Dr. John Hall is a clinical health psychologist with the Charlotte Clinic of the Salisbury VA Health Care System’s Whole Health Chronic Pain Team.  He previously served five years in Salisbury with the VISN6 CVT PTSD EBP Hub (non-government translation (NGT): regional hub to provide evidence-based therapies for veterans with PTSD through telehealth) after two years serving as Health Behavior Coordinator (NGT: coach for primary care staff on how to help veterans adopt healthier behaviors) for the Fayetteville VA Coastal Health Care System. 

Dr. Hall is one of the Whole Health National Education Champions for Mental Health and a VISN6 Whole Health Network Wide Education Faculty for the Office of Patient Centered Care & Cultural Transformation (OPCC&CT) (NGT: he teaches a lot of classes to help the national office trying to change the VA’s culture to one where we ask “What matters to you” before trying to figure out what’s the matter with you).  He is a fellow of the American Academy of Clinical Health Psychology, an approved consultant and President-Elect of the American Society of Clinical Hypnosis, and a subject matter expert for both the Clinical Hypnosis and Guided Imagery rollouts of OPCC&CT.  He served as Salisbury’s inaugural LGBTQ+ Veteran Care Coordinator, as well as both Salisbury and Fayetteville’s LGBT Special Emphasis Program Managers (NGT: he works to get LGBTQ+ veterans and staff a healthy environment within the VA).  The Transgender Treatment Team he founded in the Salisbury System won the 2017 VA Secretary’s Diversity and Inclusion Excellence Award.  With NCSCH, he leads the effort to secure continuing professional education accreditation for the annual conference and he is also the Zoom-whisperer for both the NCSCH annual conference and the HIE.  He also maintains a small private practice in Charlotte. 

Outside of work, Dr. Hall has cultivated a robust set of post-apocalyptic skills leading to his unique hashtag of #AppalachianGrandmotherInGayBearBody, fortunately without gender dysphoria.  He lives in Charlotte with his husband and a small pack of dogs.