Implementing Brief Clinical Interventions

Purpose

Moving your organization into successful implementation and utilization of solution-focused, Brief Treatment formats, enables organizations and providers alike to meet the increasing service demand of clients while reducing your risk of audit, maintaining best practices, providing high quality, evidence-based services, all while meaningfully investing in the changing behavioral health workforce. Brief Treatment brings behavioral health services in line with CCBHC and Value Based Care access expectations while aligning with emerging trends regarding reduced client engagement and participation in traditional services. Moving programs to solution-focused care allows direct service providers to engage in service delivery that utilizes their skills to the top of their credential and to measure and see client progress reliably and consistently. Clients who participate in Brief Treatment programming benefit from faster access to services, more targeted treatment, observable outcomes, and clearly defined expectations.

Process

  • Kick-Off meeting with senior clinical leadership and participating program leadership to outline timeframe, organizational readiness and needs and expectations.

  • Five meetings focused on individual program design engagement and check-in sessions to occur at the start, throughout and at the end of consultation participation. Utilizing rapid cycle change planning principles and including assessment of specific program design needs, training on caseload tracking, and periodic review of progress, roadblocks, barriers, and steps to move ahead.

  • Up to three clinical training courses with the expert consultant, focused on topic areas selected by the organization with the greatest ability to make a positive impact on brief treatment success and provider growth. Organizations will work with consultant to tailor trainings to specific team needs, including tailoring to the staff credential and development level, with options including Motivational Interviewing, Stages of Change, Brief CBT, Solution Focused Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy and/or Acceptance and Commitment Therapy.

  • Tailored program and training development and research that assesses the unique needs of each organization.

Timeframe: 4-6 months

  • Outcomes:

  • Generates a significant risk reduction through effective use of medically necessary interventions.

  • Improved access to high demand services.

  • Reduction in staff burnout through meaningful investment in their development and improved system processes that allows them to work smarter and not harder.

Individual Center Cost

Varies according to scope of work; contact MTM for a more detailed discussion

MTM Team

LMHC, MCAP, QCS
Workforce Development & Process Change Consultant