Disruptors at Work: An Integrated Care Podcast

In the first episode of season 2, Dr. U. Grant Baldwin, DBH, and co-host Dr. Larry Ford, DBH, talk with a panel of five international CGI Doctor of Behavioral Health (DBH) students. The panelists share their experience in the DBH program, including how they have incorporated strategies learned through CGI’s academic curriculum at their jobs and the ways they are working toward transforming integrated healthcare delivery and patient care.

Panelists include:

Pooja Panesar, BSc, MEd, BCBA, QBA. DBH Student at Cummings Graduate Institute for Behavioral Health Studies, Founder and Director of Kaizora Therapies, Kaizora Foundation, Meraki Kindergarten (Kenya), and Kaizora Child Development Centre (Tanzania).

Shadiase Jack, LCSW-C. DBH Student at Cummings Graduate Institute for Behavioral Health Studies, staff therapist at an outpatient mental health agency in Maryland where she provides mental health therapy to children and adults.

Dr. Sylvester Olubolu Orimaye, PhD, MPH. DBH Student at Cummings Graduate Institute for Behavioral Health Studies, research data scientist, and public health practitioner focusing on behavioral health outcomes, rural health, and health disparities among women, adolescents, and aged populations.

Valeria Parejo, BCBA, QBA. DBH Student at Cummings Graduate Institute for Behavioral Health Studies, international behavior analyst who specializes in providing services to individuals diagnosed with developmental disabilities and developmental delays.

Amanda Bueno, BCBA, QBA. DBH Student at Cummings Graduate Institute for Behavioral Health Studies, Chief Executive Officer - CEDIN, Neurodevelopmental Intervention and Diagnosis Center in Brazil.

This episode series highlights the work of clinicians of color in the field of integrated healthcare and healthcare innovation.

Shadiase Jack LCSW-C, is a staff therapist at an outpatient mental health agency where she provides mental health therapy to children and adults. She willingly accepts challenges and pursues everything possible to bring speedy and workable outcomes. She embraces difficulty with the fist of courage, determination and strong will as failure is not an option.

Jerrika Henderson joined the DBH program at CGI after obtaining a Masters in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from the University of Memphis. She currently works on a specialized team as a community therapist catering to underserved youth and their families where she provides in-home intensive intervention treatment as a way to decrease inpatient and residential admissions. Ms. Henderson is devoted to being a change agent, proactively providing support to all through the facilitation and organization of groups, therapy, training, and events all centered around subjects that promote well-rounded health. Ms. Henderson believes that through our commitment to lifelong learning and collaboration with people from all walks of life we are able to share ourselves with the world. She aspires to continue creating and normalizing mental and behavioral health by providing safe spaces for underserved communities. One thing Ms. Henderson wants everyone to always remember is that you may be bruised but you are never broken.

Rhea Hill, LPC, DBH-C, provides counseling for adult individuals with depression and anxiety. Her areas of concentration include women's issues, codependency, self-esteem, domestic violence, stress- management, and relationship issues. She is licensed in Texas and has practiced counseling for eight years.

CDR Sean Bennett is a Behavioral Health Clinical Consultant with IHSC BHU and works out of the San Diego Field Office. Prior to joining the team, CDR Bennett served as the Behavioral Health Team Lead at Otay Mesa Detention Center (San Diego). His previous assignment was with Indian Health Service (IHS) Headquarters in Rockville, MD where he worked as a Public Health Advisor in the Division of Behavioral Health. At IHS, Sean served as the Domestic Violence Prevention Initiative (DVPI) Program Official; Methamphetamine and Suicide Prevention Initiative (MSPI) Nashville Area Project Officer; and IHS National Lead for Zero Suicide. 

Jennifer Wims-Madden, MSN, PMHNP-BC is an Adult Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner who has served in the mental health field since 2007. She has experience treating patients with various psychiatric disorders across the lifespan and across practice settings and also enjoys her teaching roles. She currently works full time at a Community Mental Health facility as a medical director and provides direct patient care and also provides outpatient services at her own private practice. Jennifer strives to provide a holistic, individualized, personalized, and comprehensive experience for every patient she cares for.

