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  May 3rd was World Maternal Mental Health Day. Be sure to watch this one-hour webinar to learn more about maternal mental health and what was discussed. To view all resources from this training, please click DOWNLOAD above Click here to watch the recording Event Description May 3rd was World Maternal Mental Health Day. To support providers and families living and working in the HHS Region 8 states of Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, and Wyoming, who are involved with maternal healthcare and perinatal mental health, we are proud to host the exciting Workshop Wednesday training, “An Interprofessional Tool for Perinatal Mental Health”. This workshop will be led by Abbey Marinucci, an OT doctoral candidate at the University of North Dakota, who has been interviewing practicing providers from many fields involved with perinatal healthcare, with a focus on perinatal mental health. From her research, Abbey will present an evidence-based product that will ultimately serve to inform providers of the perinatal population to expand the interdisciplinary approach to perinatal healthcare This interdisciplinary tool will help to streamline healthcare for mothers. This resource will assist providers in effectively referring mothers to appropriate members of the interdisciplinary team. This resource guide may be a helpful resource to current healthcare providers and professionals serving the perinatal population as well as additional healthcare professionals who provide education to mothers through community-based programs such as early intervention. Join us as we introduce Abbey’s important contribution to the field of perinatal mental health. Objectives After attending this training, participants will: 1. Identify the need for interdisciplinary support for promoting perinatal mental health. 2. Understand a resource product for facilitating referrals to the perinatal interdisciplinary team. 3. Be familiar with patient handouts for the referral process. 4. Identify how to access the resource product. Trainer Abbey Marinucci OT Doctrinal Candidate University of North Dakota

  This series of Mindful Monday sessions featured a wide range of evidence-based practices from different disciplines. The disciplines that were included are below. Event Description The disciplines focused on during this series included Art Therapy, Mindfulness-Based Movement, and Compassion Focused Therapy.     These 30-minute trainings began on February 6th and ran every other week through May 15th, 2023.     Each month had a specific theme/focus with exercises from that discipline. At the beginning of each session, participants spent a few minutes grounding and learning about the practice for that day and then spent approximately 15-20 minutes in experiential practice, leaving a few minutes in the end for reflection and discussion. Resources Session 1 - Feb. 6th, 2023 Intentional Visualization 1 Access resources by clicking DOWNLOAD above CLICK HERE to view the recording   Session 2 - Feb. 20th, 2023 Intentional Visualization 2 Access resources by clicking DOWNLOAD above CLICK HERE to view the recording   Session 3 - Mar. 6th, 2023 Compassion 1 Access resources by clicking DOWNLOAD above CLICK HERE to view the recording    Session 4 - Mar. 20th, 2023 Compassion 2 Access resources by clicking DOWNLOAD above CLICK HERE to view the recording    Session 5 - Apr. 3rd, 2023 Movement 1 Access resources by clicking DOWNLOAD above CLICK HERE to view the recording    Session 6 - Apr. 17th, 2023 Movement 2 Access resources by clicking DOWNLOAD above CLICK HERE to view the recording   Session 7 - May 1st, 2023 Creativity 1 Access resources by clicking DOWNLOAD above CLICK HERE to view the recording   Session 8 - May 15th, 2023 Creativity 2 Resources coming soon! CLICK HERE to view the recording Trainer  Christina Ruggiero, Masters of Counseling Psychology, Registered Psychotherapist

