Clinical and Training Programs Available Through CMHC

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CMHC, Inc. Clinical Programs

Primary Care Program:

MHC, Inc. employs a supervising physician with experience in internal medicine, emergency medicine, and general practice. In addition we employ two Advanced Nurse Practitioners. Sonya Albright, MSN, APN is our lead Nurse Practitioner available full time. Primary care patients are seen by appointment at our Nevada and Lockwood site. Dr. John Toronto, our Medical Director also sees patients at our facility. CMHC is currently recruiting for an additional Nurse Practitioner to fill overload patient needs.

If you need physical care and want to know more about our primary care program and the three primary care providers involved in our program each week call 417-667-8352 or click here!

Mental Health Programs:

We operate adult, child and adolescent, and aging mental health programs for the general outpatient population. In addition we treat all these populations in our affiliated psychiatric and medical surgical hospital programs (click here to see key staff leadership and department heads.). CMHC operates a Missouri Department of Mental Health, Division of Alcohol and Drug Abuse certified substance abuse treatment program with outpatient and day treatment components, transportation and case management services, and supported housing. Our serious mental illness program includes a day treatment programs licensed by the Missouri Department of Mental Health, outpatient individual, group, and family psychotherapy, medication management, and transportation and case management services. Our traffic offender programs include Missouri Department of Mental Health certified SATOP Program (click here to see SATOP Program Description) , Missouri Division of Correction REACT certified programs, and clinical intervention programs required to meet offender court requirements. We are team members providing treatment and management in the Vernon County Drug Court Treatment Program and the Dade and Barton County Drug Court Programs. The mental health center provides School Psychodiagnostics in the Heartland Residential Care Center School. CMHC, Inc. operates a sex offender treatment program, child abuse and neglect assessment and treatment programs, and marital and relational therapy programs.

Heartland Hospital: Since the early 1980s CMHC has provided clinical services at many area hospitals. CMHC, Inc. clinicians provide clinical services at the hospital. While the hospital has had many changes of ownership, managers, and has a checkered quality and performance, our diagnosticians continue to be involved and make attempts to provide quality clinical input and encouragement for a commitment to quality treatment. We are more or less actively involved in the hospital based on the management’s changing commitment to quality and collaboration with doctors and master’s level practitioners.

Nevada Regional Medical Center: Since 1980 doctors of psychology and psychiatry and licensed therapists at CMHC, Inc. have been on staff at the NRMC. The clinicians at the mental health center were instrumental in starting a Behavioral Health Unit in the medical center and place and treat patients with psychological problems there. In addition we provide coverage for the ER mental health constutations, diagnostic consultation and treatment for patients on the medical/surgical units who have psychological problems or behavioral problems affection their physical condition.

Drug Court Programs: CMHC, Inc. collaborates with the courts in Cedar, Dade, Barton and Vernon Counties to provide a state of the art Drug Court Programs. These programs provide day treatment, outpatient care, and family treatment for individuals who are addicted and come into contact with the courts. The expansion of these programs into the Southern portion of the CMHC, Inc. treatment region makes us one of the largest rural drug court programs in Missouri.

CMHC, Inc. Training Programs: Capstone Training Experiences which integrate and expand years of academic preparation. Our training programs emphasize practice preparation for the rural culture and rural specialty areas. Consequently, a strong generalist orientation with extensive family therapy skills constitute core components of our programs.

