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Updated Calmer Life Program for Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Anxiety

These materials adapted and reworked the original Calmer Life Program to become “practice-ready.”

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Veteran Wellness Toolkit

This toolkit is for Veterans who want to learn tools to improve their wellness.

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Walking to Wellness: Exercise for Physical and Emotional Health

This walking program is for Veterans who want to use exercise to help manage their emotional symptoms and improve their physical health.

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Updated Calmer Life Program Veteran Wellness Toolkit Walking to Wellness
 

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The mission of the South Central MIRECC is to promote equity in engagement, access, and quality of mental health care for Veterans facing barriers to care, especially rural Veterans.

The South Central MIRECC strives to promote and celebrate a culture of diversity, equity and inclusion among our staff, across our sites, and in the work we do to improve mental health care for rural and other underserved Veterans.

For more information, email us at VISN16SCMIRECCEducation@va.gov

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Updated Calmer Life Program for Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Anxiety

8/29/2024 - The updated Calmer Life program is “practice-ready” and includes illustrations, modified patient vignettes, and changes to language and style.

 

Register Now | Working with Politically Charged Veterans in Mental Health Practice

8/16/2024 - VA clinicians have two chances to attend this SC MIRECC CBOC Mental Health Grand Rounds one-hour webinar for one free hour of continuing education (CE) credit. After the training learners should be able to:

  • Examine the impact of their personal-political beliefs and biases in clinical interventions with politically charged clients.
  • Identify clinical techniques used to work with clients with strong political views and/or affiliations to improve therapeutic relationship, treatment engagement, and treatment outcomes.

Presented by: Brandon Bryan, PhD

Dates: Wednesday, September 11, 2024, 8:00 - 9:00 am CT and Thursday, September 12, 2024, 11:00 am - 12:00 pm CT (repeat)

Target Audience: VA CBOC mental health providers (all providers are welcome to attend)

CE: 1 free hour of JA IPCE, ACCME, ACPE, ANCC, APA, ASWB, NBCC, NYSED-SW, NYSED-P

Contacts: VA providers should email Lauran.Hardy@va.gov for VA TMS registration assistance. Community providers using VHA TRAIN should email VHATRAIN@va.gov for assistance.

Summer Newsletter

7/23/2024 - Read our summer newsletter for updates on our faculty, research, resources, accomplishments, and more!

 

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