Napoleon Harrington MA, LPC, DBH(c) is a Licensed Professional Counselor practicing clinical mental health at Ambassador Counseling & Resource Group in the Metropolitan Detroit area.  He also serves as the vice-chair of the State of Michigan Board of Counseling, appointed by Governor Gretchen Whitmer.  Napoleon is currently completing his doctoral work at Cummings Graduate Institute for Behavioral Health Studies.  He is the husband to Faith Harrington and father to twin 2 year olds - Isabella and Imani.

Cummings Graduate Institute’s CEO and Disruptors at Work Podcast Host, Dr. Cara English, talks with CGI’s COO, Amanda Harrison, about some of the frequently asked questions related to integrated care, healthcare delivery challenges in the US, and things folks aren't always comfortable asking their doctor. 

Ask a DBH will be a recurring series in which Cara and Amanda take questions from the CGI community or our listeners and talk together about the frequently asked questions about being a Doctor of Behavioral Health, the field of integrated care, the intersection of physical and emotional health, and much more. To submit a question for consideration, email us at askadbh@cgi.edu 

Guest bio: Amanda Harrison is the Chief Operating Officer at Cummings Graduate Institute. Amanda has been a key leader in helping CGI gain accreditation, and ensures that we have the talent, technology, and tools each day to be the disrupting force in educating and training healthcare professionals.

Dr. Cara English, DBH and Gabe Orthous discuss the Master of Healthcare Leadership (MHL) degree program offered at Cummings Graduate Institute. In this episode they explore why the MHL program was created, how the MHL program differs from other Master’s level healthcare degrees, how the COVID-19 pandemic shaped the program's curriculum, and career opportunities for MHL graduates. To learn more about the MHL program, visit: https://cgi.edu/mhl/

Gabe Orthous is a healthcare information technology executive offering 20+ years of progressive experience as a value-based care strategic thinker and executor with a history of scaling and driving return on investment of complex HIT solutions. He is accomplished in helping large healthcare systems and insurer organizations develop analytics strategies that are highly effective in raising quality levels, improving patient outcomes and reducing costs and has co-authored the best-selling book SAP BusinessObjects Web Intelligence: The Comprehensive Guide currently in its fourth edition. 

Recent leaps in trauma research have transformed the fields of addiction treatment and mental health. Awareness of the neurobiological impacts of trauma and violence has shifted our understanding of how to work effectively with individuals in addiction recovery, and innovative trauma-informed practices are now being implemented in communities globally. Unfortunately, these updated, evidence informed models are not making their way into medical settings as quickly, leaving trauma survivors at risk of being retraumatized due to the lack of training in trauma-informed care for most healthcare professionals. Today’s episode focuses on best practices in addiction care from a trauma informed lens.

Dr. Valerie Kading is the CEO of Sierra Tucson, where she provides the strategic vision to ensure that the facility’s patients and their families receive the most innovative, compassionate, and leading medical and psychiatric treatment for trauma, addiction, and other mental health conditions from a world-class staff of clinicians and behavioral health professionals.

Dr. Kading joined Sierra Tucson in 2015, where she rose to become chief medical operations officer, then interim chief medical officer, chief operations officer, and ultimately Group Chief Executive Officer for the entire 258-bed Sierra Tucson Group – Sierra Tucson in Arizona, along with Sierra Southlake in Southlake, Texas and Sierra Scottsdale in Scottsdale, Arizona.

Dr. Kading brings to Sierra Tucson a special interest in women’s mental health including perinatal mood disorders, maternal well-being, and postpartum depression. In addition, she has deep expertise in addressing the trauma of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACES) that can lead to substance use and other issues in adulthood. Dr. Kading has written articles for multiple professional journals. She has led a variety of webinars and CE events on topics ranging from adverse childhood experiences to compassion fatigue and provider resilience for organizations including: Recovery Plus Conference, London, United Kingdom; Southern Arizona Advanced Practice/Nurse Practitioner’s Primary Care Conferences; Tucson Postpartum Coalition; C4 Conferences; Philippine Nurses Association; and the University of Arizona.

