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The PCH Clinics have been serving youth and adult clients for more than 35 years through two primary missions: 1) providing integrated mental health services for underserved, medically disadvantaged, and economically challenged individuals with a variety of health and mental health needs and 2) training mental health care providers to deliver effective integrated, client-centered, trauma-informed, culturally competent care to these individuals.
Our treatment philosophy is holistic, strength-based, client-centered, trauma informed, culturally responsive and individualized. We utilize evidenced-based psychology and medical practices. The PCH Clinics are a Behavioral Health Home (BHH), similar to a Patient-Centered Medical Home. A BHH is created when an existing mental health organization integrates primary care and other medical services to treat patients holistically and comprehensively. The PCH Clinics currently function at Level 4 of SAMHSA’s framework of integrated healthcare, with the goal of reaching Level 6 within five years. Level 4 can be described as close collaboration onsite with some system integration, whereas Level 6 is full collaboration in a transformed/merged integrated practice.
The PCH Clinics offer primary care and medication management in-house through a partnership with the NCNM. In Oregon, Naturopathic Doctors (NDs) are recognized as physicians and have a comparable scope of practice as Medical Doctors. NDs provide primary care, including prescribing psychiatric medications along with natural medicine. Other healthcare services at the PCH Clinics include SLP services. Based on the triple aims of the ACA, integrated care is considered the most responsive, efficient, and effective form of medical and mental health services. We engage in interprofessional collaboration and care integration at the PCH Clinic. Interprofessional collaboration takes many forms, such as communicating with a PCPs or medical providers; engaging in weekly Interprofessional Team Meetings, considering medical, functional, physical, and other health-related issues when treating mental health concerns; patient advocacy; and referrals to specialty services.
The PCH Clinics treat a variety of mental health problems in adults, couples, youth/children, and families.
Typical adult presenting concerns include depression, bipolar, anxiety, trauma, adjustment, hoarding, obsessive-compulsive, problematic eating, gender dysphoria, poor impulse control, and substance use disorders. We offer treatment for mild to moderate personality disorders, such as borderline, narcissistic, histrionic, avoidant, dependent, and obsessive-compulsive.
Typical youth and family presenting problems are separation anxiety, major depressive disorder, disruptive mood dysregulation disorder, reactive attachment disorder, adjustment disorders, eating disorders, oppositional defiant disorder, conduct disorder, intermittent explosive disorder, and ADHD. Through dedication to providing culturally relevant and systemic treatments, clinicians address problems related to environmental stressors such as poverty, family distress, acculturation, and educational disadvantage and challenge.
Adult EBPs Stages of Change and Motivational Interviewing Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Dialectical Behavior Therapy Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Seeking Safety and Other Trauma Treatments Exposure-Based Anxiety Treatment Therapeutic Yoga & Other Mindfulness Interventions Solution-Focused Brief Therapy Strengths-Based Case Management
Youth and Family EBPs: Family Psychoeducation and Parent Training Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavior Therapy Dialectical Behavior Therapy Collaborative Problem-Solving Functional Family Therapy Therapeutic Yoga & Other Mindfulness Interventions Solution-Focused Brief Therapy Strengths-Based Case Management
In addition to our integrated care services and outpatient mental health therapy for adults, youth and families we provide a variety of specialty services. Since the PCH Clinics are part of the School of Professional Psychology, we have access to more than 25 licensed psychologists with a variety of expertise. This variety of expertise creates the opportunity for the PCH Clinics to offer a number of specialty services to our clients. Our specialty services include
- Psychological assessment of youths who have experienced complex trauma
- Psychological assessment and therapy with transgender youths and adults
- Therapy services in Spanish
- In-vivo exposure-based anxiety treatments for youth and adults
- ADHD treatment for adults
- Office-based and in-home treatment of adults with hoarding disorder
We value diverse perspectives & appreciate differences in backgrounds & experiences as they directly benefit the clinics, our staff, our interns and student clinicians the clients & communities we serve.
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Adult: #1526-12 (4)
Youth & Family: #1526-13 (1) |