Why We Serve: One study found that 45 percent of people who have died by suicide visited their primary care physician within a month of their death... (Ahmedani et al, 2014) https://cdn.ymaws.com/www.ohiochc.org/resource/resmgr/webinars/07_2020_Suicide_Safer_Care.pdf

Many primary care visits are related to behavioral health needs and many medical problems like diabetes and high blood pressure are the result of poor health care habits that worsen health outcomes. We can help you and your medical staff with depression screeners to help identify concerns, teach basic motivational interviewing (MI) and brief interventions to improve behavioral activation to reduce hospitalization stays and improve the overall health and life outcomes of the patients you see. We can also help your staff learn behavioral health basics  to help them feel more comfortable when managing clients struggling with behavioral health crisis.

Who we Serve and How We Can Help You: 

How we help your existing behavioral health department at your FQHC or outpatient therapy practice?

We help you train your  licensed clinicians on the role of Behavioral Health Consultant (BHC) as most psychotherapist are not trained to be BHCs in graduate school and adapting the needed skills for success to the PCP setting requires adjustment and support from knowledgeable peers, and WE would love to support the staff with this.

Does the staff need to have a mental health license to start integrating behavioral health (BH) into the medical practice or can the nurses and existing office staff be trained? 

It is important that all the staff are equally equipped with the basic BH knowledge and insight to begin addressing the whole person, limiting the over use of pharmacological interventions on minorities and underprivileged groups. Those groups are not always provided alternatives to medicine. Training the team on how to read the PHQ-9, GAD-7 screeners and administering the C-SSRS suicide assessment are a few of the behavioral health basics and skills to help all staff feel equipped when interacting with your patients. Team members can learn more about behavioral modifications and behavioral activations that could potentially improve both physical and behavioral health outcomes with no additional outside referral needed or interventions used. Behavioral activation can be as simple encouraging a client to walk twice a week to improve depression.

Don't know where you are on this Integrative Behavioral Health journey?

We can help you too!! We will provide you an initial 30 minute complimentary consultation to educate you on options and help you build the package that best fits your vision.

 BH Bundles for Corporations. How we can help you in the corporate setting? Already have an EAP...

It is a known fact that many employees out of fear of judgement and mistreatment in the workplace do not use the EAP. We provide a confidential way to support your staff with a plan to provide anonymity.

Crisis at the office?...We can help you and your staff process any stressor from co-worker death to layoffs.

• Groups-One of It Takes  A Village Therapist can provide group virtually or onsite. 
• Groups include, but are not limited to diabetes support groups, financial literacy groups, or coping skills group to name a few. *Plans can be discussed based on agency needs, Groups intervals can vary based on your needs and  monthly package rates can be discussed.

• Virtual Dial-Up Access or Co-Location Options are available and we would love to create a plan where an It Takes A Village therapist will come to your office and see clients onsite or establish a virtual relationship with your agency.
• On-demand consultations with a BHC at It Takes A Village to support the treating medical provider-monthly rates can be discussed.

• If interested in Monthly Packages for your business/PCP Office please contact us directly at 

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• New** Psychoeducation and Resources Family Consultations

• All Trainings/Consultations are self pay