Dr. Kading graduated with honors from New Mexico State University at Las Cruces, New Mexico, with a Doctor of Nursing Practice degree. Her doctoral studies focused on optimizing health care systems, translational methods, and evidence-based practice, health care organization innovation, epigenetics, utilization of informatics in healthcare, and interdisciplinary collaboration. Her dissertation focused on increasing health care provider knowledge on perinatal depression, and she created a web-based educational program for health care providers aimed at facilitating evidence-based treatment to perinatal women.

Dr. Kading graduated with honors from the University of Arizona with a master’s degree in nursing, a Bachelor of Science in Nursing, and a bachelor’s degree in psychology. Dr. Kading also received her Master of Business Administration degree from the University of Arizona. In 2006, she founded and served as president of the Southern Arizona Advanced Practice Nurse – Nurse Practitioner Society.

She has received recognition with honors and awards throughout her career, including most recently “Leaders to Watch in 2021” by AZ Business, “The 10 Most Admired Women Leaders in Business, 2020” by CIO Views and the “Advocate State Award for Excellence” from the American Association of Nurse Practitioners.

Links and Resources to be shared with the episode:

https://www.sierratucson.com/about/staff/valerie-m-kading/

https://www.sierratucson.com/

https://www.sierratucson.com/programs/maternal-mental-health/

Armida Carr is the founder and owner of New Horizon Therapy located in Phoenix,

Arizona. Armida holds a MS from Arizona State University, is licensed by the State of Arizona,

and is certified as a Speech Language Pathologist by the American Speech-Hearing and

Language Association (ASHA). As a bilingual speech-language pathologist, Armida has

extensive experience with both the pediatric and geriatric population in providing monolingual

and dual-language therapy. She holds certifications in Orofacial Myology Disorders, SOS

Approach to Feeding, Myofascial Release and Hanen Parent Training “It Takes Two to Talk” in

addition to providing individualized services to address speech and language disorders. Armida

has been practicing speech and language therapy for 13 years and is driven to ensure that each

of her patients receive the best quality treatment and care.

New Horizons Therapy: https://www.newhorizontherapyaz.com/

Episode Title: Mental Health Policy & Advocacy with Dr. Jennie Bever, PhD, IBCLC and

Elizabeth Wood of 4th Trimester Arizona.

Jennie Bever is a mother, a healer and a visionary. She is an International

Board Certified Lactation Consultant, an Adjunct Assistant Professor in the

Edson College of Nursing and Health Innovation at Arizona State University,

and the Executive Director of 4th Trimester Arizona.

Elizabeth Wood has a B.S. of Physics from the United States Naval Academy

and a Masters in Engineering Management from Old Dominion University.

While this education did prepare her for a 15-year long career in the nuclear

energy industry, none of it prepared her for the radical transition into

motherhood. Driven by her own motherhood challenges, she founded

Matrescence: 4th Trimester Planning & Support, a unique preventative

approach to help expecting parents become more informed, prepared and

supported in their 4th Trimester transition. She is also a certified Maternal

Mental Health Peer Support Specialist, and serves on the Arizona Maternal

Mortality Review Committee as well as Arizona's Maternal Mental Health

2020 Mom Nonprofit Fellows:

The aim of 2020 Mom's NonProfit State Policy Fellows program is to assist

backbone organizations in developing a foundation for regulatory and

statutory policy change to close gaps in maternal mental health in their

states. Policy fellows are introduced to the State Legislative Process, thinking

of the State Budget as a Policy, Creating Individual Calls to Action &

Organization Sign on Letters, Social Media Advocacy, Communicating

Effectively with Policymakers and Staff, Administrative Advocacy & Working

with State Agency Leaders, Mental Health and the Criminal Justice System,

and Addressing Racial Disparities through Policy. At the end of the program

Fellows will have developed an action plan presented to their peers and

leadership, and will continue to receive support through the group listserv.

To read more about the 2020 Mom Nonprofit Fellows Program, visit

https://www.2020mom.org/state-policy-fellows

Maternal Mental Health Leadership Alliance: https://www.mmhla.org/

Transgender patients currently encounter multiple barriers to accessing adequate health care. While we are making strides to improve transgender patients' health care experiences, we still have a long way to go to achieve the goal of delivering ample support in navigating the existing obstacles.  A recently published article from the JAMA network confirms the challenges that trans youth have in accessing culturally competent healthcare. The article also confirms what we knew: that transgender and nonbinary youths have a higher incidence of a range of health conditions and may paradoxically face limited access to health care.

