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Craig, Jessica, MS, LPC

Jessica Craig is a Licensed Professional Counselor and Human Service Specialist with over 15 years of experience providing individualized recovery services using staged matched interventions, evidence-based techniques for rehabilitation, and clinical case management. She has worked in office-based Outpatient, Community CPRC & ACT, Inpatient Detox & Residential, and Crisis Response settings working with folks’ chemical dependency, mental illness, and co-occurring disorders. Currently, Ms. Craig is the Team Leader for Team Edith Assertive Community Treatment at St Patrick Center in downtown St Louis, MO. Before this position, Ms. Craig was a member of the initial team developing St Patrick Center’s Hospital to Housing Initiatives, focusing on providing secure housing to address healthcare concerns. Over the almost five years at St Patrick Center, Ms. Craig has honed her understanding and skills to navigate the intersection of behavioral health concerns and homelessness.

Presentation(s): 

A Conversation of Best Practices for Service Delivery in the Unhoused Community


 

 

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Belcher, Jonathan, MSW

Jonathan Belcher is a Senior Director of Programs at St. Patrick Center in downtown St. Louis, where he oversees fourteen different Long-Term Transformation programs. His programs support individuals and families that come to St. Patrick Center with the highest need. Since joining St. Patrick Center in 2009 he has helped thousands of individuals and families transform their lives by finding permanent housing, behavioral health and other support services. As a strong advocate for consumer directed care, Jonathan created St. Patrick Center’s consumer advisory board, a place where clients have a voice and also sits on the St. Louis City Continuum of Care Board. Jonathan graduated from St. Louis University with a Masters of Social Work in 2015 and received his Bachelors of Social Work from the University of Missouri St. Louis in 2009. He lives with his wife and son in St. Louis and is an avid Chicago Cubs fan.

Presentation(s): 

Behavioral Health Treatment through Housing


 

 

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Winograd, Rachel, PhD

Rachel Winograd, PhD, is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychological Sciences and licensed psychologist at the University of Missouri St. Louis with a dual appointment within the Missouri Institute of Mental Health where she directs the Addiction Science team. She received her doctorate in clinical psychology from the University of Missouri, Columbia, and completed her doctoral internship with the VA St. Louis Healthcare System. Her clinical, research, and program development interests revolve around interventions designed to save and improve the lives of people who use drugs. Her primary focus is on expanding access to medical treatment, harm reduction strategies, and person-centered approaches for those most in need of evidence-based care for substance use disorders in Missouri.

Presentation(s): 

Five Years of Missouri’s Medication First Approach to Opioid Use Disorder: What We’ve Learned and Where We Go From Here

 

 

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Thompson-Gibson, Lisa, MA, MA

As Associate Director of Counseling Services at Southern Illinois University – Edwardsville, Lisa assists with the administrative and supervisory needs of Counseling Services. She also sees students for individual and group therapy. She provides support using conventional “talk therapy” approaches, along with the use of art materials as a means for nonverbal communication. Lisa serves as the Project Coordinator for iCare, the campus initiative intended to improve on awareness and prevention of suicide. In that capacity, Lisa provides outreach support, trainings, and ongoing programming relevant to suicide prevention.

She has previous experience as a Student Affairs professional working in Residence Life, Judicial Affairs, Study Abroad, Law School Administration, and with the Dean of Students. Her work as a Student Affairs professional informs her clinical approach in working with college students and supporting their academic and out-of-classroom success. She is skilled in working collaboratively with campus partners to advance the mission and goals of Counseling Services.

Presentation(s): 

Psychotherapy with Black Clients: Rumbling with Theory, Feelings, and Meaning-Making PART 1

Psychotherapy with Black Clients: Rumbling with Theory, Feelings, and Meaning-Making PART 2

 

 

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Strabala, David, MSW, LCSW

David Strabala, LCSW, is currently a full-time counselor in the Clay County Juvenile Office, where he works with troubled youth and their families. He also teaches and tells stories part-time in various settings, including an innovative healing program for veterans and first-responders with PTSD. He tells ancient tales of heroes and tricksters while using a djembe drum to help listeners uncover meaning, depth and wholeness in their life stories. Prior work experience includes community mental health, EAPs, brain injury and mobile crisis.
Strabala is the director of an award-winning feature documentary, “What Is Synchronicity?” (2014), which explores the passages of meaningful coincidence through the views of artists, scientists, authors and others. He received his MSW from the University of Iowa and moved to the Kansas City area in 1993.
 

