Pre-Recorded CE Package

There will be 15 total hours available - please check back for full listing. You will have access to all recordings in May. 

PRE-RECORDED WORKSHOP 1

From Theory to Practice: Assessment and Treatment of Substance Use Disorder Using a Biopsychosocial Approach

Kallio Hunnicutt-Ferguson, PhD, Samantha Patton, PhD, ABPP, and Martha Fiskeaux, PsyD

CE Credits: 3

Workshop Level: Introductory

  • This introductory level workshop will explore the neurobiological, psychological, and social factors that contribute to substance use disorders (SUDs). We will discuss the ways in which stigma and bias affect individuals with SUDs, and how to approach assessment and treatment in a compassionate, nonjudgmental manner. We will review information on factors to assess when working with someone with an active SUD (e.g., even if not initially the focus of care). We will review the evidence base for treatments for SUDs as well as interventions for co-occurring disorders, and engage attendees in experiential practice of important assessment.

    1. Understand how stigma impacts individuals with substance use disorders.

    2. Approach assessment and treatment using a nonjudgmental, person-centered stance.

    3. Explain how biological, psychological, and social factors all play a role in the development and course of addiction.

    4. Identify evidence-based treatments and community supports.

  • Kallio Hunnicutt-Ferguson, PhD, ABPP, is a licensed clinical psychologist and assistant professor at Emory University School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, board certified in Behavioral and Cognitive Psychology. She specializes in providing evidenced based treatment to adults with anxiety, trauma, mood, and substance use disorders (SUDs), with a particular interest in the intersection of stigma, women’s health and SUDs. She is actively involved in research focused on preventing prenatal substance exposures and their impact on children and families. She also directs the Emory Clinic psychology practicum training program and is the Director of Education for Emory’s Clinic for Anxiety, Resilience, Education and Support (CARES) Program. She also supervises psychology graduate students and residents in learning cognitive behavioral and mindfulness-based approaches to treating anxiety, trauma, substance, and mood disorders and co-occurring personality pathology.

    Samantha Patton, PhD, ABPP,     is a licensed clinical psychologist and assistant professor at Emory University School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences. She is board certified in Behavioral and Cognitive Psychology. She completed her PhD at the University of Louisville, clinical internship at the Southeast Louisiana Veterans Healthcare System, and postdoctoral fellowship at Emory. She is currently the clinical director of both the intensive outpatient and partial hospitalization programs within the Addiction Alliance of Georgia. Dr. Patton is passionate about providing evidence-based treatment and specializes in the treatment of PTSD, substance use disorders, and related problems. She also works with teens, adults, and families in an outpatient setting and supervises psychology graduate students, residents, and fellows learning cognitive behavioral therapies.

    Martha Fiskeaux, PsyD     completed her degree in clinical psychology at the Florida School of Professional Psychology at National Louis University. She completed her internship in health service psychology at the Bay Pines VA Healthcare System and her postdoctoral fellowship in clinical psychology at Emory Healthcare Veterans Program. She specializes in providing treatment for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), substance use disorders, and other comorbid mental health disorders. She is passionate about providing evidence-based and culturally responsive care to underserved populations. Her research interests include exploring ways to expand access to evidence-based care. She currently serves as an assistant professor and licensed clinical psychologist at Emory University School of Medicine’s Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Addiction Alliance of Georgia clinic. She provides outpatient therapy to adults and adolescents with substance use and other co-occurring.

PRE-RECORDED WORKSHOP 2

Institutional Betrayal and Racial Healing in Behavioral Health

Danielle Currin, PhD, D'Asha Barnes Daniels, MSW, Desiree Frain, PsyD, Erica Marshall-Lee, PhD

CE Credits: 1

  • Racial trauma, betrayal trauma, and institutional betrayal are baked into the history of the United States. This legacy of injustice encompasses direct experiences of racism and discrimination, as well as a broader sense of betrayal in which the very institutions tasked with helping people, such as the US healthcare system, let them down in egregious, painful, or even fatal ways. We describe the psychological impact of the mistreatment of Black Americans by the US healthcare system using theories of racial trauma, betrayal trauma, and institutional betrayal; and use a modified version of Bronfenbrenner’s socioecological framework to provide concrete examples and strategies to address racial healing and provide racial trauma-informed care to Black Americans.