  More college students than ever before are reporting receiving therapy or counseling.  To access resources from this webinar, please click DOWNLOAD above CLICK HERE to view the recording Event Description A recent study conducted by Healthy Minds Study confirms what many providers working with young adults and college-aged youth already know,   rates of anxiety, depression, and risk of suicide are at all-time highs.  The report also indicates that more college students than ever before report receiving therapy or counseling.  The report from the annual Healthy Minds Study is based on web surveys taken by 96,000 U.S. students across 133 campuses in the 2021-22 academic year. It found that 44% of students reported symptoms of depression, 37% reported anxiety disorders and 15% reported having seriously considered suicide in the past year—the highest recorded rates in the history of the 15-year-old survey.    How can you help someone with low mood and distress?  We dedicate this hour workshop to taking a deeper look at depression and suicide, including what depression is and how it is linked to suicide, how to recognize signs and symptoms of depression, the myths and stigma, and gauging risk of suicide in clients. The second half of the workshop is dedicated to how to provide support for these clients, including a few experiential exercises to use with clients with depression, and the creation of a safety plan that can be used with a client at risk for suicide.   Trainer Christina Ruggiero, RP

About this Resource:  Motivational Interviewing is a brief person-centered evidence-based practice for strengthening an individual’s motivation for and commitment to change. It is a helpful counseling strategy for people with serious mental illness and the skills can be applied during brief therapy encounters and to a variety of behavioral change outcomes such as increasing medication adherence, building independent living skills, and managing physical health issues.  In this on-demand recording, clinicians learn the foundation of motivational interviewing, what the four processes are, how to recognize and respond to change talk and how to apply motivational interviewing skills to practice with clients.  Please click here to download the presenter's slide deck (pdf). 

  What does emotional eating look like? Does it always look the same? Who can it affect? Learn all about it in this free series! Event Description Do you ever feel guilty for eating?   Do you ever feel anxious around food?   Do you ever feel anxious around food?   Do you ever feel a sense of a loss of control or impulsivity around food?   Do you ever judge yourself for what you eat?   Do you use food to cope, distract, or numb out?   Do you fear eating certain foods or label certain foods as good/bad?   Do you feel like you’re on a rollercoaster with your eating?   Do you feel like there is no way to trust your intuition and your body to guide your eating?   If you answered yes to any of these questions, you’re in luck! We are offering a 4-week emotional eating program starting April 13th, 2023.     Emotional eating is a struggle that many of us have faced, particularly when feeling isolated, anxious, bored, empty, frustrated, or even excited. Join Laura MacLachlan, registered psychotherapist, in a 4-week educational course that will offer you the knowledge and practical strategies on conquering emotional eating and making peace with food. Laura helps people learn how to change their relationship with food and how to listen to their bodies. This course is for people who struggle with cravings, and emotional eating, or who have started a diet but haven’t been able to stick to it. Laura’s approach is grounded in cognitive behavior therapy and intuitive eating. She focuses on supporting people in understanding their desire to cope with their emotions using food while providing strategies to manage emotional discomfort without breaking healthy commitments. Additionally, this course will offer an understanding of the myths in society that promote weight gain and how the reptilian brain is involved in food addiction.   Dates Session 1: April 13th, 2023 View resources used during this session by clicking DOWNLOAD above Session 2: April 20th, 2023 View resources used during this session by clicking DOWNLOAD above Session 3: April 27th, 2023 View resources used during this session by clicking DOWNLOAD above Session 4: May 4th, 2023 View resources used during this session by clicking DOWNLOAD above Trainer Laura MacLachlan, Psychotherapist, BSc., MCP, RP Laura MacLachlan is a registered psychotherapist with the College of Registered Psychotherapists of Ontario. She uses evidence-based interventions drawing from cognitive behaviour therapy, mindfulness, and intuitive eating, while liaising with other care providers to ensure a holistic approach to intervention. She is passionate about working with individuals and families affected by mood and anxiety disorders, emotional eating, and relationship difficulties. In her work with clients who struggle with emotional eating, recovery involves addressing the many issues that contribute to it, such as shame, relationship problems, perfectionism, and past traumas. When meeting first-time clients, Laura says, “I’m confident that together we can work to help equip you with the necessary tools to help you face and overcome the challenges you are facing. Whether you’re struggling with anxiety, depression, or emotional eating, it is important that you know you don’t have to be alone in this journey.”

