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Wilson, Emma, BA

Emma Wilson completed her Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology from the University of Missouri- Columbia in December 2021. Through the same institution, Emma is currently pursuing a Master’s in Public Health. As a student, she became interested in the opioid crisis, and this interest spread into substance use prevention. In January of 2022, Emma entered the field and began working for PreventEd as a Prevention Educator; she has spent the last year in St. Louis area schools educating students of all ages.

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It’s Complicated – A Peer Taught Cannabis Prevention Program

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Dawsey, Nichole, MPH

Nichole Dawsey is the Executive Director of PreventEd, formerly known as NCADA (National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse).

Nichole was born in St. Louis, Missouri, and like many native St. Louisans, developed a fondness for the close-knit communities, quaint neighborhoods, and unique history of the area. After earning her Bachelor of Arts degree from The Catholic University of America in Washington DC, Nichole found her professional passion in the field of education. As she worked in the classroom to help her middle school students grow intellectually, she realized the equal importance of supporting young people’s mental health, wellness, and development of life skills. To become an even more effective, knowledgeable, and helping professional, Nichole chose to earn her Master of Public Health from Saint Louis University. It was during graduate school that Nichole was introduced to NCADA, when she found a part-time position there as a Prevention Educator.

After five years, Nichole was promoted to Director of Prevention Education, and served in that role for five years. During that time, Nichole oversaw the significant expansion of the prevention education program, increasing students served by 15% and department staff capacity by 25%. Nichole was appointed as Executive Director in 2018. Under her leadership, NCADA is now PreventEd. The organization has become known for its supportive workplace culture and has been honored as a Top Workplace by the Women’s Foundation of Greater St. Louis and the St. Louis Post Dispatch.

Presentation(s):

It’s Complicated – A Peer Taught Cannabis Prevention Program

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Rakhshan Rouhakhtar, Pamela, PhD

Pamela Rakhshan Rouhakhtar, Ph.D. is a clinical psychologist and an assistant research scientist at the University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC). She completed her internship in 2021 at the Clinical High Risk for Psychosis track within the VA Maryland Health Care System/University of Maryland School of Medicine Psychology Internship Consortium, and received her degree in human services psychology from UMBC. Pamela’s work focuses on the validation and development of psychosis spectrum assessments and studying the role of cultural and contextual factors — particularly race — in our understanding of the psychosis construct, as well as illness presentation, course, and treatment. She is also a co-director of the Strive for Wellness (SFW) clinic within the Maryland Early Intervention Program, where she and the SFW team provide clinical supervision/training, assessment, consultation, and treatment for youth and their families in the Maryland community experiencing early or attenuated symptoms of psychosis.

Presentation(s):

Screening and Diagnosis (CHR and FEP)

What is Not Psychosis – Disorders Masquerading as Psychosis

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Tubbergen, Tjitske “Tish”, MSW, PhD, LCSW

Dr. Tjitske “Tish” Tubbergen graduated from the University of Missouri-Columbia with a Bachelor of Social Work (BSW) in May 2003, a Master of Social Work (MSW) in May 2006 and a PhD in Social Work in August 2020. She has been a Missouri Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) since 2013. She has worked at Preferred Family Healthcare as a Community Support Specialist (CSS), a Qualified Mental Health Professional (QMHP), a counselor, a CSS supervisor, a Residential Clinical Coordinator, a counselor for those with severe mental illness in the Intensive Community Psychiatric Rehabilitation Center (I-CPRC) program, a Clinical Supervisor and as the Program Director of the Adult and Youth CPRC programs and Psychosocial Rehabilitation (PSR) program at Preferred Family Healthcare in Kirksville. Dr. Tubbergen currently works as a therapist providing individual, couple and family therapy through the PFH Behavioral Health Clinic. In addition to her work at PFH, Dr. Tubbergen maintains a limited, part-time private practice working with children and adults dealing with mental health issues. Dr. Tubbergen is a member and current Secretary of the Missouri State Committee for Social Workers, a position Governor Jay Nixon appointed her to in 2015.