    Despite these advances, we continue to see fragmentation in the system as individuals transition from early intervention programs to long-term treatment. This includes disruptions in care, fewer treatment options and resources, and loss of valued team members and supports that negatively impact recovery gains. Families and caregivers also become overburdened along the way as they try to understand and support their loved one within a confusing system.


    Organizations and professionals in Atlanta have responded to these problems by developing programs that provide access to gold-standard models of psychotherapy and psychosocial intervention, medication management, and other evidenced-based models of care. During this symposium we will share what has been accomplished and our goals for the future as Atlanta, and Georgia, is situated to grow into a regional center for treatment, research, training, and advocacy.
    Attendees will learn about current efforts to expand and collaborate across academic institutions and health systems across the state, including growing pains and lessons learned. Attendees will also learn about local resources and models for collaboration.

    1. Describe the fundamentals of suicide risk assessment, risk formulation, documentation, and disposition

    2. Utilize evidence-informed and culturally-relevant strategies for preventing suicidal behavior, treating individuals who are suicidal, and intervening with families and communities following a death by suicide

    3. Be attuned to own reactions to working with suicidal individuals and interacting with family members and the broader community following a death by suicide

    4. Develop an approach to coping effectively with these challenging clinical and ethical situations when interacting with suicidal persons or family members and the community after a death by suicide

  • Danielle Currin, PhD is a licensed clinical psychologist and incoming Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Emory University School of Medicine. She dedicates her time to providing mental health services to underserved populations with serious mental illness and engaging in social justice and advocacy work. Her recent work includes disseminating knowledge through blog posts and organizing advocacy action hours with the Atlanta Behavioral Health Advocates, giving talks to high school students and families of those with mental health concerns, and mentoring graduate-level trainees in putting together their own community outreach projects. With all these activities, she endeavors to decrease stigma around mental health and increase both accessibility and equity of mental health services.

    D'Asha Barnes Daniels, MSW     is a third year doctoral student in the Counseling Psychology program at Georgia State University. She is a Southern Regional Education Board Doctoral Scholar and the current Georgia Psychological Association campus representative for graduate students at GSU. Her work is rooted in trauma-informed care, multicultural and social justice advocacy, and psychological safety in the workplace.

    Desiree Frain, Psy.D.     (she/her/hers) is a licensed psychologist in the state of Georgia and an assistant professor at Brenau University. She completed her graduate studies at Regent University and a two-year postdoctoral residency at Emory University and Grady Health System. Dr. Frain finished her predoctoral internship at Georgia Regional Hospital in Atlanta, where she provided clinical services to primarily underserved persons diagnosed with severe mental illnesses (SMI). In addition to her faculty role at Brenau University, she is an adjunct professor at Emory University School of Medicine and participates in Atlanta Behavioral Health Advocates. Her professional interests include teaching, clinical supervision, borderline personality disorder, recovery-oriented cognitive therapy, and incorporating social justice advocacy into clinical training. Dr. Frain has also been involved in numerous research projects and has co-authored several publications and presentations on topics including severe mental illness, social justice advocacy, and supervision and training. Her current activities include supervision and teaching of future mental health professionals from a social-justice informed perspective.