As the push for integrated care continues, healthcare providers need to be identifying strategies to fill gaps in care for vulnerable patient populations. In today’s discussion, we’ll talk about the role of professional case managers and other integrated care providers in connecting transgender patients to services that better meet their physical and behavioral health needs. When these kinds of gaps are addressed, we can improve health care utilization while decreasing disparities.

Introducing our guests:

This episode focuses on a hot topic in modern behavioral health and integrated care: emerging research related to the use of psychedelics. This topic is controversial in the medical field because most physicians and clinicians have been trained to counsel our patients to stay away from psychedelics due to poor potential mental health outcomes, as well as because these drugs have been illegal in the US for most of our careers. Emerging research indicates there may be benefits for some patients or some conditions; however, the medical community at large has been skeptical about the effectiveness of these treatment options. Additionally, in recent years past, clinicians and physicians who appeared neutral or “soft” on drugs (even in the 2000’s) have been accused of ethics violations, and licenses have been challenged. The political climate has certainly caused some clinicians to develop a hard set bias against rather than an open mind towards emerging research and practical applications in this area. The problem with avoiding or remaining neutral on this topic is that if your patients aren’t yet asking about psychedelics, they most likely will be in the very near future, and it is our duty to be prepared to provide evidence based recommendations.

Leolani Ah Quin currently serves as the Wellness Center Director for the San Carlos Apache Tribe in Arizona where she is building on a current movement in the community to build capacity across all disciplines to establish a disease prevention and crisis response model. Dr. Ah Quin is an active lead in these efforts and is supported by the medical, psychiatric care providers, and local schools; thus increasing accessibility of much needed services.

She is a 2017 Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholar and a recipient of the 2018 Cummings Graduate Institute Biodyne Award for the individual that most embodies the Biodyne model of integrated behavioral healthcare. In 2019 while working as the director of Elbowoods Memorial Health Center’s behavioral health department, Dr. Ah Quin was appointed to the North Dakota Board of Social Work Examiners, and participated in North Dakota State BRSS TACS training to create policy change and implement recovery supports across the state. As a trained provider in integrated behavioral health she has been a primary influence in redefining the provision of healthcare delivery services in Indian Country and in developing integrated health care through comprehensive behavioral health services, and integrated behavioral health in both primary care and as an adjunct to psychiatric services.

Dr. U. Grant Baldwin is the Assistant Director of Academic Programs at Cummings Graduate Institute for Behavioral Health Studies, where he serves as a faculty member, subject matter expert, a student advisor and mentor, a member of the academic leadership team, and a leader in student and alumni services. Dr. Baldwin is also the Chief Executive Officer of Integrated Health and Behavioral Medicine in The Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina region, and most recently joined the faculty at Morehouse School of Medicine as an Adjunct Professor.

This episode of Disruptors at Work: an Integrated Care Podcast explores the Culminating Project (CP) research of Dr. Liza R. Clancy, DBH, MSW, a recent graduate of the Doctor of Behavioral Health (DBH) degree program at Cummings Graduate Institute (CGI). The Culminating Project, the capstone experience of the Doctor of Behavioral Health program at CGI, is an applied integrated care project demonstrating innovation in the field and ability to respond creatively and competently to the needs of rapidly-evolving patient population and healthcare environments. Dr. Clancy’s culminating project explored the neurobiological underpinnings of anxiety, evidenced-based treatments for cortical anxiety, and the differentiation between cortical and amygdala-based anxiety. Her project points to the need for an intervention, grounded in the Biodyne model, to address cortical anxiety. The REMA protocol, developed by Dr. Clancy, is an intervention to interrupt the rumination process, common to those suffering from cortical anxiety.

Dr. Clancy’s journey to the DBH program was fueled by her frustration with the fragmentation of the healthcare system. Having graduated from NYU with her MSW, Dr. Clancy worked in medical and behavioral health for a large health care system in New Jersey for many years. With its doctorate in integrated care and mission to change the way healthcare is delivered, CGI offered the opportunity to disrupt the norms and advance the delivery of behavioral health. Now in private practice, Dr. Clancy is utilizing this new perspective to provide integrated care to those struggling with anxiety secondary to chronic and comorbid conditions and life transitions.

