MIRECC / CoE
VA Interprofessional Fellowship Program in PSR and Recovery Oriented Services
Denver
The mission of the VA Eastern Colorado Health Care System Interprofessional Psychosocial Rehabilitation (PSR) Fellowship is to support professional development and foster leadership skills in early career professionals connected to the area of Recovery and Psychosocial Rehabilitation and Serious Mental Illness (SMI). The PSR Fellowship offers advanced training experiences in PSR and the treatment and support of persons living with SMI to Fellows from Social Work, Clinical Psychology and Psychiatry. A key element in our training program is individualizing training experiences to fit the professional development and career goals of each Fellow. Fellows work with supervisors and mentors across a dedicated and skilled PSR team of interprofessional faculty to support their unique professional goals and development. The primary clinical settings include the Psychosocial Rehabilitation and Recovery Center (PRRC) and Intensive Community Mental Health Recovery (ICMHR) programs at the VA Rocky Mountain Regional Medical Center with community-based programming in the Aurora/Denver areas. Additional elective training experiences are also available in Inpatient Psychiatry, Outpatient Mental Health, Rural Mental Health, Early Intervention for Psychosis, Couple and Family Services, and Specialty Mental Health Services to include Substance Use Disorder Clinic and PTSD services
Our program and healthcare system are committed to building an inclusive work environment and actively embrace a diversity of people, ideas, talents, and experiences; as such, we strongly encourage people of color, individuals with disabilities, and other historically and currently underrepresented groups to apply.
Our Directors
Brittany Musicaro, PsyD
Acting Section Chief, Psychosocial Rehabilitation and Recovery Services
Mental Health Services | VA Eastern Colorado Health Care System
Professional Interests: Supporting Veterans unique recovery goals with evidence based PSR&R models of care such as Vocational Rehabilitation Services, Peer Support Services, Community inclusion, Intensive Community Mental Health Recovery (ICMHR), and Psychosocial Rehabilitation and Recovery Centers (PRRC) as well as supporting Veterans living with serious mental illness with evidence-based psychotherapies (ex. CBTp, CT-R, ACT-p, CBT-bipolar, etc.).
Robert W. Johnson, Ph.D.
Clinical Psychologist, Mental Health Services | VA Eastern Colorado Health Care System
Professional Interests: SMI Psychology; Psychiatric Rehabilitation, Recovery, and Recovery-oriented care; Complex psychopathology and integrated models of care; Treatment resistant Schizophrenia; Evidence based practice as both intervention and process; System transformation; Program development, evaluation, and consultation; and Interprofessional team development.
The Fellowship Class of 2024 - 2025
Erin Farley, MSW
Professional Interests:Psychosocial rehabilitation and sociocultural considerations of recovery, indentifying and addressing systemic gaps in treatment of SMI, measurement-based care, community integration, trauma-focused interventions, and evidence-based practices such as CBTp, Social Skills Training and Wellness Recovery Action Planning.
Additional Information
For more information on application process, deadlines, and training opportunities see the
VA Denver PSR Fellowship Brochure