    Erica Marshall-Lee, PhD, ABPP, ABSMIP     is a double board certified licensed Clinical Psychologist, Associate Professor, and Eminent Psychologist in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Emory University School of Medicine.  She is the Assistant Vice Chair, Faculty Development, Diversity and Inclusion, and Associate Director, Advocacy and Diversity of Postdoctoral Residency in Health Service Psychology.  Dr. Marshall - Lee is also the Past President of the Georgia Psychological Association as well as Chair of the American Psychological Association, Division 18- Psychologists in Public Service Serious Mental Illness and Serious Emotional Disorders Section and past Co Chair of the division's Policy and Advocacy committee as well as the Division's APA Advocacy liaison.   Her work is centered on serving adults with serious persistent mental health concerns, social justice advocacy, equity, diversity, inclusion with marginalized communities, and social justice, multiculturally informed behavioral healthcare learning.  She enjoys promoting mental health and well-being, social justice, and advocacy through work with her professional affiliations at national, state, and institutional levels.

PRE-RECORDED WORKSHOP 3

MDMA Combined with Mass Exposure Therapy for PTSD

Barbara Olasov Rothbaum, PhD and Jessica Maples-Keller, PhD

CE Credits: 2

  • The pharmacotherapy and psychotherapy literatures for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) will be succinctly reviewed and discussed, focusing on cognitive behavioral treatments (CBT), and the various CBT techniques will be briefly described, including virtual reality exposure therapy. Pharmacotherapy and combination pharmacotherapy and psychotherapy treatments for PTSD will be discussed. Innovations in the treatment of PTSD, including medium of delivery and novel combination treatment will be presented. An intensive outpatient treatment model and will be presented. In two phase 3 trials, 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA)-assisted psychotherapy, a non-directive therapeutic approach, resulted in significantly greater reductions in PTSD compared to placebo. The therapy model used in these trials has not previously been tested as a standalone therapy and is not an existing evidence based PTSD therapy. Prolonged Exposure (PE) is a gold standard PTSD intervention. Translational evidence indicates prolonged Exposure Therapy (PE) could represent the optimal psychotherapy to be combined with MDMA for PTSD intervention.
    We have developed The METEMP Protocol for Massed Exposure Therapy Enhanced with MDMA for PTSD. We are piloting the combination of a two-week intensive PE protocol for treatment of PTSD with the addition of a 100 mg MDMA dose on Day 2, in which two imaginal exposure sessions are conducted during the MDMA session. Primary outcome is PTSD symptom reduction as assessed by independent raters via the Clinician-Administered PTSD Scale for DSM-5-Revised (CAPS-5-R) from pre-treatment compared to one month follow up. Currently 12 participants have been enrolled (N=12; 41.7% male; 41.7% civilian and 58.3% veteran). In preliminary analyses, CAPS-5-R decreased significantly from pre (M = 75.50, SD = 14.16) to 1 month (M = 16.48, SD = 20.89) (t = 12.33, df = 11, p < .001). MDMA enhanced massed exposure therapy for PTSD shows preliminary safety, feasibility, and efficacy, with a large decrease in CAPS-5 symptoms.

    1. The audience will become familiar with various treatments for PTSD, including the description and rational for treatment as well as available data on its efficacy. Interventions will include pharmacotherapy, psychotherapy and cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT). Specific CBT techniques to be covered include prolonged exposure and virtual reality exposure therapy.

    2. The audience will become familiar with the rationale for some psychedelic therapies, particularly for PTSD.

    3. The audience will learn the basics of a new combination therapy including 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA) combined with massed prolonged exposure therapy for PTSD.

