UCLA Public Mental Health Partnership

Presented by Julea McGhee, MD, MPH. This training presents how to dynamically communicate and advocate for clients with providers that are part of the 5150 process (law enforcement, emergency medical personnel, and hospital staff) to ensure that transitions within levels of care are supported. There is an emphasis on language within the 5150 documentation to be considered for hospitalization and n...

 Presented by Elizabeth Bromley, MD, PhD. This training continues to build the clinical knowledge base to effectively assess, document, and collaborate with other systems of care that involve grave disability. An ethical framework for how providers evaluate for grave disability, highlighting alternative placements for treatment to maintain the client’s self-determination whenever possible is exami...

Presented by Ana Stefancic, PhD. This training will explore how multi-disciplinary, community-based teams, such as Full Service Partnerships (FSP), can adopt recovery-oriented practices and support client choice and self-determination among persons with mental illness while maintaining provider responsibility. Examples from research conducted with FSPs and other behavioral health agencies will be...

Presented by Maggie Mullen, LCSW. In this training, participants will learn the basics of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Psychosis (CBTp), a collaborative, evidence-based therapy that reduces the distress associated with the symptoms of psychosis and improves overall functioning. This presentation will introduce you to practical applications of CBTp through discussion, video clips, and opportuni...

Presented by Antoine Bailliard, PhD, OTR/L. This training will provide an overview of best practices for assessment and intervention targeting activities of daily living for people served by intensive community mental health services. The training will review the importance of targeting living skills and participation to promote recovery and will introduce an occupational therapy framework for und...

Presented by Antoine Bailliard, PhD, OTR/L. This training will provide an overview of best practices for assessment and intervention targeting activities of daily living for people served by intensive community mental health services. The training will review the importance of targeting living skills and participation to promote recovery and will introduce an occupational therapy framework for und...

Presented by Christina Ortiz, PsyD. This training provides an overview of suicide prevention tailored for youth and families. Participants learn about the nature of suicide, suicide-related statistics, risk factors, and warning signs of suicide. The overview also covers risk assessment, how to help a youth thinking about suicide, and information on available resources for intervention and postvent...

Presented by Marietta Watson, LMFT. In this era of COVID-19 we are often providing services remotely, which can present challenges as we seek to build and maintain rapport with new and ongoing clients. This training focuses on the practical application of fundamental engagement approaches, strategies, and skills while using telehealth modalities. We will review some advantages of using the phone o...

Presented by Leeav Sofer and Kate Richards Geller. This special musical event will focus on empowering individuals to “find their voice” battling many cultural, ingrained stigmas of “I can’t sing”. With mindful practices and song, we will also address the theme of empowering providers to bring music and art into their practice both for self-care as well as for their clients, even if they are feeli...

Presented by Scott Hunter, MD. This training is tailored for interactions with younger populations to engage in a dynamic and open dialogue regarding cannabis use. The importance of building the skills, spirit, and strategies of Motivational Interviewing are discussed with case examples. Providing psychoeducational information in reflective ways are explored. There is also an emphasis on goals and...

Presented by Brian Hurley, MD, MBA, DFASAM. Medications for alcohol use disorder and medications for opioid use disorder are underutilized in mental health settings. This presentation will provide an overview of the medications used to treat alcohol use disorder and the medications used to treat opioid use disorder with a focus on the utilization of these medications within community mental health...

Presented by Elizabeth Mackey, LMSW and Stephanie Moon, OTD, OTR/L. This training will explore considerations for supporting previously unhoused or unstably housed individuals in transitioning into and staying in housing. Housing retention needs, barriers, and strategies will be reviewed, informed by core clinical approaches of recovery-oriented care, trauma-informed care, and harm reduction, as w...

Presented by Lisa Davis, PhD, LCSW. Identifying and claiming our own and our clients’ core values is a process that can help set the stage for engaging in a meaningful and impactful helping relationship.  This training will focus on two levels of values clarification, identifying and connecting with our own values as practitioners along with uncovering and joining with clients’ core values as a me...

Presented by Danielle Farmer, MSEd, LCSW. In this training we will focus on the core components of self-compassion (self-kindness, common humanity, and mindfulness), what gets in the way of practicing self-compassion, and taking the time together to implement a variety of exercises to enhance our own practice.

Presented by Bryan Sykora, ACSW. In this presentation, participants will learn about The Office of Diversion and Re-Entry (ODR) diversion programs, and about collaborating with ODR to provide mental health treatment care for our homeless, seriously mentally ill, justice involved individuals.

Presented by Daniel Puneky, MD. In this course, we will review the appropriate pronouns and language to use when addressing transgender individuals and discuss the role of the social determinants of health (social, economic, physical, environments, etc.) in leading to poorer mental and physical health outcomes for transgender individuals. Next, we will define systematic and structural violence and...

Presented by Elizabeth Mackey, LMSW & David Haynik, LCSW. FSP Training Collaboratives: Trauma-Informed Care (TIC) is focused on expanding the practice, knowledge, and skill of social workers, case managers, peer specialists, psychologists, and psychiatrists who work in Full Service Partnership (FSP) programs in Los Angeles County. The course introduces the neurochemical stress response system...

Presented by Elizabeth Mackey, LMSW & David Haynik, LCSW. FSP Training Collaboratives: Trauma-Informed Care (TIC) is focused on expanding the practice, knowledge, and skill of social workers, case managers, peer specialists, psychologists, and psychiatrists who work in Full Service Partnership (FSP) programs in Los Angeles County. The course introduces the neurochemical stress response system...

Presented by Jennifer Alquijay, PsyD. Many if not most LGBTQI+ youth and adults risk (or have experienced) rejection from their families, churches and spiritual communities, and even some institutions that they may choose for their secondary education. In addition, adults often can face continued discrimination in both housing and employment, health care, and blatant societal rejection, which are...

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 Dorit Saberi, PhD. Drawing from the latest research and intervention, this course will address compassion fatigue and vicarious trauma in the COVID-19 era by introducing elements of Positive Psychology to help “rewire” the brain for happiness.  The curriculum will utilize research regarding burnout and concepts from the study of neuroplasticity presenting a rationale for rewiring the...

Presented by Helle Thorning, PhD and Paul Margolies, PhD. The Full Service Partnership (FSP) approach is evolving over time with a focus on interprofessional team collaborations. This presentation highlights the vision for interprofessional team collaboration within the context of FSP going forward. By focusing on developing a shared vision for the FSP team guiding principles, services provided, r...

 Presented by Elizabeth Bromley, MD, PhD, Elizabeth Mackey, LMSW, Joanna Berton Martinez MPH, and Lisa Davis, PhD. Collaborators: Shoshanna Scholar, La Tina Jackson, Erica Shehane, David Haynik. This training provides an in-depth guide to the Harm Reduction approach, beginning with the framework of dignity of risk. There is a focus on Motivational Interviewing interventions including PACE, OARS, a...

Presented by Urban Voices' Leeav Sofer. About Urban Voices: Urban Voices Project creates supportive community spaces with music to bridge vulnerable individuals to a sense of purpose and improved health. UVP engages men, women and families across the greater Los Angeles area with music workshops in partnership with social, civic and healthcare organizations. Our outreach ensemble performances...

Presented by Domenique Harrison, MA, MPH. Recognizing and Challenging Implicit Bias is an evidence-based, educational training that includes interactive group discussions, videos, and activities. Participants will learn to define implicit bias, start to identify their own biases, mitigate the unintended effects of such biases, and distinguish its connection to racism and micro aggressions in today...