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Listen to this new podcast episode, sponsored by New England MHTTC, as Jonathan Edwards and host Ashley Stewart discuss intersectionality in the context of the peer support workforce. We were lucky to hear from Dr. Edwards during the 2023 Innovations training event about honoring workforce solutions to support care for communities of color, and we appreciate the opportunity to continue to learn from him. Stay tuned: Dr. Stewart will be back with more interesting and informative podcast episodes later this spring!   Listen to this episode here.

The one-hour Reclaiming Native Psychological Brilliance virtual series provides an opportunity for participants to: Gain skills on strength-based approaches in partnership with Native People to enhance Native behavioral health, and Discuss ways that Native brilliance is demonstrated and supports behavioral health, and Learn about Native brilliance examples to share with behavioral health and other health care staff, as well as with local Tribal Nation citizens The concept of Native psychological brilliance will be celebrated through Native music videos and Native spoken word performances as part of each session of the Reclaiming Native Psychological Brilliance series.   March's topic was "Native Trauma and Healing: Releasing the Trauma Our Body Holds, Part 2."  View a recording of this 3/28/23 session here. 

This virtual discussion session will shed light on how to have organic, natural dialogues about culture and identity with Hispanic/Latinx clients, and address the unique challenges they may face inside and outside the therapy room while also pointing to how mental health practitioners can formulate critical therapeutic engagements that acknowledge such experiences. Approaches and principles of Liberation Psychology will be discussed in this webinar to provide deeper understanding of the historical legacies, socio- cultural experiences and structural inequalities that impact the psychological wellbeing of Hispanic and Latinx clients while offering culturally responsive strategies that can help empower clients to navigate the intersections of their history, ethnicity, race, class and socio political worlds. Models based on broaching, cultural humility, and following the client's subjective experience will be compared, contrasted, and integrated to yield a common-sense, transtheoretical model for addressing culture and identity applicable to diverse theoretical orientations.  Our Speaker: Daniel José Gaztambide, PsyD, is the assistant director of clinical training in the Department of Clinical Psychology at the New School for Social Research, where he is also the director of the Frantz Fanon Center for Intersectional Psychology. Originally from Puerto Rico, he is a practitioner in private practice and a psychoanalytic candidate at the NYU-Postdoctoral Program in Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis. He is the author of the book A People’s History of Psychoanalysis: From Freud to Liberation Psychology, and was featured in the documentary Psychoanalysis in el Barrio.  Dr. Gaztambide’s scholarship centers on psychoanalysis and Liberation Psychology, race, class and culture in psychodynamic psychotherapy, Puerto Rican racial identity and colonialism, comparative approaches to psychoanalysis, psychotherapy integration, and the psychology of religion. 

Educational Objectives Articulate the mission of Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics (CCBHC) and how the services can meet the community need. Describe the implementation processes to build a robust service delivery model for whole person care. Discuss the roles and responsibilities of the healthcare team involved within a CCBHC and what resources are available to the persons served.   Presented by: Topher Hansen Topher started his career in the behavioral health field as a volunteer for the Drug Crisis Center in 1975. After a brief time as a counselor with CenterPointe, Topher attended law school and practiced law from 1985 to 1993. During his time in private practice, he also served as a CenterPointe Board member and as legal counsel for the organization. In 1993, he returned to the CenterPointe staff as Director of Development/Legal Counsel. He became Chief Executive Officer in 2000. Topher has served on numerous local and state committees to help develop Nebraska’s policies and delivery of behavioral health services. He is currently serving on the board of the Nebraska Association of Behavioral Health Organizations and the National Council for Behavioral Health.   Learn more about this series: Moving Towards Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics (CCBHC) Webinar Series     

Recording of the event Shame and Stigma: Re-imagining Masculinity and Strength for Black Boys, originally held on April 4, 2023.   Presentation slides

Recording of the event Housing and Reentry: Briefing on Rehousing and Second Chances, originally held on April 5, 2023.   Presentation slides