This episode of Disruptors at Work: an Integrated Care Podcast explores the Culminating Project (CP) research of Dr. Heather Jelonek, DBH, a recent graduate of the Doctor of Behavioral Health (DBH) degree program at Cummings Graduate Institute (CGI). The Culminating Project, the capstone experience of the Doctor of Behavioral Health program at CGI, is an applied integrated care project demonstrating innovation in the field and ability to respond creatively and competently to the needs of rapidly-evolving patient population and healthcare environments. In this episode, Dr. English and Dr. Jelonek dive into the topic of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and the connection between the long-term medical costs associated and unaddressed childhood trauma.

Dr. Jelonek completed her Bachelor’s Degree in Biology at the University of Illinois – Chicago before beginning her healthcare career at First Health Group Corp., where her passion for integrating healthcare began. As she rose within the ranks of the health insurance industry, she earned her Master Degree in Clinical Psychology at Benedictine University in Lisle Illinois. Heather holds professional licenses in the States of Illinois and Arizona as a Counselor specializing in childhood and adolescent behavioral health. Throughout her career, Dr. Jelonek struggled with closing the mental health gap with the healthcare industry and viewed this obstacle as the primary threat to the spiraling costs of healthcare. During her studies at Cummings Graduate Institute, she was introduced to the ground breaking CDC/Kaiser Adverse Childhood Experiences study and the connection between the long-term medical costs associated and unaddressed childhood trauma, which sparked the research for her Culminating Project. Dr. Jelonek currently serves as the Director of Medicaid Program Innovations at Health Current, the health information exchange (HIE) that helps partners transform care by bringing together communities and information across Arizona.

Dr. Cara English, DBH speaks with Dr. Larry Ford, DBH, LBHP, BC and Jackie Carro on the process of marketing integrated care practices and services. This episode speaks to lessons learned from marketing integrated care during the COVID-19 pandemic, improving virtual accessibility for patients, and social media strategies for marketing healthcare services.  

Dr. Larry Ford received his Masters in Counseling with an emphasis in Human Relations from the University of Oklahoma, and he received his Doctorate in Behavioral Health from Arizona State University. Inspired by the volumes of studies Dr. Ford completed on how infinitely the psyche affects the body, Dr. Ford founded Hands to Guide You, an integrated behavioral health clinical practice based in Oklahoma City, OK, in November 2011.  Dr. Ford centers his practice on the certainty that there is no physical health without mental health, and correspondingly Dr. Ford has advanced Hands to Guide You as a preeminent leader in Integrated Care and Population Health. 

Hands to Guide You, with Dr. Ford at the helm, enjoys distinction for engendering unparalleled patient rehabilitation and recovery rates, and expansive patient health literacy.It is for Dr. Ford’s principal leadership over the compassionate interdisciplinary treatment team at Hands to Guide You, that epitomizes skilled behavioral health services in Oklahoma. To learn more about Hands to Guide You, visit: https://www.h2gy.com/. 

Jackie Carro is the owner of Marketing Ideals Company, a boutique agency specializing in strategic marketing, public relations and event planning based in Tempe, AZ. Marketing Ideals Company enjoys working with small to medium size companies, medical practices, non-profit organizations and municipalities. To learn more about their services, visit: https://marketingideals.com/

Dr. Cara English, DBH speaks with Dr. Jodie NewDelman, PsyD on the emerging epidemic of chronic cannabis among teens. They discuss substance abuse exposure with teens, environment and family functional dynamic factors in teens' lives which may contribute to cannabis use, and changing legislation regarding medical and recreational use of marijuana, including measures to protect citizens from criminal penalties for using marijuana for medical and recreational purposes.

