{"id":16502,"date":"2025-01-21T13:48:23","date_gmt":"2025-01-21T18:48:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/psych\/?post_type=ud_entry&#038;p=16502"},"modified":"2026-04-08T13:34:48","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T17:34:48","slug":"jason-nieuwsma-ph-d","status":"publish","type":"ud_entry","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/psych\/people\/jason-nieuwsma-ph-d\/","title":{"rendered":"Jason Nieuwsma, Ph.D."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"TextRun Highlight SCXW81720516 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW81720516 BCX0\">Dr. Nieuwsma is a clinical psychologist whose interests are broadly related to different aspects of integrative mental health care. He has conducted work in the areas of health psychology, primary care-mental health integration, cross-cultural psychology, implementation science, and extensive work focused on integration of spirituality and health. In addition to being an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry, Dr. Nieuwsma has served for over a decade as Associate Director for Integrative Mental Health (formerly Mental Health and Chaplaincy) in the Veterans Health Administration.\u202fHe has helped lead multiple projects aimed at more effectively integrating chaplaincy and mental health care services across large healthcare systems, as well as conducting <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW81720516 BCX0\">considerable<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW81720516 BCX0\"> work and training on moral injury, health psychology, and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT). Dr. Nieuwsma has authored over 50 peer-reviewed journal articles &amp; book chapters; he serves on the editorial board for the APA journal <\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun Highlight SCXW81720516 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW81720516 BCX0\">Spirituality in Clinical Practice<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun Highlight SCXW81720516 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW81720516 BCX0\">; he is Associate Editor for the <\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun Highlight SCXW81720516 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW81720516 BCX0\">Journal of Health Care Chaplaincy<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun Highlight SCXW81720516 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW81720516 BCX0\">; and he is a co-editor and author on the books\u202f<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun Highlight SCXW81720516 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW81720516 BCX0\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"Emphasis\">ACT for Clergy and Pastoral Counselors<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun Highlight SCXW81720516 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW81720516 BCX0\">\u202fand\u202f<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun Highlight SCXW81720516 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW81720516 BCX0\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"Emphasis\">Addressing Moral Injury in Clinical Practice<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun Highlight SCXW81720516 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW81720516 BCX0\">.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW81720516 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559739&quot;:0}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":16504,"menu_order":0,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"layout":"","cellInformation":"","apiCallInformation":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"ud_division":[77,79],"class_list":["post-16502","ud_entry","type-ud_entry","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","ud_division-clinician","ud_division-faculty","odd"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Jason Nieuwsma, Ph.D. | Department of Psychiatry<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/psych\/people\/jason-nieuwsma-ph-d\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Jason Nieuwsma, Ph.D. | Department of Psychiatry\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Dr. Nieuwsma is a clinical psychologist whose interests are broadly related to different aspects of integrative mental health care. 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