  ABOUT THIS RESOURCE This 75-minute webinar focuses on grief.  We have been through such grief: fires, isolation, sickness, death, murder, protests, job losses, loss of our normalcy. Grief affects our mental health, physical health, coping skills and those we are trying to help in our field.  We are still grieving losses from Covid, from our childhood. We grieve losses we anticipate will be forthcoming. The norm of our culture is to push our grief away, to push through, to "get over it." We isolate, and in the past, self-medicate. While we tuck these griefs further and further away, they aren't gone from us. As mental & behavioral health professionals, our grief requires our tending. We need to walk with our grief from time to time just as we walk with our joy. Grief tending allows us release and relief. It allows those of us working to care for the grief of others to be stronger and better able to offer our skill and attention. Offered in collaboration with Mental Health & Addiction Association of Oregon (MHAAO).   ADDITIONAL RESOURCES Eve L. Ewing: “I saw Emmett Till this week at the grocery store” poetry reading (3-minute video) Spilling the Light, a poem by Theresa I. Soto They Are with Us Still, a poem by Kathleen McTigue Ritual: Power, Healing and Community by Malidoma Patrice Somé Examples of altars Daniel Foor, ancestral medicine Thomas Hübl, healing collective trauma Five Gates of Grief. From The Wild Edge of Sorrow: Rituals of Renewal and the Sacred Work of Grief by Francis Weller, published by North Atlantic Books, copyright © 2015 by Francis Weller. Used by permission of North Atlantic Books.   Grief, Loss & Bereavement resources from the MHTTC Network   Grief Resources and Self-Care:   If you are interested in more grief resources, the MHTTC Network has released a series of five fact sheets that cover various topics, such as defining grief, responses to grief across the lifespan, preventive strategies and protective resources for grief, cultural responsiveness, and evidence-based treatments for grief.  We recognize that for some people, attending sessions on grief can activate our own feelings and grief responses. Be sensitive to your own reactions throughout the Learning Institute. Take breaks, stretch, drink lots of water, etc. If you need more support, please contact:  National Suicide Hotline - 1-800-273-8255  NAMI - 1-800-950-NAMI (6264) or [email protected]  Mental Health America- 1-800-273-TALK (8255), text MHA to 741741  SAMHSA’s National Helpline - referral and information - 1-800-662-HELP (4357)  SAMHSA’s Disaster Distress Helpline - 1-800-985-5990 or text TalkWithUs to 66746    FACILITATOR Jennifer Springsteen Jennifer Springsteen is a writer and a teacher in Portland, Oregon. She is in her final year of seminary seeking her Masters of Divinity and is currently serving as the intern minister at Unitarian Universalist Church of Vancouver, Washington. She has been offering grief workshops for the past five years to writers, folx identifying as dually diagnosed, seminarians, and congregants. Terms of use and Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) disclosure statement

The April issue of our newsletter celebrates National Minority Health Month and National Counseling Awareness Month, features announcements of upcoming TTC network and partner events, and spotlights new resources and funding opportunities.

  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.”  

About this Resource: This 'Trauma and the Peer Perspective' Infographic reviews information from the 3-part series hosted by the Southeast MHTTC. It examines the myriad of ways trauma is defined, how trauma is often addressed within behavioral health systems, the ways systems can create trauma and/or re-traumatize those seeking help, and how trauma informed peer support services can be a game changer. To view on-demand recordings from the 3-part series, please click here. 

About this Resource: Public mental health stigma is pervasive and has many negative impacts. One consequence is that it can lead to self-stigma among mental health service users, including people with severe mental illness. This infographic discusses how self-stigma can impact identity development of service users and shares ways that mental health staff can help combat mental health stigma.

Join us for our event, Stories from the River: Umatilla Tribe. This event took place on March 8. 2023.

Join us for our event The Importance of Peer Support in Native Communities. To view this event recording, click HERE. This event took place on March 8, 2023.

Join us for Stories from the River. This event took place on March 2, 2023.

Join us for our monthly MHTTC event. This event took place on February 28, 2023.

Join us for our event, Stories from the River: Umatilla Tribe. This event took place on March 15, 2023.

Join us for Wellness: Mind, Body, Spirit. This event took place on March 28, 2023.

  In this webinar, participants learned to leverage data to identify injustice and advance equity in school mental health, with a focus on groups experiencing marginalization. Event Description To access the slide deck and any other resources, please click DOWNLOAD above CLICK HERE to view the recording Schools are promising natural settings for service provision in the domain of youth mental health. Historically and contemporarily, schools are also frequently sites where societal inequities and oppression are replicated and perpetuated. With proper stewardship, data-based decision making within school contexts can advance equity in access and outcomes for youth. In this webinar, participants learned to leverage data to identify injustice and advance equity in school mental health, with a focus on groups experiencing marginalization. Specifically, tangible strategies to identifying disproportionality in access and outcomes will be shared. Participants had an opportunity to learn ways to tailor equitable data-based decision making to their settings and to communicate effectively about aligning mental health systems with socially just practices. Trainer Miranda Zahn, PhD, NCSP Miranda Zahn, PhD, NCSP, is an Assistant Professor of School Psychology at the University of South Dakota. She conducts research, training, and technical assistance in school-based mental health services. Specifically, Miranda focuses on social justice and the role of teachers in school supports for youth mental health. In addition, Miranda is a school psychologist and school mental health provider at Nebraska’s Educational Service Unit #1, where she provides direct services to youth as well as training and systems consultation.  

Recording Slides (click on Download button above) Advanced Skills in Supported Employment Webinar Series- Session 2: A Strengths-Based Approach to Assisting Job Seekers with Gaps in Employment Description This webinar is for practitioners in Supported Employment, Supported Education, Assertive Community Treatment, or others providing vocational rehabilitation services. We will address the challenge many job seekers potentially encounter when they haven't worked for some time or may have left jobs due to less than favorable reasons--gaps in work history and how to explain them to employers. This can make developing resumes, completing applications, and feeling confident during job interviews difficult. We will explore different strategies and resources to assist job seekers in describing gaps in work history.   Objectives Participants will: 1. Describe various responses when addressing work history gaps.  2. Identify strategies and resources to assist job seekers in describing work history gaps. 3. Review tools to assist job seekers in completing applications and resumes to best explain work history gaps.