Recording Slides (click on the Download button above) Using Fidelity Scales for Evidence-Based Practices April 25, 2023 Description: During this session, we will cover what evidence-based practices (EBP) are and why we should use EBP. We will explore how we can make sure we are using EBP according to fidelity scales and how we can integrate EBP into existing services.

The Trauma-Informed Teacher Tip Guide is a new resource to help educators more effectively and empathetically respond to students experiencing ongoing stress and trauma. This tip guide provides methods teachers can use to understand signs of dysregulation, decode student behaviors related to trauma, and apply evidence-based tools that help students move to a place of emotional regulation.   Download The Trauma-Informed Teacher Tip Guide to learn more about creating safe and trauma-informed learning environments!   This product was developed by Becky Haas and our partners at the Ohio Association of County Behavioral Health Authorities (OACBHA).    

The Pacific Southwest MHTTC is pleased to provide a second year of learning on Motivational Interviewing which kicked off with MI in April 2023.  As we learned last year, Motivational interviewing (MI) provides us with a way to have conversations about change. MI in April offers an advanced level of training and focuses on the spirit of MI and using MI for youth and young adults. Viewers should have a basic familiarity or experience with this modality. If you are not familiar with MI, please see the recordings from our 2022 Motivational Interview Series here: https://mhttcnetwork.org/centers/pacific-southwest-mhttc/motivational-interviewing-mi-july  Workshop 1, Tuesday, 4/4: Spirit of Motivational Interviewing: Connecting with Our Humanity to Support Growth and Change In this recorded session, presenter Dr. Kristin Dempsey speaks to the “spirit” of motivational interviewing and how this spirit shapes practitioners’ therapeutic approach and creates context for their interactions with clients. She shows how connecting to the “spirit” creates psychological safety for help seekers and how essential it is for promoting trauma-informed care. Viewers of this video can benefit from the following learning objectives:  Identify and define the four main components of the “spirit” of MI. Demonstrate at least two ways the “spirit” can help promote change among help-seekers. Create their own plan to build “spirit” in their own sessions with help seekers.

The Pacific Southwest MHTTC is pleased to provide the final workshop of MI in April. As we learned last year, Motivational interviewing (MI) provides us with a way to have conversations about change. The April series is an advanced level of training and focuses on the spirit of MI and using MI for youth and young adults. Viewers should have a basic familiarity or experience with this modality. If you are not familiar with MI, please see the Recordings from our 2022 Motivational Interview Series here.  Workshop 2, Wednesday, 4/5: Building Strength and Connecting to Intuition: Motivational Interviewing and Affirmation Skills for Youth and Young Adults In this recorded session, presenter Dr. Kristin Dempsey discusses how building strengths and affirmations helps promote self-efficacy and confidence that can fuel the change process. This session focused specifically on using affirmation with young adults (although the skills and practice are applicable with individuals of all ages). Viewers of this video can benefit from the following learning objectives:  Identify at least three strength qualities that can be affirmed and supported among help seekers. Create at least three interventions that affirm help seeker strengths. Use values sorting and characteristics of successful change tools to promote strengths and competencies among help seekers.