Rural Clinical Psychology Training Program:

The psychology-training program offers both a pre doctoral internship in rural clinical psychology (with training tracks in family psychology, neuropsychology, hospital psychology, child and adolescent psychology, SMI, addictions, geropsychology, and forensic psychology), and a postdoctoral residency in rural clinical psychology. In the spring of 2003, our faculty reviewed our involvement with APPIC and decided to resign from our association with them citing the belief that we can enhance the quality or our program and conserve precious program resources by being freed from tethering to interventions and actions which are not helpful to students and faculty in the pursuit of excellence, and that we can attract a higher quality of intern by non-lottery selection processes. That decision has proven correct and our faculty think we have since improved the quality of applicants, feel no pressure to pass applicants who do not meet our standards, and can have realistic appraisal of our supervisors, programs, and applicants. We have invested the budget that was consumed by APPIC membership fees, correspondence negotiations, and procedure to the purchase of materials for our growing professional library. We are happy with our decision to have no direct or indirect affiliation or involvement with the APPIC organization, and any inadvertent reference to APPIC in this Web site is an error of proofing and construction. Jerry Morris, Psy.D., MBA, MS(Pharm), ABPP, NCSP, NBCC, CCM and nationally approved Supervisor AAMFT, certified by the APA National College of Psychology: Alcohol and Other Psychoactive Substance Abuse, a member of the National Academy of Practice, and author of books, chapters, and scientific and professional articles is the Training Director. Dr. Morris indicated that CMHC, Inc. will continue it’s tradition of providing the highest quality rural clinical psychology training internships and post doctoral residencies and assisting psychologists in adapting to the changing market place. He indicated that our program will continue to look toward affiliation with other training accreditation bodies which have clinician rather than academician orientations. He noted that NAPPP (www.nappp.org) is the national association for psychology practitioners and that they are currently developing training guidelines and training program credentialing and that CMHC, Inc. will affiliate with them when these systems are completed. Dr. Roger Wise is a clinical psychologist and licensed social worker and holds a master’s degree in divinity. He is faculty in the rural psychology training program and has served as a committee member for the Missouri Psychological Association and as the President of the Southwest Missouri Psychological Association. Dr. Kim Delgado is a clinical psychologist who did a rural clinical psychology internship and a rural clinical psychology post doctoral residency.

Applicants to the psychology internship and postdoctoral residency are accepted and should include three letters of reference, a professional resume, an official college and graduate transcript, a writing sample, and a letter stating the student’s theoretical and technique preferences and future goals in psychology and healthcare. The psychology programs require that the applicant attach a letter summarizing their professional goals and interest. Also, the applicant should provide letters of reference, a summary of professional and social service work experience, and annotate any licenses, certifications, or special skills. The psychology program accepts applications from clinical, counseling, child, health, school, rehabilitation, & family psychology programs. Regional accreditation of the applicant's school is required.

Our program is rigorous. Students should expect to participate in 25 to 30 hours of therapeutic activity and 10 to 15 hours of supervision, education, and assignments. Students who don’t complete all assignments will not graduate from our program. Trainees are required to participate in a variety of rotations. Additional areas of interest can result in arranged rotations (neuropsychology, geropsychology, forensic, child abuse & neglect, learning disabilities and school psychology, etc.). Several rotations occur simultaneously. Students have ample opportunity to join one of the faculty sponsored research clusters for dissertation work, research, and program evaluation experience. Postdoctoral residents are required to complete a research or major written work during their residency.

Recent interns have been from: The University of Missouri Kansas City, Forest Institute of Professional Psychology, Brown University, Argosy University, and other regional and national professional schools and university training programs. While we prefer professional school and practitioner-scholar students, the faculty seeks interns and residents who are dedicated to health care delivery careers, and rates the trainee’s personality attributes, commitment to practitioner goals, and clinical experience as the most important variables in selecting a trainee. In that sense, we are more interested in the characteristics of the individual over which psychology training was ladened than which school the student came from, APA or other accreditations, or grade point average. Experience in life as a leader, individual who enjoys involvement with others, and as a team player and in collaboration are helpful to the student competing for our training positions

Individuals seeking admissions to the psychology training programs may contact Dr. Morris (Training Director) at morris49@aol.com, or Dr. Hagy may be reached for questions by telephone at 417-667-8352 (Monday, Tuesday, Friday, or Saturday). Click here to find out about Psychology Internship and Residency and view one of our brochures. To view the seminar components of the psychology-training program click here. To view the Training Director’s lecture series and selected reading assignments click here. To view the specifics of the psychology postdoctoral residency in rural clinical psychology click here. To view methods of resident evaluation click here.