  • Barbara Olasov Rothbaum, PhD is Director of the Emory Healthcare Veterans Program. She is a professor and Associate Vice Chair of Clinical Research at Emory School of Medicine in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and Director of the Trauma and Anxiety Recovery Program and holds the Paul A. Janssen Chair in Neuropsychopharmcology. She specializes in research on the treatment of anxiety disorders, particularly PTSD. Dr. Rothbaum has been studying PTSD treatments since 1986, served on the DSM-IV PTSD subcommittee, and has developed, tested, and disseminated some of the most innovative and effective treatments available for PTSD. She is an inventor of virtual reality exposure therapy. She was a pioneer in applying it in the treatment of PTSD in combat veterans. Dr. Rothbaum has been conducting translational research on MDMA for about a decade. She has authored over 400 scientific papers and chapters, has published 11 books on the treatment of PTSD and edited 4 others on anxiety, and received the Diplomate in Behavioral Psychology from the American Board of Professional Psychology. She is a past president of the International Society of Traumatic Stress Studies (ISTSS). She is a fellow of the American College of Neuropsychophamacology (ACNP), the National Academy of Inventors, the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (ABCT), and American Psychological Association’s Division 56. Dr. Rothbaum was awarded the Robert S. Laufer Award for Outstanding Scientific Achievement from the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies (ISTSS) in 2010, the Award for Outstanding Contributions to the Practice of Trauma Psychology for APA Division 56 in 2010, the 2021 ISTSS Lifetime Achievement Award, and was just made a Fellow in the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Her recent books on PTSD for the general public include: PTSD: What Everyone Needs to Know and Making Meaning of Difficult Experiences.

    Dr. Jessica Maples-Keller     is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Emory University School of Medicine. She is a licensed clinical psychologist, and completed her PhD at University of Georgia, predoctoral residency at Medical University of South Carolina, and postdoctoral fellowship at Emory University School of Medicine. She is currently the Research Director at the Emory Healthcare Veterans Program, core investigator at Grady Trauma Project, and founding member of the Emory Center for Psychedelics and Spirituality. Dr. Maples-Keller program of research involves using translational models to improve exposure therapy and testing novel models of psychedelic-assisted therapy. Dr. Maples-Keller was selected for the NIH Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women’s Health Career Development Award Program and has been selected for honors including the Anxiety and Depression Association of America Donald F. Klein Early Career Investigator Award and the Association for Psychological Science Rising Star Award.

PRE-RECORDED WORKSHOP 4

Using Stories to Help Children Cope with Loss and Trauma

Ann Hazzard, PhD, ABPP and Marianne Celano, PhD, ABPP

CE Credits: 1

  • Many children (an estimated 20-48% of all youth) are exposed to traumatic events and many experience mental health problems as a result. Traumas may include child maltreatment, domestic or community violence, natural disasters, and family disruption. Many traumatic events also involve temporary or permanent loss of contact with caregivers. Diverse therapy approaches are utilized to address children’s distress after experiences of loss or trauma and many include the use of first and/or third-person narratives.
    The presenters are a clinical psychologist and a couple and family psychologist, two of the co-authors of the Something Happened children’s books that encourage adaptive coping with specific family and community stressors. The presenters will focus on using stories to help child clients cope with loss and trauma. Two illustrative case studies will be presented. Something Happened to My Mom models adaptive coping with parental addiction, a complex family stressor that may also involve child maltreatment and parent-child separation. Something Happened to My Dad, a story about an undocumented father’s detention and potential deportation, models coping with parent-child separation. Both stories also address stigmatized situations which may be particularly challenging for families to discuss. The presenters will provide a resource list of additional sources of published stories addressing trauma and loss. They will discuss strategies for developing tailored therapeutic stories for particular clients in a clinical setting.
    A complicating factor is that many children who have experienced trauma and loss do not receive treatment from behavioral health providers. Also, many stressors (e.g., gun violence) impact large groups of children. Therefore, approaches involving community-based psychoeducation or advocacy appear warranted. The presenters will discuss utilizing stories in community settings to promote adaptive coping on a broader scale. They will encourage participants to reflect on diverse ways to expand their role and develop competencies as community advocates.

