Dr. Stacie Kalvels is a licensed clinical psychologist with the Department of Veterans Affairs, Office of Mental Health and Suicide Prevention, Veterans Crisis Line and the Suicide Prevention Program. She began her VA career in the Northern Indiana Healthcare System as the Local Recovery Coordinator, Chronic Inpatient Unit Psychologist and Disruptive Behavior Committee Chair where she expanded and improved the use of patient-driven recovery-oriented care for Veterans.

Prior to the VA, she served as a federal law enforcement officer in multiple roles for the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) including Specialty Program Psychologist and Drug Abuse Program Coordinator. She was a national Crisis Support Team (CST) trainer, Regional CST psychologist, and the local Team Leader where her main role was offering mental health support services and training to staff and their families.

Dr. Kalvels has expertise in crisis support, suicide prevention, law enforcement mental health, breaking the stigma in law enforcement and improving law enforcement outcomes and training in Veteran mental health needs. Dr. Kalvels received her bachelor’s degree from Western Washington University, and her master’s and doctorate degrees from Pacific University School of Professional Psychology.