Rural Clinical Social Work Training Program:

The Clinical Social Work training program offers social work trainee's an 8 month block practica and general practica in affiliation with the University of Missouri Kansas city School of Social Work masters program, and we accept certain doctoral social work students from nationally known training programs. The clinical social work program includes extensive supervision in psychotherapy, case management, addictions treatment, treatment of children and adolescents, geriatric social work, and multidisciplinary team treatment and collaborative care. Amy Bradley, MSW, LCSW (Social Work Training Director), and Rob Powell, MSW, PsyD, and social work faculty has recently rejoined our social work training faculty. Click here to view specifics about the clinical social work field practica and intership.

Rural Marital & Family Training Program:

CMHC, Inc. provides a two-year Marital and Family Therapy training residency for post masters or doctorate students with marital and family coursework and background seeking further specialized training and/or AAMFT certification, or licensure as a MFT. CMHC, Inc. MFT faculty has two AAMFT Approved Supervisors and two senior level supervisors-in-training who teach didactics, provide individual and group supervision, and design and assist in student research. Graduates of our residency include MFTs, physicians, psychologists, social workers, and professional counselors now licensed and practicing. Click here to view specifics about the MFT training program. Dr. Morris is board certified in Family Psychology by the American Board of Professional Psychology, is an AAMFT Approved Supervisor and is a licensed marital and family therapist and licensed psychologist and professional counselor. Dr. Wise is a licensed psychologist, licensed clinical social worker, an ordained minister with a masters degree in Divinity, an AAMFT Approved Supervisor. Dr. Glen Christie is a licensed professional counselor, and is a AAMFT Registered Supervisor in Training, and a certified substance abuse counselor.

Rural Substance Abuse Counselor Training Program:

The Substance Abuse Counselor training residency is a two-year program, which trains individuals for certification as a substance abuse counselor. Program faculty include William Bonner, D.O., Jerry Morris, Psy.D., M.B.A., ABPP, a holder of the American Psychological Association, National College of Psychology Certification in the Treatment of Alcohol and Other Psychoactive Substance Abuse. Also on faculty is Wm Bonner, D.O., an experiences senior clinician, physician, and recovering counselor, JB Woolverton, CMSAC, senior clinician, recovering counselor, and Certified Master Substance Abuse Counselor, Glen Christie, Ed.S., LPC, ThD, CSACII, certified advanced substance abuse counselor, senior recovering counselor, licensed professional counselor, and EMT. The program trains the counselor in the 12 core areas of substance abuse counseling and meets the requirements for certification in Missouri. Extensive training in Motivational Interviewing, Cognitive-Behavior Therapy, and the scientific literature concerning addictions and addiction treatment is included in our program. Admission requirements include at least a bachelor's degree in one of the behavioral sciences or the individual must be a recovering person with at least two years of sobriety. Three letters of reference must be included in the application (at least one must be from a therapist or AA or NA sponsor who can attest to two years of sobriety for the recovering person). Dr. Glen Christie and JB Woolverton, CSACI, CMSC, Dr. Jerry Morris, DADA Certified Substance Abuse Training Supervisors and Training Directors. For information on admission to this program, contact Dr. Jerry Morris at 417-667-8352, or email at cmhcjerry@sbcglobal.net.

Rural Professional Counseling Residency:

The Rural Counselor training residency is a two-year program, which trains individuals for licensure or certification as a professional mental health counselor. Residents must possess a master’s degree in counseling, three excellent letters of recommendation, and demonstrate an interest in depth work in family counseling and substance abuse counseling which are core training components in our program. Click here for specific information about our training residency. Training faculty includes Dr. Jerry Morris, Board Certified Professional Counsleor, Dr. Glen Christie, professional counselor, Dr. John Hagy, professional counselor, Dr. Kim Delgado, professional counselor.