    1. Describe three ways in which narrative approaches can enhance coping, build resilience, or promote empowerment.

    2. Identify three coping strategies that are generally adaptive for children dealing with loss or trauma.

    3. Describe two benefits of community-level interventions that support healthier families

    4. Identify one psychoeducation or advocacy activity in which you might engage.

  • Ann Hazzard, PhD, ABPP is an Associate Professor Emerita at the Emory University School of Medicine. She provided child assessment and therapy services and conducted research on child trauma at Emory’s Grady campus. She supervised psychology and pediatrics interns and postdoctoral fellows for over three decades. She has presented many professional workshops regionally and nationally. Dr. Hazzard developed therapeutic stories for child clients and is the co-author of four children’s books promoting children’s coping with family and community stressors. She has been a board member of several community nonprofits focused on child abuse prevention, bereavement support for children, and promotion of children's literacy. She is actively involved in social justice advocacy efforts.

    Marianne Celano, PhD, ABPP     is Professor Emerita at the Emory University School of Medicine. During her career at Emory, she supervised hundreds of psychology and psychiatry residents providing behavioral health services to children and families. She has presented many professional workshops and was a keynote speaker at the American Psychological Association convention in 2023. Dr. Celano was a credentialed supervisor of Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT) as well as Parent Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT). She specialized in treating children with chronic health problems and youth who experienced traumatic events. She has co-authored four children’s books promoting children’s coping with family and community stressors and is active in social justice and environmental advocacy.

PRE-RECORDED WORKSHOP 5

Ethics in Motion: Navigating Connection and Change in Global Psychological Practice

Tomina J. Schwenke, PhD, ABPP, Emily Mouilso, PhD, and Amy Todey, PhD

CE Credits: 3

Workshop Level: Intermediate

  • This engaging ethics workshop will use case studies on social media, global psychology, and interjurisdictional practice to examine emerging challenges in modern psychological work. Participants will review telepsychology and telemental health guidelines, ethical decision-making models, and frameworks for forensic work, mandated reporting, and social media practice. Diversity issues—including cultural contexts in high-conflict families, linguistic and disability concerns, and generational differences in technology use—will be integrated throughout. Using interactive methods such as open-ended questions, quizzes, and self-reflection, attendees will gain practical tools, decision trees, and greater capacity to ethically navigate evolving practice across state and international borders.

  • 1. Apply ethical decision-making models (e.g., APA Ethical Principles, Koocher & Keith-Speigel’s 8-step model) to emerging challenges in psychology, including social media practice, telepsychology, and global/interjurisdictional practice.
    2. Evaluate and integrate current guidelines for telepsychology, telemental health, supervision, forensic work, mandated reporting, and social media into professional practice across clinical, forensic, and supervisory roles.
    3. Identify and critically examine diversity considerations (e.g., religion, age, linguistic diversity, ability/disability, socioeconomic status, and rural/urban differences) that impact ethical decision-making in clinical and forensic contexts.
    4. Analyze systemic cultural stereotypes and legal-psychology intersections to reduce bias, enhance cultural humility, and strengthen therapeutic and forensic relationships in high-conflict family systems and divorce.

  • Tomina J. Schwenke, PhD, ABPP, is a licensed and board-certified psychologist with a post-doctoral juris master’s degree from Emory School of Law. She is a nationally certified sign language interpreter (CI/CT), with a specialized certificate in mental health interpreting (QMHI). She is an Assistant Professor
    at the Emory School of Medicine, served as the director and on-site psychology supervisor for the Emory’s jail-based Competency Restoration program and is the forensic psychology training director for the Emory Psychiatry and Law Service. She holds the clinical distinction of Senior Psychologist within
    the Emory Brain Health Clinic where she provides therapy to a variety of patients including those who are deaf, hard-of-hearing and deaf-blind.
    She was previously in private practice and focused on civil and criminal forensic work. She is a certified forensic evaluator for the State of Georgia and publishes and presents nationally on a variety of forensic psychology and interpreting topics. Her awards include the Richard Morrel Community Commitment Award (Emory), the Martin Seligman Research in Psychology and Deafness Award (ADARA),Outstanding Journal Article Award (JADARA), the Dennis Brady Service Award (CUNY), and the Excellence in Patient Care Award (Emory Healthcare).