  Emotional eating is a struggle that many of us have faced, particularly when feeling isolated, anxious, bored, empty, frustrated, or even excited. Access resources from this presentation by clicking DOWNLOAD above CLICK HERE to view the recording Do you ever feel guilty for eating?   Do you ever feel anxious around food?   Do you ever feel a sense of a loss of control or impulsivity around food? Do you ever judge yourself for what you eat? Do you use food to cope, distract, or numb out?   Do you fear eating certain foods or label certain foods as good/bad?   Do you feel like you’re on a rollercoaster with your eating?   Do you feel like there is no way to trust your intuition and your body to guide your eating?   Do you have difficulty identifying your body’s hunger, fullness, and satiety cues?     If you answered yes to any of these questions, you’re in luck! We are offering an introduction to emotional eating on April 6, 2023, followed by a 4-week emotional eating program starting on April 13th, 2023.     Emotional eating is a struggle that many of us have faced, particularly when feeling isolated, anxious, bored, empty, frustrated, or even excited. Join Laura MacLachlan, registered psychotherapist, for an introduction to emotional eating.     This introduction will offer participants the knowledge and practical strategies needed to understand and conquer emotional eating and make peace with food. Laura will briefly demonstrate how participants can learn to change their relationship with food and how to listen to their bodies.     This introductory training is for anyone interested in learning more about emotional eating and the impact it can have on a person, personally and/or professionally. Participants will also have a chance to briefly review the curriculum for the ongoing 4-week course on emotional eating, that is being offered following the introductory training.     For more information and to register for the 4-week course, please visit: https://mhttcnetwork.org/centers/content/mountain-plains-mhttc  Trainer Laura MacLachlan, Psychotherapist, BSc., MCP, RP Laura MacLachlan is a registered psychotherapist with the College of Registered Psychotherapists of Ontario.    She uses evidence-based interventions drawing from cognitive behaviour therapy, mindfulness, and intuitive eating, while liaising with other care providers to ensure a holistic approach to intervention.     She is passionate about working with individuals and families affected by mood and anxiety disorders, emotional eating, and relationship difficulties. In her work with clients who struggle with emotional eating, recovery involves addressing the many issues that contribute to it, such as shame, relationship problems, perfectionism, and past traumas.    When meeting first-time clients, Laura says, “I’m confident that together we can work to help equip you with the necessary tools to help you face and overcome the challenges you are facing. Whether you’re struggling with anxiety, depression, or emotional eating, it is important that you know you don’t have to be alone in this journey.”  

Recording Slides (click the download button above) Supporting Recovery for People Aging with Serious Mental Health Conditions Session 1: Psychiatric Rehabilitation Philosophy and Goals to Promote Recovery for Older Adults                                                                                                                                                                                                  March 16, 2023 Summary: Many people are aging with serious mental health conditions such as schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, and we are still learning about the services that can support their mental health recovery. This session will offer an overview of the population, discuss psychiatric rehabilitation goals for people aging with serious mental health conditions, and explore mental health recovery as we age. Objectives: • Summarize important considerations when supporting people aging with serious mental health conditions (SMHC)  • Evaluate and apply psychiatric rehabilitation goals for people aging with SMHC • Define mental health recovery and offer examples of mental health recovery goals for people aging with SMHC   Session 2: Best Practices in Psychiatric Rehabilitation for People Aging with Serious Mental Health Conditions

The Latinx LGBTQ+ youth group represents a range of sexual orientations and gender identities and expressions. Their diversity also includes the intersection with other aspects of their identity beyond race and ethnicity, such as religion, ability, and socioeconomic class. This factsheet focuses on group therapy as a culturally appropriate intervention and the role of clinicians in supporting Latinx LGBTQ+ youth dealing with chronic stressors to cultivate self-acceptance and affirm their sexual and gender identity.

  We joined with NASHIA for this exciting two-part series on peer support best practices for those working and living with people who have a TBI. This is part of our ongoing Workshop Wednesday series.  Series Description  Join the Mountain Plains Mental Health Technology Transfer Center (MHTTC) and the National Association of State Head Injury Administrators (NASHIA) for this exciting two-part series on Peer Support best practices for providers and individuals working and living with people who have a Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI).     When experiencing a life-changing event such as a brain injury, peer support can be a key factor in moving through the recovery process. Individuals who have successfully navigated a similar journey can have an incredible impact on others who are struggling. Peer support can expand successful outcomes into the community and help with emotional, social, academic, and vocational success.     These presentations on best practices approach for providing brain injury-informed peer support will provide attendees with the following:     Session 1: Workshop Wednesday, 2/22/2023  • Background on the merits of brain injury-informed peer support.   • An overview of brain injury-specific peer support models.   To access resources from this presentation, please click DOWNLOAD above CLICK HERE to view the recording   Session 2: Wednesday, 3/01/2023    • Strategies for integrating brain injury-informed practices into existing behavioral health peer support.   • Resources and tools To access resources from this presentation, please click DOWNLOAD above CLICK HERE to view the recording Trainers Judy Dettmer, Director of Strategic Partnerships, National Association of State Head Injury Administrators Click here to read Judy's bio.    Anastasia Edmonston, MS, CRC, Trainer and Consultant, National Association of State Head Injury Administrators Click here to read Anastasia's bio. 