Dr. Jodie NewDelman has been a licensed psychologist for over 20 years in the arenas of clinical care,  program evaluation, and test construction. Her formative entrepreneurial and research experience drives a tendency to pair best practice, competitive analysis, and systematic accountability processes. She is a co-owner of a pending patent application in big data process called MeDataBank that has been acquired by PSYCHeANALYTICS. This is in support of the company’s mission to transform the access and delivery of healthcare in the digital age. Dr. NewDelman has held both academic teaching and clinical supervisory roles that emphasize a passion for whole-person, precision medicine. She earned a BA in Public Communications and Psychology from American University, Washington, D.C., a doctorate in Clinical Psychology from the California School of Professional Psychology, and a post-doctoral post at UCLA’s Neuropsychiatric Institute. Additionally, she presently serves as a member of the Advisory Board at Cummings Graduate Institute for Behavioral Health Studies. To learn about  PSYCHeANALYTICS, visit https://www.psycheanalytics.com/.

Dr. Cara English, DBH speaks with Dr. Zachary Fisk, MD, MBA and Dr. Christina Julian, MD of Acute Pain Therapies & Ketamine Clinic on the impact the pandemic has had on people with pre-existing depression, the increase of patients coming to their offices seeking new treatments for clinical depression, and how they are combatting the correlation between depression and chronic pain without the use of opioids.

Acute Pain Therapies & Ketamine Clinic has two locations in Bellevue, WA. Their mission is to prevent opiate addiction that could otherwise occur in the absence of alternative means of controlling pain outside of the hospital. They aim to improve movement through non-opiate pain relief and tissue restoration in their patients. Their scope of services includes depression, acute surgical pain, chronic joint pain, chronic pain management, traumatic pain, and nerve pain and crps/rsd treatment. To learn more about Acute Pain Therapies & Ketamine Clinic, visit https://acutepaintherapies.com/.

Dr. Cara English, DBH speaks with Ellen Fink-Samnick MSW, ACSW, LCSW, CCM, CRP on tackling collective occupational trauma in healthcare environments as well as non-healthcare environments. Collective occupational trauma refers to what happens when we are forced to push through stressful and traumatic daily work experiences, including exposure to, hearing, or seeing others in pain, fear, and terror. They discuss how the COVID-19 pandemic and national civil unrest due to gross inequities people of color are facing on a day-to-day basis have introduced even higher levels of stress for healthcare providers and what happens during a trauma tsunami, when patient and provider boundaries are muddy.

Ellen Fink-Samnick is an award-winning industry thought leader who empowers healthcare's transdisciplinary workforce. Known and highly respected as 'The Ethical Compass of Professional Case Management', she is a sought out professional speaker and author, with hundreds of offerings and publications to her credit. Ellen is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Board-certified Case Manager, Certified Clinical Trauma Professional, and Certified Rehabilitation Provider. Her academic affiliations include roles as subject matter expert for Western Governors University, and adjunct faculty for the University of Buffalo’s School of Social Work, and George Mason University’s Department of Social Work. She is also a Doctor in Behavioral Health candidate at Cummings Graduate Institute of Behavioral Health Studies. Connect with Ellen on twitter: https://twitter.com/epflcswccm. Learn more about Ellen and her research: http://www.efssupervisionstrategies.com/.

Dr. Cara English is joined by Dr. Fanike Young, DBH, LCSW and Dr. Kerry Griffin, MD to discuss black maternal health and how healthcare providers can best serve their patients and help them achieve the best health outcomes.

Fanike Young is a licensed clinical social worker and a Doctor of Behavioral Health, a master addiction counselor, and a certified clinical hypnotherapist. Dr. Young also serves as the Director of the DBH program at Cummings Graduate Institute for Behavioral Health Studies. Her passion is the healthy development of adolescent females and women, physically, mentally socially and spiritually. She strives to promote the integration of healthcare within medical clinics, healthcare facilities, and human service agencies using consulting projects as well as private practice.

Dr. Kerry Griffin a board-certified OB/GYN who serves as the Chief of Women Services for Georgia Kaiser Permanente Medical Group. Dr. Griffin chose Obstetrics and Gynecology because it has the perfect blend of routine health maintenance surgery and obstetrics. He feels that women make the majority of  healthcare decisions for their families, and it is a great avenue to educate members and immediate families. Dr. Griffin feels that he learns much more from his patients by being an effective listener, and he finds managing obstetric patients with high risk conditions to be extremely rewarding.

Interview recorded June 24, 2020.

