The Great Lakes MHTTC offers this training for behavioral health professionals in HHS Region 5: IL, IN, MI, MN, OH, and WI. This training is offered in partnership with ASPIN in response to a need identified by Region 5 stakeholders.
This course is designed to help therapists, caseworkers, and other providers successfully navigate their relationships with criminal justice partners. By learning how to build a strong partnership, clinicians will be able to focus on what they do best: facilitate quality services.
At the end of this course, participants will be able to:
1. Identify solutions to common barriers experienced
2. Understand how to prepare for interactions outside of the service session
3. Learn techniques to communication effectively with criminal justice staff
Tess Ottenweller is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) and Vice President of Intensive Services at the Bowen Center. Over the last 15 years, she has worked collaboratively with criminal justice and child welfare partners to ensure quality services are available and accessible to those in need. She is passionate about treating the whole person, incorporating family supports, and breaking down stigma associated with serious mental illness and substance use disorders.
Wayne Peterson-Stephan is the Director of Addiction Recovery Services at the Bowen Center. Wayne is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor Associate and a Certified Alcohol and Drug Abuse Consultant. Wayne hopes to be able to make a positive impact in the communities served by the Bowen Center by creating and facilitating, effective pathways to quality addiction recovery services that are community based and collaborative in their approach to addiction treatment and recovery.