Recording Slides (Click the Download button above) Supporting Recovery for People Aging with Serious Mental Health Conditions Session 3: Approaches to Expand Strengths and Support Challenges as People Age with Serious Mental Health Conditions March 30, 2023 Summary: People aging with serious mental health conditions (SMHC) experience age-related challenges, yet they also bring experience, problem-solving, and resilience to each day. This session will explore some of these strengths and challenges, discuss motivating strategies and build new resources and social supports. Learning Objectives: • Explore the strengths and challenges of people aging with serious mental health conditions (SMHC) • Identify specific strategies that can help engage and motivate people aging with SMHC • Discuss strategies to build resources and social supports

  ABOUT THIS EPISODE Learn how healthcare clinicians in Idaho are addressing the state's high suicide rate-- the 11th highest suicide rate in the U.S in 2019-- by building resilient individuals and communities.     GUEST  Betsy Hammar, MS  Program Specialist, Suicide Prevention Program Center for Drug Overdose and Suicide Prevention  Division of Public Health Idaho Department of Health and Welfare Betsy came to her work in suicide prevention through a lifelong passion for public service and individual wellness. Her diverse skill set developed first through business management, then non-profit management, allows her to negotiate a broad spectrum of relationships, partnerships, and stakeholder engagement. Her background includes almost ten years at the American Red Cross, supporting volunteers who deliver vital disaster response services, and the supporting services of operational and fund-raising activities. Because Idaho’s Suicide Prevention State Plan approach involves a heavy public-private element, her work at the state’s Department of Health & Welfare entails much more than education. Her business acumen facilitates projects and programs that require voluntary participation of individuals and organizations all across the state and State Plan advisory groups stand up initiatives to reduce suicide through categories like Capacity Building & Infrastructure, Advocacy & Policy, Suicide Care/Zero Suicide. Betsy also sits on the Advisory Committee for PCORI funded research to explore the role of Caring Contacts in the medical setting. HOST Christina N. Clayton, LICSW, SUDP, Northwest MHTTC Co-Director Christina Clayton has been working in the behavioral health field since 1993 working with people and programs addressing severe mental health issues, substance use, co-occurring issues, chronic homelessness, integrated care, outreach, physical health, trauma and diversity/equity/inclusion topics. Christina has education and licenses/credentials in clinical social work, mental health and substance use.  She is also a Clinical Assistant Professor and Field Instructor for the University of Washington School of Social Work (MSW ’97).  Learn more about MHTTC Staff & Faculty   LEARN MORE Webinar recording and related resources PODCAST SERIES Discover other episodes in the Putting It Together series here. Terms of use and Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) disclosure statement

About this Resource:  The Community Resiliency Model (CRM)® is a skills-based wellness and prevention program that provides a biological, non-stigmatizing perspective on human reactions to stress and trauma. The primary focus of this stabilization program is to learn to reset the natural balance of the nervous system, using the body itself. CRM skills help people understand their nervous system and learn to track sensations connected to their own wellbeing. During this on-demand recording, the presenters teach easy-to-learn skills to manage difficult emotions which can be brought on by stressful personal or professional situations. CRM skills may be shared with others immediately after taking the 1 ½ hour training. Please click here to access the presenter slides.  CRM skills are useful for self-care in any setting: work, home, school, healthcare, faith communities, public safety, and even in crisis situations. CRM is a valuable resource for individuals coping with chronic stressors such as physical pain, addiction, and grief or loss. A range of persons that suffer the effects of cumulative trauma (e.g., violence, poverty, racism, homophobia, incarceration) may benefit from these tools.   Resources mentioned during the presentation: Dan Siegel’s Hand Brain Model  Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-m2YcdMdFw https://www.ichillapp.com/ CRM was developed at the Trauma Resource Institute by Elaine Miller-Karas [Miller-Karas, E. (2015). Building resilience to trauma: The trauma and community resiliency models. Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group]. For more information: http://crmgeorgia.org/

The South Southwest MHTTC hosted this event on March 29, 2023. In this webinar, clinical psychologist Dr. Jason Schiffman provided information and tangible suggestions on how to effectively work with schools, families, and students on behalf of high school students with psychosis. Guided in part by features shared between supported employment and supported education, the importance of schools in the well-being and recovery of a young person with psychosis was highlighted. Schools have a variety of assets and limitations that will be discussed to help orient First Episode Psychosis (FEP) providers to effective strategies for supporting their youth and family.     Possible targets of action for providers include describing their role, reducing stigma against psychosis, providing psychoeducation, increasing safety (e.g., the threat of harm to self, bullying), instilling hope and optimism, developing a plan with the student and their family, and creating a team approach between all stakeholders. Federally mandated educational programs and regulations (e.g., IDEA, IEPs, 504s) were discussed, along with relevant accommodations for students.  

This handout was prepared for the South Southwest Mental Health Technology Transfer Center (MHTTC) for Coordinated Specialty Care (CSC) for First Episode Psychosis (FEP) providers in region 6. This contains a list of resources to help CSC providers support young people in CSC to access the best school accommodations possible for their needs. As each young person experiencing psychosis needs something different, the list describes education law and a range of possible accommodations.