Interdisciplinary Teams

The Modern Therapist's Survival Guide with Curt Widhalm and Katie Vernoy

Curt and Katie talk about treatment teaming as a therapist. We look at why you should do it, things to consider, and what it looks like in different settings.

It’s time to reimagine therapy and what it means to be a therapist. To support you as a whole person and a therapist, your hosts, Curt Widhalm and Katie Vernoy talk about how to approach the role of therapist in the modern age.

In this episode we talk about:

• Treatment teams as the most effective way to work with clients
• The education gap for people related to creating treatment teams
• The difficulty with the model of the therapist being the primary agent for change
• The different roles of treatment team members, especially as a therapist
• The distinction between diagnosis for medical necessity and for the clinical case conceptualization
• Specific things related to working with psychiatrists
• The challenge related to perceived hierarchy within the profession
• The value of having a treatment team leader and how to identify who should be the leader
• The importance of having a lot of information and additional perspectives
• The scope of practice considerations and how to talk with someone who has a different scope
• Fragmented communication within treatment teams
• Community Mental Health programs that require treatment teaming
• The different way that we set up a treatment teams when we’re in private practice
• Confidentiality and communication concerns when treatment teaming
• How to interact with the other team members
• The educational considerations related to treatment teaming
• The “mercenary” reason to do treatment teaming

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Resources mentioned:

We’ve pulled together resources mentioned in this episode and put together some handy-dandy links.

Wraparound Services within Community Mental Health

Article: Hoge MA, Morris J, Daniels A, et al. (2007). An Action Plan on Behavioral Health Workforce Development. Rockville, Md, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration

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Credits:

Voice Over by DW McCann https://www.facebook.com/McCannDW/

Music by Crystal Grooms Mangano http://www.crystalmangano.com/