Dr. Barbara Bain is a decolonial, Indigenous psychologist and member of the Shasta Indian Nation of Northern California. She writes, teaches, and presents themes in the fields of Indigenous psychology, liberation psychology, and depth psychology. She specializes in dreamwork and Indigenous approaches to dreaming.

Barbara works to assist people in their personal and collective emancipation and liberation from Western structures of colonization and oppression, and has devoted her life to reconnecting human beings with dreams and visions as primary sources that show humans how to live in a balanced and conscious relationship with the material and sacred worlds. She's a certified dream tender and ambassador to the World Wide Dream Initiative, and holds a master's degree in cultural resource management, and a PhD in depth psychology.