This 5-hour, self-paced course is the STRIDE Group Facilitator Training, a follow up to the popular Empowering Wellness in Mental Health: Helping People with their Lifestyle Changes, which outlines the principles and evidence behind the STRIDE Program, developed by Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research. What makes this course unique is that it was developed specifically for people living with mental illness, taking anti-psychotic medications to help reduce the cardiovascular risks often experienced by this population. Learn with the developers of the STRIDE Program to explore and understand the Group program curriculum. This online course was created by the Northwest Region 10 Mental Health Technology Transfer Center (MHTTC) with support from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).    Certificate of Completion/Contact Hours Available  Physicians, physician assistants, primary care ARNPs, psychologists, and other health care providers may be eligible for CME or CEUs for completing the course. Retain your Certificate of Completion and verify its suitability for CME/CEUS with your licensing/credentialing entity.  The University of Washington is an approved provider of continuing education for DOH licensed social workers, licensed mental health counselors, licensed marriage and family therapists, psychologists, chemical dependency professionals, nurses and physicians under the provisions of: WAC 246-809-610, WAC 246-809-620,WAC 246-811-200, WAC 246-840-210, WAC 246-919-460 and WAC 246-924-240. Registration and Technical Support How to register for a course at HealtheKnowledge and how to get technical support This online course was created by the Northwest Region 10 Mental Health Technology Transfer Center (MHTTC) with support from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). Want more information? Visit the Northwest MHTTC's Resource Library and Websites by Topic  and sign up for our monthly newsletter for regular updates about events, trainings, and resources available to the Northwest region.

Using a trauma-informed lens, this recorded training offers tools from expressive arts therapy (EXA) for working with a variety of clients. Presenter Suraya Keating, MFT, REAT, RDT, discusses various multimodal arts practices as they relate to polyvagal theory. These practices can be used to soothe and/or energize the nervous system, employ co-regulation in helpful ways, promote self-awareness, and support the agency, empowerment, and well-being of many populations, including individuals with PTSD, LGBTQ+ and non-binary people, individuals with autism spectrum disorder, schizophrenia, and other mental health disorders.   This online webinar showcases a variety of expressive arts therapy tools informed by polyvagal theory and is designed for clinical practitioners, including marriage and family therapists, psychologists, psychiatrists, licensed clinical social workers, drug recovery counselors, psychiatric nurses, as well as those in training or internship programs for their respective licenses.

About this Resource:  This webinar is motivated by the reality that the majority of individuals diagnosed with ‘serious mental illness’ face significant socioeconomic challenges and high rates of employment.  In place of discrete “one size fits all” evidence-based practices, during this presentation Nev Jones, PhD discusses the broader landscape of strategies for improving outcomes across the spectrum of individuals who are currently seeking education or work or have applied for or are already receiving SSI/SSI.  Specific topics Dr. Jones covers include career development and career mobility supports, SSI/SSDI decision making, and financial empowerment strategies for individuals currently unable to work or attend school. 

A primary goal of the Great Lakes Mental Health Technology Transfer Center (MHTTC) is to help providers in our region adopt and implement evidence-based practices for preventing and treating mental health and co-occurring disorders. We support the implementation of evidence-based practices through training and technical assistance targeted to local needs. Download the Great Lakes MHTTC Areas of Focus: Evidence-Based Practices brief to learn more about the trainings we offer for mental health and school-based mental health professionals and organizations.   

