National Psychology Training Consortium

A Decade of Lessons Learned: Engineering PCBH via a Primary Care, Single Session / 'One at a Time' & Contextual Lens

Introductory --- Designed for psychologists who may have little to no background in a specialized skill or content area. The learner can become acquainted with the theoretical underpinnings, principles, methods, and perspectives of a content area. Although it can be used as a foundation for more advanced learning, a program may simply focus on breadth, enrichment or general knowledge.

Course Description and Target Audience

With well over two decades of combined experience providing services and directing programs dedicated to Primary Care Behavioral Health (PCBH), Drs. Beachy and Bauman are excited to provide a homestudy that details a parsimonious view of what allows PCBH services to be uptaken and radical within primary care clinics. This homestudy training will provide an overview of key ingredients for providers and directors working within PCBH, including knowledge of primary care, functional contextualism, and a single-session or a moment-at-a-time mindset.

Participants will specifically learn about the philosophy and aims of primary care, how this approach to care differs from traditional/specialty mental health, and the importance of BHCs working within PCBH assimilating to this philosophy of care. Further, participants will receive specific instruction, as well as pragmatic strategies, of how to apply a functional contextualist approach to their patient care, work with their medical teammates, and efforts to sell PCBH to administrators. 

Lastly, participants will learn the importance of adopting a single session, or a moment-at-a-time, approach to providing clinical services, as well as how doing so ripples out throughout the individual, clinic, and community the BHC serves. This homestudy will consist of didactic, experiential exercises, and role-plays to enhance learning of participants.

Target audience is any healthcare provider working in myriad settings including but not limited to primary care settings and specialty clinics.

There are no known risks to this presentation.

Learning Objectives

• Participants will be able to describe the GATHER philosophy of primary care behavioral health. 
• Participants will be able to describe the primary care philosophy of primary care.
• Participants will be able to describe the philosophy of functional contextualism.
• Participants will be able to describe the single-session or, a moment-at-a-time approach to clinical services.
• Participants will be able to apply the Contextual Interview and ACCESS-V filter to enhance single moments with patients in the PCBH model.  

Presenter Information

Bridget Beachy, PsyD, a licensed psychologist, is currently the Co-Principal at Beachy Bauman Consulting, PLLC as we all as the Director of Behavioral Health at Community Health of Central Washington (CHCW; FQHC in Washington state). Dr. Beachy is an avid speaker on topics related to integrated care, compassionate healthcare, and leadership, and presents internationally, nationally and at the state and local level.

David Bauman, PsyD is a licensed psychologist and principal member of Beachy Bauman Consulting. He also is the Behavioral Health Education Director at Community Health of Central Washington. Dr. Bauman enjoys speaking, presenting, and writing on topics related to primary care, contextualism and compassionate healthcare, and the integration of behavioral health into medical settings. 

Homestudy Training Format

CE’s for this training will be earned by completing the following tasks:

• View the training video in full for both days and review all provided documents in their entirety.
• A program evaluation form will be provided to all who registered following the training. Please be sure to complete this form since your feedback helps direct future CE programming from our organization.
  
  

Registration Cost

This cost includes the video links and materials required to obtain CE’s. Your CE certificate will be made available to you upon completion of the training. 

National Psychology Training Consortium (NPTC) is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. NPTC maintains responsibility for this program and its content.