    Emily Mouilso
    Dr. Mouliso is a licensed psychologist in Georgia and board certified in Behavioral and Cognitive Psychology by the American Board of Professional Psychology. Since 2015, she has been employed at the University of Georgia as a Clinical-track faculty member in the department of psychology. She is the Director of the Psychology Clinic and served as the Director of Clinical Training in 2022-2024. She supervises graduate students in assessment and treatment of adult outpatient clients in the Psychology Clinic and teaches graduate and undergraduate-level courses in clinical psychology, adult intervention with a focus on evidence-based treatment, ethics, and supervision. Dr. Mouilso also serves on the GPA Ethics Committee and the Legal and Legislative Affairs Committee. In 2022 she was named a fellow of GPA.

    Amy Todey, PhD
    Dr. Amy Todey is a Harvard-educated, licensed psychologist dedicated to helping families, parents, and children thrive. Dr. Todey is a parenting and coparenting expert with specialized expertise in divorce, neuropsychological assessment (ADHD, Autism Spectrum Disorder and learning disabilities), and relationship psychology.

    Dr. Todey earned her PhD in psychology from the University of Georgia in 2013. She completed her clinical internship and postdoctoral fellowship at Harvard Medical School where she worked across several Harvard teaching hospitals including Cambridge Health Alliance and Boston Children’s Hospital, where she remained as a staff psychologist for 3 years. Dr. Todey began her private practice in Cambridge, Massachusetts in 2015 and transitioned to Atlanta, Georgia in 2018. Dr. Todey has had advanced training in coparenting, parent coordination, and child custody evaluation through William James College. She has also been trained as an Expert Witness through Harvard Law School. A seasoned speaker, Dr. Todey has presented both locally and nationally on topics including parenting, co-parenting, ethics, neurodevelopment, and divorce. She currently serves as Education Chair of the Georgia Psychological Association Ethics Committee and holds licenses to practice psychology in Georgia and Massachusetts, with the ability to work across states through PSYPACT. Dr. Todey is a frequent contributor to popular media outlets including Parents Magazine, Parade Magazine and Projet Arcadie.

PRE-RECORDED WORKSHOP 6

Mirror, Mirror On the Wall, Better Body Image For All

Sandra Wartski, PsyD, CEDS

CE Credits: 3

Workshop Level: Intermediate

  • Negative body image is curiously complex, quite common and clinically challenging. Beliefs about one’s body, including culturally-influenced idealizations about shape and size, are developed in multifactorial ways, and the unlearning of these beliefs is similarly multifaceted. This presentation will focus on the truths about body image, accompanied by a variety of multi-theoretical interventions to consider incorporating into therapeutic strategies related to body image improvement. Because research shows that anyone’s mental health would be improved with improved body image, all therapists would benefit from additional clinical skills that can assist in effectively navigating clients toward a life without critical body relationships.

    1. Describe at least two ways that harmful body image beliefs and body shame are developed

    2. Explain two strategies to challenge harmful body image beliefs

    3. List ways to help clients develop kinder, more compassionate, function-over-form ways of attending to the body

  • Sandra Wartski, Psy.D., CEDS is a Licensed Psychologist and Certified Eating Disorder Specialist who has been working with Silber Psychological Services since 1993. Over the past 30 years, Dr. Wartski has been conducting individual, family and group therapy, as well as psychoeducational evaluations, with special interests in mood disorders, anxiety, eating disorders, relationship issues and crisis intervention. One of her favorite parts of being a therapist is the opportunity to build relationships allowing room for positive growth and change. Dr. Wartski also enjoys providing presentations and writing articles on a variety of mental health topics for both community groups and other professionals, especially in the domain of body image and disordered eating.

