Health.
• Author: Zapata-Alma, G. (2023). Advocating at Complex Intersections: Domestic Violence, Substance Use Coercion, and Child Protective Services. National Center on Domestic Violence, Trauma, and Mental Health.
• Author: Zapata-Alma, G. (2022). Working at the Intersections of Substance Use and Intimate Partner Violence: What Every Provider Needs to Know. Great Lakes Mental Health Technology Transfer Center & National Center on Domestic Violence, Trauma, and Mental Health.
• Keynote: “Beyond the Medical Model: Collaborative and Community-Based Approaches Supporting Inclusion” Statewide Summit Working with Survivors at the Intersection of Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault, and Substance Use, Alaska Network on Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault & Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium, 09/2022
• Keynote: “Beyond a Medical Model: Honoring Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion” Wellness Through Equity and Healing-Centered Engagement, Midwest Conference on Problem Gambling and Substance, 06/2022
• Keynote: “Becoming Accessible, Culturally Responsive, and Trauma-Informed: An Integrated Framework for Supporting Multigenerational Well-Being” Annual Symposium for Infant Early Childhood Mental Health Consultants, Mental Health Consultation in Illinois, 05/2022
• Keynote: “Complex Intersections Survivor-Led Solutions” Walking the Path: Intersections of Domestic Violence, Mental Health, and Substance Use, Central Coast Family Violence Prevention Initiative, 05/2022
• Author: Zapata-Alma, G. (2022). Faith and Spirituality in Trauma Resilience, Recovery, and Healing: A Guide for Domestic Violence and Sexual Violence Advocates. National Center on Domestic Violence, Trauma and Mental Health.
• Keynote and Panelist: “Beyond a Medical Model: Weaving Pathways in Healing” Wellness through Equity and Healing-Centered Engagement: Reflections on Organizational and Self-Transformation in Advocacy and Behavioral Healthcare, Alaska Network on Domestic Violence & Sexual Assault and Alaska Native Tribal
• Health Consortium, 12/2021
• Expert Panelist: US DHHS ASPE, Federal Technical Expert Convening on Creating Pathways to Recovery for Parents who use Substances, 09/2021
• Author: Zapata-Alma, G. (2021). 7 Common Practices in Substance Use Disorder Care That Can Hurt Survivors and What You Can Do Instead. National Center on Domestic Violence, Trauma & Mental Health.
• Author: Zapata-Alma, G. (2021). Substance Use Coercion Palm Card. National Center on Domestic Violence, Trauma & Mental Health.
• Co-Author: Warshaw, C. & Zapata-Alma, G. (2020). Mental Health Treatment in the Context of Intimate Partner Violence. In (R. Geffner, J.W. White, K. Hamberger, A. Rosenbaum, V. Vaughan-Eden, V. I. Vieth, Eds; J. Langhinrichsen-Rohling, G. Tinney, S.M. Wagers, L. K. Hamberger, A. Rosenbaum Section Eds.). Handbook of Interpersonal Violence Across the Lifespan: A Project of the National Partnership to End Interpersonal Violence Across the Lifespan (NPEIV). New York: Springer International Publishing.
• Author: Zapata-Alma, G. (2020). Committed to Serving ALL Survivors: Guidance for Domestic Violence Programs on Supporting Survivors Who Use Substances. National Center on Domestic Violence, Trauma & Mental Health.
• Co-Author: Cave, C. & Zapata-Alma, G. (2020). Tools for Transformation: Becoming Accessible, Culturally Responsive, and Trauma-Informed (ACRTI) Organizations – Implementation Support Guide for Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Programs - Guide #1: The Social, Emotional, and Relational Climate and Organizational Trauma. National Center on Domestic Violence, Trauma & Mental Health.
• Plenary: “Improving Care for Survivors of Trauma and Intimate Partner Violence”  13th Annual Community-Service Learning Conference, University of Texas Health San Antonio, 02/2020
• Keynote: “Recovery: A Multidimensional Framework” Mental Health Summit, Jesse Brown VA Medical Center, 08/2019  
• Author: Zapata-Alma, G. (2019). Committed to Serving ALL Survivors: Guidance for Domestic Violence Programs on Supporting Survivors Who Use Substances. National Center on Domestic Violence, Trauma & Mental Health.
• Co-Author: Cave, C., Zapata-Alma, G. (2019). Implementation Guide for Becoming Accessible, Culturally Responsive and Trauma-Informed Organizations: The Social, Emotional, and Relational Climate, and Organizational Trauma. National Center on Domestic Violence, Trauma & Mental Health.
• Lead Author: Zapata-Alma, G. & Devitt, T. (2018). Striving for compassionate recovery-oriented substance use care. Behavioral Health News, 5(3).