Presentation(s):

Are Consumers getting what they want? An Examination of Factors Associated with Daily Living Activities of CPR Consumers

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Kingsbury, David, MA

Dave Kingsbury is the Director of Deaf Services and a member of the Executive Team for the Missouri Department of Mental Health. He oversees program and policy development and provides training, consultation, and technical assistance regarding clinical practices, culture, language, legal compliance, and ethics regarding services for the Deaf and hard of hearing and members of language minority groups. He has 20 years of education and experience in cross-cultural psychology including a bachelor’s degree in psychology and Deaf culture studies, a master’s degree in counseling psychology, and additional training and experience in Deaf mental health care and services for immigrants, refugees, and veterans. He previously worked as Director of Student and Outreach Services and the Resource Center on Deafness at Missouri School for the Deaf, where he oversaw on campus professional services and statewide programs including audiology, early intervention, and deaf education consulting. Dave also taught as an adjunct professor in the Carlstrom Deaf Studies program at North Central University and the ASL and Interpreting Program at William Woods University. He served 8 years in the U.S. Army National Guard and Reserve and currently serves as a Flotilla Commander, Operations Officer, and Diversity Officer in the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary. He is bilingual and working on becoming trilingual.

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Cultural Competence: Ethics and Models for Individual and Organizational Development

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Ellison, Kathleen, MS, MA, NCC

Katie Ellison, MA, MS, NCC is an Associate Director of Research Activities and program director for the Safer Homes Collaborative with the Missouri Institute of Mental Health at the University of Missouri-St. Louis. Her research focuses on lethal means reduction strategies, such as reducing easy access to firearms in the home to prevent firearm suicide. She has worked in community and school suicide prevention for over twenty years, earning recognition as a specialist and consultant in community, state, and school suicide prevention, intervention, and postvention best practices.

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Carpenter, John, MSW, LCSW

John Carpenter first got a BA in Psychology in 1977, followed by a Master in Social Work in 1979 from Washington University in St. Louis. He was trained in Family Systems, Transactional Analysis, Gestalt Therapy, Rational-Emotive, Clinical Hypnosis, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, and Cognitive Behavior approaches. He has served southwest Missouri for 44 years as a psychiatric therapist in hospital, clinic, and rural health settings. He has worked to treat every disorder that you could imagine.

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Experiential Assessment and Therapy for Difficult Clients and Confusing Situations


 

 

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Cummins, Duane, PhD

During the past 37 years Dr. Cummins has functioned in a variety of different positions within the Missouri Department of Corrections and the Missouri Department of Mental Health, as well as having served Gateway Foundation in numerous markets. Duane has had the opportunity to train employees in a wide range of professional disciplines and has participated in the development of numerous original offender programs and program designs. Duane has a substantial grasp of the unique issues presented by individuals expressing both substance use and criminal behavior often compounded by other mental health conditions.

Presentation(s): 

The Changing Face of Corrections Based Substance Use Services

 

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Andrews, Bart, PhD

Bart Andrews, PhD, is the Chief Clinical Officer at Behavioral Health Response. Dr. Andrews is the chair of the American Association of Suicidology’s Advisory Council, facilitator of Missouri’s Suicide Prevention in Healthcare ECHO, a member of the Missouri Suicide Prevention Network, a recipient of the 2022 American Association of Suicidology Roger Tierney Service Award and a ZeroSuicide Academy Faculty member. Dr. Andrews is a suicide attempt survivor and a proponent of embracing of lived expertise in our suicide prevention efforts. Dr. Andrews is also known far and wide for his mastery of Facebook memery (meme-ory).

Presentation(s):

The Suicide Continuum Unmasked: Understanding Suicide Through a New Lens 

Integrating Behavioral Health into Primary Care: Collaborative Approaches for Addressing Substance Use, Mental Health, and Developmental Challenges