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Community Wellness & Access - Panhandle Behavioral Health Alliance
Doctor comforting patient

Work with rural communities to help them address their own unique needs around community wellness and access to care.

Past Activities

2024 Rural Symposium: Supporting Frontier Communities in Mental Health – Hereford

Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and Related Outcomes, by Allexa Zwinck, MA
Presentation slidesACEs presentation recording

Crisis De-escalation: Responding Effectively and Calmly, by Maude McCullough, EdD, MSN, LPC, CRC; and Chad Beavers, LPC
Presentation slidesCrisis De-escalation presentation recording

Lived Experience Panel Discussion, with Esmeralda Florez, LMSW; Leslie Garcia, Peer Specialist, RSPS; and Salvador Torres, Community Activist
Panel Discussion presentation recording

 


2023 Rural Symposium: Supporting Frontier Communities in Mental Health – Dumas

Early Intervention, Screenings & Assessments, by Joseph Dad, LPC, NCTTS
Speaker BioPresentation  slides

Crisis 101 Panel Discussion, with Bri Albracht, LPC-A; Sgt. Rudy Montano; and facilitated by Sara Northrup, LCSW 
Speaker Bios 

Interdisciplinary Collaboration: Short and Long-Term Recovery Goals and Self-Care for Providers, by Valerie Spanel, LPC; Chellsea Sparks, MA; and Ross Womble, QMHP-CS, RSPS, PSS
Speaker BiosShort-Term Goals for Providers in Crisis Aftercare/RecoveryHealthcare Workers Have Needs, Too


2022 Burnout, Recovery and Resiliency Conference

Self-Care: Preventing Compassion Fatigue and Secondary Traumatic Stress, by Pat Gill, M.Ed., LPC
Self-Care Presentation slidesProQOL Scale v5 — Social Work Tech Self-Care Plan

Burnout and Modeling Recovery Panel Discussion and Q&A with Providers, with Nicole Lopez, MD; Tabatha Snow, LCDC; Jeff Barnhart, FACHE; and facilitated by Joseph Dad, LPC

Presentation recording will be added later. Please check back again.

Resources from the follow-up weekly Self-Care Sessions. (Will be added later. Please check back again.)


2021 Addressing Trauma-Informed Care & Compassion Fatigue in the Texas Panhandle

Trauma-Informed Care in the Justice Setting, by Rick Smithson, MA and Chellsea Rea, BA
Speaker BiosPresentation  slidesTrauma Screener — ACEs Questionnaire
Field Version of the ACEsLGBTQIA Community Resources

Compassion Fatigue: When Helping Hurts, by Kristy Bartlett, LMSW and Alyson Morgan, LCSW
Speaker BiosPresentation slidesProQOL Screening — Compassion Fatigue Resources
CE-CERT Model slidesCE-CERT handout

Trauma-Informed Care in the Primary Care Setting, by Colin A. Ross, MD
Speaker BioPresentation slides

Trauma-Informed Care & Compassion Fatigue presentation recording


2020 Trauma Model Therapy, by Colin A. Ross, M.D.

Topics:
A treatment approach to domestic violence and abuse (starts at 0:03:03)
A treatment approach for addictions (starts at 1:06:06)

Trauma Model Therapy presentation recording

Presentation slides


2019 Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder in Primary Care: Prevention and Early Intervention, by Kenneth Minkoff, M.D.

Topic: Integrating mental health and substance use disorders into primary care settings

MH and SUD in Primary Care presentation recording

Presentation slides


Learning Community

Community Events

  • Peace of Mind Conference  |  October 18, 2022
  • How to Access Mental Health Resources During A Crisis  |  May 18, 2021
  • 2020 Peace of Mind Virtual Conference  |  October 20 & 21, 2020
  • Bedlam documentary online viewing  |  April 14, 2020
  • Angst: Raising Awareness around Anxiety documentary viewings  |  October 2019; November 2021
  • 2019 Peace of Mind Conference  |  May 21, 2019
  • 2-1-1 Tour: Behavioral Health Agencies & Services  |  May 15, 2019

Others

  • PSA videos in collaboration with Prevention Resource Center (PRC) Region 1 and PBHA  |  2022