A Story of Recovery & Hope
“I was taunted by voices telling me that I would be evicted from my home. My mental health provider, who had been trained in strategies informed by Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Psychosis by BeST Center experts, and I used a reality testing strategy. We checked the evidence for and against what the voices were claiming. The reality-testing helped me to make better decisions, including choosing to move to assisted living. My physical and mental health are both better now.”
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Psychosis
The BeST Center offers expert training, consultation and other assistance in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Psychosis (CBT-p), a person-centered, recovery-oriented, collaborative, structured and evidence-based approach for helping individuals who experience psychosis.
Why?
We believe people with psychosis can live full, meaningful, and satisfying lives. We believe that establishing relationships founded upon shared purpose and collaborative learning supports personal recovery and develops community.
CBT-p trained clinicians provide a higher level of expertise to your organization’s workforce with a more advanced understanding of psychosis.
Mental health care providers can more effectively treat people who are affected by psychosis through CBT-p training. Do you want to join us?
What we do
Train providers and agencies in recovery-oriented care by:
- Providing opportunities for learning CBT-p and related strategies to fidelity (intensive training and consultation).
- Developing implementation strategies with agencies to support sustainable, growth-oriented programs.
- Bringing partners together to develop communities of care.
BeST Center CBT-p Training & Consultation
The BeST Center offers training and consultation in CBT-p interventions that individual practitioners and teams, such as first episode psychosis and Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) teams, can incorporate into clinical care.
The following practitioners can benefit from training in CBT-p informed strategies: Nurses, case managers, counselors, therapists, supported employment specialists, psychiatrists, and peer recovery specialists.
Therapists
Therapists are trained in formulation-based CBT-p where they complete 3-day intensive training, consultation meetings and work sample review in order to reach competence.
Case Managers (including nurses, peer suppport specialists, supported employment)
Case managers are trained in CBT-p informed strategies, based on scope of practice, where they complete 3-day intensive trainings, consultation meetings, and behavioral rehearsals in order to reach competence.
become a CBT-p trained organization
Providers who are interested in bringing the recovery-oriented benefits of CBT-p to the individuals served by your organization, contact bestcenter@neomed.edu or call 330.325.6699.
For more information about the BeST Center CBT-p program, view the full BeST Center CBT-p Program Description.
CBT-p Partner Sites
Cuyahoga County
- The Centers for Families & Children
- CBT-p contact: Kristie Persson, 440.332.4603
Holmes County
- Counseling Center for Wayne and Holmes Counties
- CBT-p contact: Jeff Bradford, 330-264-9029
LAKE County
- Crossroads Health
- CBT-p contact: Aaron Burko, 440-354-9924
Montgomery County
- Samaritan Behavioral Health
- CBT-p contact: Nicole Duff, 937.734.9818
PREBLE COUNTY
- Samaritan Behavioral Health
- CBT-p contact: Cynthia Treasure, 937-456-1915, ext. 104
Summit County
- Community Support Services
- CBT-p contact: Sean Lynch, 330.253.9388
Wayne County
- Counseling Center for Wayne and Holmes counties
- CBT-p contact: Jeff Bradford, 330-264-9029
CBT-p RESOURCES
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CONTACT US
BeST Center
Email: bestcenter@neomed.edu
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