Arika Patneaude, M.S.W., LICSW

Arika Patneaude is a licensed independent clinical social worker, Ethnic Minority Mental Health Specialist and Cambia Sojourn Scholar. She has worked extensively in social services since 1992, including adult mental health, homeless housing services, medical social work including solid organ transplant, grief and bereavement, and pediatric palliative care. Patneaude was born into a family that not only valued but actively engaged in social justice. It was here that her deep foundation for engaging in culturally responsive care and challenging systems of oppression as a clinician was defined and solidified.

Patneaude earned her bachelors in sociology from the University of Oregon in 1992 and her masters in social work from the University of Washington in 2008. She is a clinical assistant professor at the University Of Washington School Of Social Work, a clinical ethicist, and the director of the Bioethics, Palliative Care and Journey Programs at Seattle Children’s Hospital. Additionally, Patneaude provides consultation and coaching to individuals and programs on engaging in culturally responsive practice across settings.

Patneaude has been an invited lecturer, keynote speaker and panel member on such topics as supporting patients and families at the end of life, cultural humility, and cultural responsiveness in healthcare, inclusive of ethics, palliative are, mental health and grief and bereavement.