Mental health providers and staff face unique stressors and
challenges in providing quality care in this complex world

This ECHO series offers behavioral health/mental health providers and staff an opportunity to connect and reflect on stressors they commonly experience, especially those that increase the potential for occupational stress injury. Participants will develop an awareness of stress symptoms along a continuum. With this framework, each session will offer tangible tools in a psychoeducational, engaging format. This series is designed to help increase capacity, mitigate burnout, enhance self-efficacy and promote an ongoing ability to provide quality care.

Participants will have opportunities to connect with others working in behavioral health to promote a collective approach to self-care. Presence is encouraged but not required at all sessions. Asynchronous video modules are available to view at one’s own pace for sessions that are missed. 

Participants will have access to the Past the Pandemic Toolkit and will leave with a personalized "Stress Mitigation Plan.”

Participants will be emailed an evaluation survey at the end of this ECHO series. Please be sure to complete this survey, which should take no more than 5 to 10 minutes.

Past the Pandemic for Behavioral Health Providers:
Individual Connection, Wellbeing and Support

Audience:
Mental health therapists, providers and staff in Colorado including:
Licensed Clinicians (LCSW, LPC, LMFT, CRC, CAC, BCBA, etc.); provisionally licensed clinicians and trainees; behavioral health technicians and interventionists; mental health advocates and other support staff; psychologists, psychiatrists and psychiatric nurse practitioners; case managers, care coordinators, peer support specialists; supervisors, directors, educators and administrators

Commitment: 
Six weekly ECHO sessions held virtually

More about Past the Pandemic:
This series is the newest iteration of Past the Pandemic, which was launched in 2020 and has served more than 1,000 participants. It provides an updated curriculum to capture current stressors in mental health care. This program is part of a state-wide initiative, Colorado CARES (www.co-cares.org), aimed at increasing health care worker retention and resiliency.

In partnership with:

 

  • ECHO SESSION 1

    Stress and the Human Machine: Impact of Stress on Mind, Body and Living a Life you Love

    July 18, 2024

  • ECHO SESSION 2

    Digging Deeper: How the Biology of Stress Informs Burnout Prevention

    July 25, 2024

  • ECHO SESSION 3

    Managing Grief and Finding Meaning

    August 1, 2024

  • ECHO SESSION 4

    Connection: Strengthening Relationships and Support

    August 8, 2024

  • ECHO SESSION 5

    Stress Management: Prioritizing Sleep and Calming Practices

    August 15, 2024

  • ECHO SESSION 6

    Using Mindfulness in Everyday Life

    August 22, 2024