PRE-RECORDED WORKSHOP 7

Partnerships in Action: Advancing Psychosis Care Across Atlanta & Beyond

Rachel Waford, PhD, ABPP, Charlie Davidson, PhD, and Katrina Bridgman Goines, PhD

CE Credits: 2

Workshop Level: Intermediate

  • In recent decades we have seen advances in comprehensive, recovery-oriented care for individuals living with SSD across the lifespan. In the United States, coordinated specialty care (CSC) programs are not only the gold-standard, but now the norm, and clinical high risk for psychosis (CHR-P) programs are coming online to provide stepped care models as we try to better predict, prevent, and intervene during the earliest moments of burgeoning symptoms. This leads to better treatment outcomes, improved functioning, and meaningful engagement in valued areas.


    Despite these advances, we continue to see fragmentation in the system as individuals transition from early intervention programs to long-term treatment. This includes disruptions in care, fewer treatment options and resources, and loss of valued team members and supports that negatively impact recovery gains. Families and caregivers also become overburdened along the way as they try to understand and support their loved one within a confusing system.


    Organizations and professionals in Atlanta have responded to these problems by developing programs that provide access to gold-standard models of psychotherapy and psychosocial intervention, medication management, and other evidenced-based models of care. During this symposium we will share what has been accomplished and our goals for the future as Atlanta, and Georgia, is situated to grow into a regional center for treatment, research, training, and advocacy.
    Attendees will learn about current efforts to expand and collaborate across academic institutions and health systems across the state, including growing pains and lessons learned. Attendees will also learn about local resources and models for collaboration.     

    1. Explain the core components of effective treatment programs for psychotic disorders;

    2. Describe 2 common problems encountered by patients or families when transitioning through different systems;

    3. Discuss current and planned organizational collaborations across the state

  • Charlie Davidson, PhD, is an Assistant Professor and psychologist in the Clinical & Research Program for Psychosis at Grady, where he is working in early intervention for psychosis programs. Prior to joining the faculty, he most recently worked in private practice and at Good Samaritan Health Center (Bankhead). Prior to that, he worked with Mercer University’s PsyD program, Click Therapeutics, and Akin Mental Health. His primary research interests at this time involve implementation, policy, and advocacy for evidence-based, recovery-oriented, and collaborative models of care, along with the ways in which stigma, social cognitive problems, and psychometrics impact recovery. He completed his PhD at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, internship at West Haven VA, postdoc at Yale, and another postdoc at Emory.

    Katrina Bridgman Goines, PhD, Assistant Professor (Pediatrics),     graduated from Emory University and completed her internship at Emory’s Child and Adolescent Mood Program. She received specialty training in assessment and treatment of psychosis (and those at risk for psychosis) in young people during both her graduate training and post-doctoral fellowship, under Dr. Elaine Walker at Emory. She has been involved in several research programs involving psychosis, including the North American Prodrome Longitudinal Study (NAPLS II and III) and the Emory 3q29 Project. Dr. Goines currently works as a Clinical Psychologist in the Hirsch Early Psychosis Clinic at the Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta Center of Behavioral and Mental Health. At CHOA, she treats children and adolescents with a broad range of presenting problems, and has particular interests in the assessment and treatment of psychotic and related disorders (including attenuated psychosis syndromes and mood disorders).

    Rachel Waford, PhD, ABPP is a jointly appointed Assistant Professor in Emory University’s School of Medicine and Rollins School of Public Health. Dr. Waford is a Lead Psychologist in the Clinical and Research Program for Psychosis at Emory University SOM and Grady Health System. Her clinical research interests focus on understanding barriers to care in community settings for individuals living with psychosis, promoting care continuity through health systems-strengthening models, and implementing facilitators of recovery. She uses public mental health frameworks to develop innovative models of service provision, community engagement, and peer-led initiatives. Dr. Waford is co-author of The Psychosis Response Guide: How to help young people in psychiatric crises, and has delivered a TEDx talk entitled, Early Intervention in Psychosis: Broadening our Mental Health Community about the importance of communities in supporting recovery for young people with psychosis.

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