What is the BHC Community of Practice?
We are a community of primary care BHCs learning and growing together in a "come-as-you-are" environment.
Join us for live virtual trainings, case studies, and small group discussions that empower and energize us as a collective.
Get up to 11 Continuing Education Credits for live & recorded sessions.
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Community of Practice Participant
Your FACILITATOR
Bethany Higa, PsyD
Dr. Higa is a clinical psychologist and behavioral health clinician working as the Manager and Director of Outpatient Behavioral Health for Legacy Health.
At the core of Dr. Higa’s work are firm beliefs in the benefits of brevity, simplicity, candor, and efficiency. Clients can expect her cool sensibilities to generate a refreshing sense of calm, direction, and clarity.
She practiced for 11 years at a family medicine residency program patient-centered medical home with Providence in Portland, Oregon. She provided clinical care to a diverse group of patients of all ages, many of whom were facing complex social challenges. Her faculty duties included training medical residents to improve their care of patients’ psychiatric and social needs. Additionally, she trained psychology trainees in behavioral health integration. She received her undergraduate degree in psychology from the University of Michigan and her doctorate in psychology from The George Washington University in Washington, DC. She completed her internship at Reed College’s counseling center and her residency at Rosemont Treatment Center and School, a part of Morrison Child & Family Services. In addition to seeing patients in clinic and teaching, she has worked extensively on behavioral health curriculum design and workflows.
Learning Objectives
Attain competence and confidence
in your ability to quickly assess and diagnose in the primary care environment.
Engage, connect, and integrate
more effectively into your primary care team.
Develop a sense of community
and learn from other clinicians to glean new tools and skills to improve integrated behavioral health care.
Timely and Pragmatic Topics:
- Advanced diagnostic skills
- Effective treatment for health and behavior issues
- Elevating team-based care
- Trauma treatment for primary care
- Tools for making your job more sustainable
- Triaging high acuity patients and managing crisis
- And more!
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BHC Community of Practice Participant
