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 addressing psychotic illness symptoms and promoting mental health.
Why?
We believe CBT-p can help people with psychosis to live recovery: full, meaningful and satisfying lives. Recovery, as defined by SAMHSA and multiple other stakeholders, is a process of change through which individuals improve their health and wellness, live a self-directed life, and strive to reach their full potential.
Treatment team members have found that using Cognitive Behavioral techniques for psychosis (CBt-p) empowers clients to achieve personal recovery goals.
What we do
Train providers and agencies in recovery-oriented care with skills informed by CBT-p so that they can:
- Work effectively with individuals who experience psychosis to help them improve their lives; and
- Develop a community/learning collaborative of CBT-p providers with methods for continuous learning, practice, feedback and support as well as
- Help agencies to implement organizational supports that ensure clients have access to evidence-based services and that support mental health providers’ ability to apply these interventions to fidelity.
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 teams, can incorporate into clinical care. Both front-line personnel and therapists can be trained in strategies informed by CBT-p to help individuals address persistent psychotic symptoms.
To learn more about bringing the recovery-oriented benefits of CBT-p to the individuals served by your organization, contact bestcenter@neomed.edu or call 330.325.6699.
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: Dawn Carter, 330-264-9029
LAKE County
- Crossroads Health
- CBT-p contact: Lisa Demeter, 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
CONTACT US
BeST Center
Email: bestcenter@neomed.edu
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