UCLA Public Mental Health Partnership

Presented by Scott Fairhurst, PhD. This training addresses strategies to stabilize vicious cycles that lead to imminent suicide risk. An organizing model is presented to illustrate how perceptions of thwarted belongingness and burdensomeness can increase the desire to die. The model also illustrates how an acquired capability to die by suicide can lead to more lethal attempts. Points within the mo...

Anger, escalation, and conflict put the safety of our clients and others around them at risk and can lead to long-term interpersonal, legal, and health consequences. This 2-hour course will address strategies for preventing escalation, intervening with escalated clients, treating anger issues, and managing conflict. The training will introduce participants to validated measures for recognizing and...

By the end of this training, attendees will be able to: Use different tools to manage projects and people; Know how to effectively direct employees from development to deliverable; Gracefully transition from clinician to supervisor.

By the end of this training, attendees will be able to: Identify kinds of dynamics in play in difficult work conversations; Identify our areas of sensitivity around difficult conversations; Prepare for and practice a difficult conversation. 

Part 2 is focused on De-Escalation. This training is geared toward community/public mental health staff who provide services to individuals in field-based/outpatient mental health settings. This training reviews components pertinent to safety practices and crisis intervention/prevention practices. Common issues associated with providing mental health services in street-based outreach to homeless,...

This training is geared toward community/public mental health staff who provide services to individuals in field-based/outpatient mental health settings. This training reviews components pertinent to safety practices and crisis intervention/prevention practices. Common issues associated with providing mental health services in street-based outreach to homeless, home visits and urban crime-ridden c...

By the end of this training, attendees will be able to: Apply communication strategies to the comprehensive planning and implementation of meetings; Employ facilitation practices to conduct effective, time-bound, and task-focused meetings; Reiterate meeting outcomes, action items, and staff assignments to enforce ongoing communication and collaboration outside the meeting setting.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy’s utilization for treatment of psychosis is an evidence-based treatment that is becoming an integral part of mental health care. This training will focus on symptom specific treatments in correlation to CBT for Psychosis, specifically hallucinations, delusions, and negative symptoms. We will discuss addressing maladaptive thoughts and belief systems by identifying core...

Presented by Danielle Cameron, ACSW, MSW. Understanding the Stress Response is a training geared towards developing a better comprehension of how and why we respond to stress in certain ways. The training starts with a description of the various types of stress that most people experience. Two key components of the brain's stress response system (amygdala and hypothalamus) are introduced. Two...

In this training, attendees will learn how to create a mission and vision for themselves and their work. They will also learn about the importance of setting strategic aims that will help them to set goals and prioritize their workload.

This training was designed to take a closer look at the target population HOME serves and to discuss which individuals would be a good fit for the Outpatient Conservatorship Pilot.

Presented by Elizabeth Bromley, MD, PhD. This ninety-minute training will use a videotaped vignette and a series of dialogic sessions to explore a complicated clinical dilemma encountered by one homeless outreach team. Learners will be encouraged to identify the core ethical and legal dilemmas raised by the scenario including the tension between beneficence and autonomy and the mandate to offer tr...

 Presented by Julea McGhee, MD, MPH. Understanding the symptoms of psychosis are a crucial part of outreach and engagement, especially with those that are experiencing homelessness. In this training, we will focus first on assessing psychosis, in particular as to how it impacts one’s speech, behavior, thought processes, and decision making. We will also highlight the importance of noting one’s app...

Presented by Jean Lundquist, LCSW. Crisis Intervention is a clinical skillset that is even more pertinent during the current COVID-19 climate. This training will detail the utilization of the Roberts 7 Stage Model for Crisis Intervention in the context of telehealth. We will also focus on evidence based practice interventions to supplement the model. Finally, we will take time to discuss applicati...

Presented by Jake Rostovsky, MA, LMFT. While many mental health clinicians and social service workers would like to think they are able to work with the transgender and non-binary (TGNB) community, there is often a lack of knowledge around what is considered "best practice. Affirmative care goes beyond being "knowledge" about a client’s TGNB status. This training will give an overvi...

Presented by Jake Rostovsky, MA, LMFT. While many mental health clinicians and social service workers would like to think they are able to work with the transgender and non-binary (TGNB) community, there is often a lack of knowledge around what is considered "best practice. Affirmative care goes beyond being "knowledge" about a client’s TGNB status. This training will give an overvi...

Presented by Jake Rostovsky, MA, LMFT. While many mental health clinicians and social service workers would like to think they are able to work with the transgender and non-binary (TGNB) community, there is often a lack of knowledge around what is considered "best practice. Affirmative care goes beyond being "knowledge" about a client’s TGNB status. This training will give an overvi...

Presented by Aydin Olson-Kennedy, LCSW. Are you interested in writing surgical letters of support for your client's but unsure if you're qualified? Or maybe you're uncertain about what needs to be included in letters, or perhaps you feel conflicted about the role of informed consent and your professional liability. If so, this workshop is for you. To better understand the current requi...

Presented by Monique Padilla, LMFT. This series of trainings begin by outlining the AOT statute, criteria, referral process, and components for outreach and engagement for FSP providers. During Part 2, there will be an emphasis on processes for enrolled clients, from AOT specific measures to navigation of levels of care. The final training will detail how to draft declarations, progress reports, a...

Presented by Monique Padilla, LMFT. This series of trainings begin by outlining the AOT statute, criteria, referral process, and components for outreach and engagement for FSP providers. During Part 2, there will be an emphasis on processes for enrolled clients, from AOT specific measures to navigation of levels of care. The final training will detail how to draft declarations, progress reports, a...

Presented by Monique Padilla, LMFT. This series of trainings begin by outlining the AOT statute, criteria, referral process, and components for outreach and engagement for FSP providers. During Part 2, there will be an emphasis on processes for enrolled clients, from AOT specific measures to navigation of levels of care. The final training will detail how to draft declarations, progress reports, a...

Presented by Jean Lundquist, LCSW. Working with trauma in our clinical practice can often feel overwhelming. Many clinicians are taught to cope with the intense feelings that arise within trauma work through self-care activities at home. CE-CERT, the Components for Enhancing Clinician Engagement and Reducing Trauma, is a model comprised of five elements built on evidence based actions and skills t...

Presented by Linda P. Boyd, MN. Please note that our trainings on Grave Disability are a 4 part series. This is Part 4 in the series.

Presented by Maggie Mullen, LCSW. Learn the basics of Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), an evidence-based treatment that teaches clients how to become more mindful while simultaneously working on improving interpersonal relationships, tolerating distress, and regulating intense emotions. We'll explore the evidence-base for DBT, treatment principles and assumptions, and the four skills module...

Presented by Maggie Mullen, LCSW. Learn the basics of Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), an evidence-based treatment that teaches clients how to become more mindful while simultaneously working on improving interpersonal relationships, tolerating distress, and regulating intense emotions. We'll explore the evidence-base for DBT, treatment principles and assumptions, and the four skills module...