Dr. Cara English, DBH speaks with Dr. Melissa Johnson DBH, LPC, on the topic of integrated pediatric care, which refers to the integration of medical and behavioral or mental health services for children, adolescents, and their families in traditional pediatric care settings. Professionals involved in pediatric integrated care may be working collaboratively in a variety of settings rather than all under one roof. The goal of integrated pediatric care is to achieve the highest level of care and collaboration between health professionals. 

Dr. Melissa Johnson DBH, LPC is a Licensed Professional Counselor and a Doctor of Behavioral Health in the state of Arizona. She has received a certificate in infant and family clinical practice o from the Harris Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Training Institute. Dr. Johnson is a Clinical Supervisor for an outpatient mental health clinic for children and families and has worked at Canyon Pediatrics delivering integrated care services for over four years. She enjoys the opportunity to collaborate with other doctors to provide comprehensive care. She has almost 2 decades of experience providing mental health for patients across the lifespan. 

Dr. Cara English, DBH speaks with Dr. Larry Ford, DBH, LBHP, BC, on the process of transforming Hands to Guide You from a carve-out behavioral health organization to a patient center medical home providing behavioral health and primary care services. 

Dr. Larry Ford received his Masters in Counseling with an emphasis in Human Relations from the University of Oklahoma, and he received his Doctorate in Behavioral Health from Arizona State University. Inspired by the volumes of studies Dr. Ford completed on how infinitely the psyche affects the body, Dr. Ford founded Hands to Guide You, an integrated behavioral health clinical practice based in Oklahoma City, OK, in November 2011.  

Dr. Ford centers his practice on the certainty that there is no physical health without mental health, and correspondingly Dr. Ford has advanced Hands to Guide You as a preeminent leader in Integrated Care and Population Health.  Hands to Guide You, with Dr. Ford at the helm, enjoys distinction for engendering unparalleled patient rehabilitation and recovery rates, and expansive patient health literacy. It is for Dr. Ford’s principal leadership over the compassionate interdisciplinary treatment team at Hands to Guide You, that epitomizes skilled behavioral health services in Oklahoma. To learn more about Hands to Guide You, visit: https://www.h2gy.com/.

In this 2 part interview, Dr. Cara English, DBH interviews Dr. Larry Ford, DBH, LBHP, BC, on the process of reverse integration, including accreditation for clinical practices and the operational and financial processes that it takes to prepare an outpatient behavioral health practice to transform into a fully integrated medical practice.

Dr. Larry Ford received his Masters in Counseling with an emphasis in Human Relations from the University of Oklahoma, and he received his Doctorate in Behavioral Health from Arizona State University. Inspired by the volumes of studies Dr. Ford completed on how infinitely the psyche affects the body, Dr. Ford founded Hands to Guide You, an integrated behavioral health clinical practice based in Oklahoma City, OK, in November 2011.

Dr. Ford centers his practice on the certainty that there is no physical health without mental health, and correspondingly Dr. Ford has advanced Hands to Guide You as a preeminent leader in Integrated Care and Population Health.  Hands to Guide You, with Dr. Ford at the helm, enjoys distinction for engendering unparalleled patient rehabilitation and recovery rates, and expansive patient health literacy.It is for Dr. Ford’s principal leadership over the compassionate interdisciplinary treatment team at Hands to Guide You, that epitomizes skilled behavioral health services in Oklahoma. To learn more about Hands to Guide You, visit: https://www.h2gy.com/.

Dr. Cara English, DBH interviews Dr. C. Carl Wilson DBH, LPCC, CADC, on the topic of veteran suicide prevention and mental health.  

Dr. Wilson is a Doctor of Behavioral Health who is licensed in professional clinical counseling from the states of California, Missouri and Iowa. Dr. Wilson served as a Non-commissioned  and Chaplain candidate in the United States Army for 11 years. He has worked as the Behavioral Health Program Manager for the United States Marine Corps and as a Readjustment Counselor for the Veteran Outreach Center in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.His treatment specialties include anger management, substance abuse, PTSD, and relationship issues with a client focus on veterans and adolescents. Dr. Wilson is the owner of Covenant Behavioral Health, with offices in three states. Learn more about Dr. Wilson's practice at https://www.covenantbehavioralhealth.org/