Presentation(s): 

Tracking Our Destiny With Stories


 

 

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Reynolds-Lewis, Beth BS

Beth Reynolds Lewis, BS, is a compassion fatigue specialist, trauma informed care trainer and Registered Yoga Teacher. Her experience includes 30+ years as a Child Welfare case manager, a Forensic Interviewer, and work in a public behavioral health system. Beth is a co-owner of Compassion Resiliency, a training and consultation company that promotes the well-being of professionals who work in high stress/trauma-exposed work environments.

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Self-Care is NOT Selfish: 10 Creative Tools for Boosting Your Resiliency


 

 

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Sale, Liz, PhD

Dr. Elizabeth Sale is the Director of Evaluation and a research associate professor at the Missouri Institute of Mental Health at the University of Missouri – St. Louis. Dr. Sale has over 25 years of experience in the field of survey and evaluation research, with a particular focus on the evaluation of suicide prevention and substance use prevention programs. She has been the lead evaluator for several SAMHSA-funded suicide prevention initiatives, including programs for youth and adults in school and hospital settings. Currently, she is directing the evaluation of the Missouri Foundation for Health-funded Safer Homes Collaborative that focuses on suicide prevention education and training for the gun-owning community. She has published in several peer-reviewed journals including the Journal of Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention, the Community Mental Health Journal, the American Journal of Community Psychology, and the American Journal on Drug and Alcohol Abuse. She is currently a member of the Missouri Suicide Prevention Network and the St. Louis Regional Suicide Prevention Coalition.

Presentation(s): 

Effectiveness of a Suicide Prevention Follow-up Program Linking Hospitals and Mental Health Care Providers in St. Louis and Kansas City, Missouri


 

 

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Williams, Stacey, MSW, LCSW

Stacey Williams is the State Suicide Prevention Coordinator for Missouri Department of Mental Health and serves as the suicide prevention lead for the department. She is the Project Director for the Youth Suicide Prevention Grant, the Zero Suicide in Health Systems grant, oversees the Emergency Suicide Response for COVID-19 Project as well as numerous other statewide crisis services activities. Stacey has a Masters in Social Work, with an emphasis in Policy, Planning and Administration from the University of Missouri and a Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology. Stacey is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with over twelve years’ experience working in mental health. She brings forth experience in state government, residential and community mental health settings as well as experience in both policy and clinical practice. Stacey is passionate about helping people through the process of bringing about systems change. In her free time, you can catch her baking, spending time outdoors or spending time with her teenage son Camden and German Shepherd Bella. 

Presentation(s): 

What you need to know about 988 in Missouri

Effectiveness of a Suicide Prevention Follow-up Program Linking Hospitals and Mental Health Care Providers in St. Louis and Kansas City, Missouri


 

 

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Muckler, Casey, MPH

Casey Muckler is a suicide prevention specialist at the Department of Mental Health. She assists with oversight and monitoring on all suicide prevention grants, projects, and programs. She is the project director of the 988 planning grant and co-facilitates 988 implementation efforts in Missouri. She is also the project director for Missouri’s mobile crisis planning grant. She serves as an executive member of the Missouri Suicide Prevention Network to collaborate with statewide suicide prevention leaders to oversee the implementation of the Missouri Suicide Prevention Plan.

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What you need to know about 988 in Missouri


 

 

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Millar, Kirsti, MS, LPC

Kirsti Millar, MS, LPC is the Suicide Prevention Program Manager at ReDiscover where she manages the Show Me Zero Youth Suicide Grant which serves clients ages 10-24 and the Show Me Zero Suicide Grant working with adults aged 25 and up.  She has dynamic experience in crisis work and has utilized her creativity in program expansion and client engagement at ReDiscover for five years.  She has nine years in the field working with both adults and youth alike in therapeutic, case management and crisis like settings. She completed her Master’s in Counseling from Missouri State University with an emphasis in Play Therapy. Kirsti enjoys working with youth and has a passion for community engagement. Kirsti has extensive trainings across multiple modalities including: motivational interviewing, positive youth development, harm reduction, assessing and managing suicide risk, trauma informed care, vicarious trauma, EMDR and play therapy.  

 

Presentation(s): 

Effectiveness of a Suicide Prevention Follow-up Program Linking Hospitals and Mental Health Care Providers in St. Louis and Kansas City, Missouri