Biography
Dr. Steven D. Gomez is a clinical social worker and medical anthropologist whose work integrates behavioral health practice, leadership, research, and education. He currently serves as a full-time Behavioral Health Supervisor at Included Health and is the owner and founder of Anthro Mental Health, PLLC, a virtual private practice providing psychotherapy services to individuals, couples, and families. He holds independent clinical social work licenses in Texas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Vermont, New Mexico, and Florida and is approved to provide clinical supervision in Texas and Vermont.
Dr. Gomez teaches at both Tulane University and Husson University. He is an adjunct professor at the Tulane University School of Social Work, where he teaches in the online Master of Social Work program. At Husson University, he serves as an adjunct professor and psychology course developer for the Division of Online and Distance Education, teaching undergraduate courses in psychology and the social sciences.
Dr. Gomez earned a Bachelor of Science in Psychology from Texas A&M University, a Master of Science in Psychology and a Master of Science in Applied Anthropology from the University of North Texas, and a Master of Social Work and Doctor of Philosophy in Anthropology from the University of Oklahoma. His doctoral training emphasized sociocultural and medical anthropology. He is also a proud first-generation college graduate.
As a practitioner-scholar, Dr. Gomez is particularly interested in the intersection of physical and mental health, health and mental health disparities, social determinants of health, health equity, psychotherapy, and social work education. His research experience includes work with college students in Mexico and Texas, the Chickasaw Nation in Oklahoma, and low-income, uninsured patients receiving diabetes care at a community health clinic. Across his professional roles, he draws upon clinical social work and anthropology to understand how social, cultural, political, and economic forces shape health and well-being.
Areas of Expertise
- Chronic Mental Illness
- Clinical Practice with Individuals, Families, or Groups
- Historical Oppression and Marginalization
- Indigenous Peoples
- Military and Veteran Social Work
- Poverty and Homelessness
- Racial Healing and Racial Justice
Education
- PhD, Anthropology, University of Oklahoma
- MSW, Social Work (Direct Practice), University of Oklahoma
- MS, Applied Anthropology, University of North Texas
- MS, Psychology, University of North Texas
- BS, Psychology, Texas A&M University