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Raynor-McClanahan, Carolyn, MSW, LCSW

Carolyn Raynor-McClanahan is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in the state of Missouri who has provided clinical assessments and counseling services for the past ten years to adults and adolescents seeking help for depression, anxiety, trauma, severe mental illness, substance use disorders, sexual and criminal offending, sexual addiction and sexual dysfunction. Carolyn received her Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Social Work from the University of Missouri-St. Louis. Carolyn also is certified as a Clinical Trauma Professional. She currently works for the State of Missouri with forensic clients and provides individual therapy through the Better Help online platform.

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Habit Reversal Training, What Is It and How Is It Done?

 

 

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Missouri Psychiatric Center

The Missouri Psychiatric Center offers short-term, intensive inpatient treatment services for adults, adolescents and children. A 17 bed unit serves pre-adolescents, ages 5-12, and adolescents, ages 13-17, two units with a total of 44 beds serve adults. The Missouri Psychiatric Center also offers an emergency room assesment unit to help with crisis stabilization, intake and discharge planning for patients.

website: https://www.muhealth.org/locations/missouri-psychiatric-center

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McAndrew, Craig, MA, LPC, LCAC, LMHC

Craig McAndrew is a Licensed Professional Counselor working in private practice. He worked at a detox center, and two outpatient treatment centers before going into private practice in 2001. He specializes in addictions, stress, anxiety and depression as well as PTSD and PTG. He is an international speaker and the author of three books on Forgiveness: “Forgiving Judas – A Man’s Journey to Forgive His Brother”; “Forgiving Our Fathers, Forgiving Ourselves”; and “Forgiving the World”. He has also produced a meditation CD called “Meditations for Forgiveness and Relaxation.”
Craig has his MA, LPC, LCAC, LMHC and is a Counselor in Private Practice in the Kansas City area.

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Ethics of Self Care

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Thumann, Kathryn, MSW, LCSW

Katie Thumann, LCSW, is the Chief Operating Officer at St. Louis Forensic Treatment Center. Ms. Thumann is a BSW and MSW graduate of the St. Louis University School of Social Work. Ms. Thumann is a certified Green Belt and graduate of the Spring 2020 Governor’s Leadership Academy. She has over 13 years of experience working in mental health and leadership roles.

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Race Matters – Creating & Implementing Racial Equity Sessions in the Workplace

 

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Bertolino, Bob, PhD

Bob Bertolino, Ph.D., is Professor of Rehabilitation Counseling at Maryville University and Sr. Clinical Advisor at Youth In Need, Inc. in Missouri. He has taught over 600 workshops throughout the United States and 11 countries and authored or co-authored 15 books including Effective Counseling and Psychotherapy: An Evidence-Based Approach, The Therapist’s Notebook on Positive Psychology: Activities, Exercises, and Handouts, and the forthcoming, The Therapist’s Notebook for Supervision and Training: Activities and Exercises to Improve Effectiveness. Bob is both a licensed marital and family therapist and professional counselor in the state of Missouri, a National Certified Counselor, a Certified Rehabilitation Counselor, and a Clinical Fellow with the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy.

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Improving Outcomes in Behavioral Health: What Every Clinician, Supervisor, and Administrator Needs to Know

 

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UMSL Center for Behavioral Health

UMSL – Center for Behavioral Health (CBH) provides high-quality and affordable outpatient psychological services to children and families throughout the St. Louis region. We are a leading provider of psychological evaluations, which allow families to understand their child’s strengths and challenges and help caregivers to get the help that their child needs.

website: http://www.umsl.edu/cbh/

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Zwolak, Steve, MEd

Steve Zwolak is the CEO of LUME Institute and Executive Director of University City Children’s Center. He has over 50 years’ experience as a student of children, tirelessly advancing and advocating for early childhood. Steve’s years as a classroom teacher and leader in the field of early childhood enabled him to build the LUME Approach to education, which focuses on Emotionally Responsive Teaching – braiding early childhood and mental health principles. The Approach emphasizes that the emotional development and wellness of teachers, children and families are collectively critical to a child’s future life script In addition, there is preliminary evidence that his work has the potential in closing the racial and socioeconomic achievement gap. We know the foundation for diversity, inclusion and equity are embedded the emotional development of children in the first three years of life. Steve teaches teachers that there is major watershed from birth through 5 years of age, where children must begin to internalize and then socialize their understanding of diversity, inclusion and equity to make it an embedded way of life.

Steve believes that is children are physically safe, they will feel emotionally safe, and then they can take social risk as they feel socially safe and finally the will confident in their own competencies to take academic risk. “All learning happens in relationships”.

Steve has been recognized locally, regionally and nationally for his work with children, families and educators.

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Understanding My Normal vs Their Normal

 

 

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Maglio, Christopher, PhD

Dr. Christopher Maglio is a professor in the Department of Education at Truman State University where he teaches measurement, statistics, research design, psychological testing and psychological foundations of education. He has presented at more than 90 State and National conferences and has several professional publications. Dr. Maglio is a licensed psychologist and maintains a limited private practice specializing in performing psychological evaluations for the State, the courts and various private and governmental agencies. Dr. Maglio served gubernatorial appointments as a member of the Missouri State Committee of Psychologists and the Missouri Committee for Professional Counselors and currently serves on the Missouri Child Abuse and Review Board. Dr. Maglio has a Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology (APA Accredited) from Arizona State University.

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

 

 

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Missouri Eating Disorders Council

The Missouri Eating Disorders Council leads the development of eating disorders education, awareness, and research initiatives throughout the state and promotes increased access to empirically-supported prevention and treatment services.

website: http://moedc.org

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Compass Health Network

We are Compass Health Network. Operating only from the highest ethical and professional standards, we provide access to innovative care designed to meet the health needs of the communities we serve. By earning the trust and respect of those we serve, we provide the promise of a better, healthier tomorrow that only an integrated, whole-person health organization can deliver.

Compass Health Network is a Federally Qualified Health Center and Community Care Behavioral health Organization serving the needs of individuals across Missouri through innovative, high quality services delivered in-person and through technology-supported, telehelth services.  Individuals are served in the areas of behavioral health, alcohol and drug treatment, supportive housing service, community based behavioral health support, primary care and dental services.

http://www.compasshealthhome.org