About this Resource: The Southeast MHTTC Newsletter highlights upcoming events and recently released products as well as shares information on available resources from SAMHSA and the MHTTC network.  The January 2023 issue promotes January Awareness events, highlights our upcoming events and recently developed products, celebrates efforts being done by Region IV states, and provides resources available through the MHTTC Network and SAMHSA to connect individuals to needed treatment and support. 

This is a recording of Session 1 in Fostering our Health Equity Literacy. The first installment is “An Introduction: How the National Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services Standards (CLAS) Can Elevate Our School Mental Health Equity Commitments.” This session took place on November 29, 2022. Presenters Yesmina Luchsinger, MS, Dr. Suganya Sockalingam, and Scott van Loo introduced the CLAS standards and explained why they should be adapted to school mental health contexts. This series overviews the CLAS standards and provides broad goals for ensuring cultural and linguistic appropriateness within the school mental health care system. In Session 1, presenters established how to integrate CLAS into our school mental health programs to maximize our commitment to health equity. The trainings are designed for state, district, county and local leadership, and any organization that provides mental health services.

This is a recording of Session 2 in Fostering our Health Equity Literacy.  The session “Deeper Dive into the CLAS Standards: Mapping Health Equity Literacy onto Our Education and School Mental Health Systems” took place on December 6, 2022. Presenters Dr. Suganya Sockalingam and Scott van Loo delved deeper into what the adaptation of CLAS Standards to School Mental Health Systems would look like.                                                                         In Session 2, presenters explained the different standards, identified elements that are essential to adapt these standards, and explored how they might be implemented in different systems and settings. The recorded training includes ways to identify champions and tips to elicit feedback to adapt the standards in a collective, collaborative way. This series is for state, district, county and local leadership, and any organization that provides mental health services.

This is a recording of Part 2 in the Getting Grief-Ready at Work: A Starter Kit Workshop Series, that took place on December 5, 2022. In this workshop series, the Pacific Southwest MHTTC's School Mental Health Field Director, Leora Wolf-Prusan, EdD, Dr. David J Schonfeld of the National Center for School Crisis & Bereavement, and Mary Pauline Diaz-Frasene of the Dinner Party teamed up to lead a text-study exploration of Fostering Grief Ready Workplaces: A Starter Kit for Mental Health and School Mental Health Leadership.   This Starter Kit offers a review of essential guidelines and evidence-based practices to cultivate a grief-sensitive culture. The workshop series is a dynamic accompaniment for the Starter Kit and is intended to serve anyone interested in being grief sensitive, including leaders, providers, and professionals.   Part 2 in the Starter Kit Workshop Series offers opportunities to hear questions, discussion, and discourse on the following: •    Implementation Science and Grief Readiness at Work: The Stages to Navigating and Confronting Loss at Work •    Being a Manager, Supervisor, or Leader in the Context of Loss •    Crafting a Grief Readiness Plan (including: Exploring your Bereavement Leave Policies

  This infographic is based on information from the live webinar Updates to the DSM-5-TR that was hosted by our partners at the Ohio Association of County Behavioral Health Authorities (OACBHA) and presented by Jennifer Haywood, MSW, LISW, LICDC. 

This talk with Jasmine Mote, Ph.D., a licensed clinical psychologist and Research Assistant Professor at Boston University, reviewed current knowledge on social isolation and loneliness for individuals with psychosis spectrum disorders and discussed evidence-based strategies for addressing loneliness in treatment. Watch a recording of this December 2, 2022 event. Access additional resources from the presenter. This event was co-sponsored by MAPNET.

At this session of the 2022 ABC Summit, Julie Wayman and Dr. Molly Lopez provide an overview of the Texas school mental health framework and highlight resources available to support Texas districts and campuses in developing a comprehensive school mental health system. Ashton Millet and Chelsea Sorensen highlight new resources that support districts in selecting evidence-based practices, programs, and training and identifying community-based resources.   Download the slides