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Consultation for Mental Health Services

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I have been working with individuals living with persistent, severe mental illnesses such as Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders and Bipolar and Related Disorders in inpatient and community, residential care settings for 35 years. As a consultant, I am available to design psychosocial/psychiatric rehabilitation programs for residential care facilities and inpatient programs. 

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The residential care facilities I design programming for have produced impressive program accomplishments such as self-publishing anthologies/books of poetry, in addition to residents achieving their recovery goals to earn discharges to more independent living programs.  Residents at Founders House of Hope where I have worked for the last 30 years, have enrolled at Cerritos College and pursued occupational preparation programs to obtain part time jobs.  Further, our residents have shortened their length of stay by immersing themselves in our capacity building program emphasizing skill acquisition, self-determination and illness management.  The program philosophy at Founders House of Hope instills self-efficacy, empowerment and we make sincere, genuine investments in each resident's recovery program by providing the needed services, supports and resources for residents to lead satisfying lives outside of Founders.

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Consulting with Assisted Living Facilities and Senior Centers

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For the last 25 years I have been facilitating classes at assisted living facilities and senior centers. I am available to consult with activity directors to offer innovative, and engaging classes such as memoir writing, searching for more in the second half of life and related psychoeducational classes to prepare older adults to successfully navigate the challenges of aging.

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 Training to Become Culturally Competent Health Care Providers and Self-Care

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I offer training dedicated to supporting agencies invested in training their employees to become culturally and linguistically competent providers.  Since health care providers are at risk for developing compassion fatigue, I also provide self-care training to generate self-awareness in employees to create and maintain healthy, work, family and life balance to sustain wellness lifestyles.

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