Name and location of CMH Programs:
First CMH service program: The first person, I interviewed was Dawn Sarna M.S., MFT, LADC and she is the owner of premier behavioral healthcare.
Second CMH service program:
The second person, I interviewed was Prachi Sharma, who holds a Psy.D. and is a staff psychologist with Student Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS) at UNLV.
Interviewee(s) and how interview was conducted:
I interviewed Dawn Sarna M.S., MFT, LADC for an in person interview.
Here are the questions I inquired about for my assignment:
1. What is your name and what credentials/title do you hold? 2. What credentials do most of your clinicians hold and how does your supervision process work? 3.
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I interviewed Prachi Sharma, who holds a Psy.D for an email interview (she perfered to do it via email).
Here are the questions I inquired about for my assignment:
1. What is your name and what credentials/title do you hold? 2. What credentials do most of your clinicians hold and how does your supervision process work? 3. Is your clinic primary outpatient or inpatient treatment? What does that entail? 4. What is your theoretical orientation or guiding theory? 5. What is the main population you work with and what are the mental health issues that typically need to be treated? 6. Do you work with many college clients with anxiety, if so how do you treat this disorder? 7. What are the treatment approaches you utilize in this clinic? 8. What is your cost of treatment and do you work on a sliding scale? Is your clinic for profit or nonprofit? 9. What is your mission and can you identify the strengths and weaknesses of your program? 10. How might an administrator avoid pitfalls in your clinic? 11. Is there any other additional information that you would like to share with me about your clinic?
Major factors that distinguish the two programs from each other:
- Private practice only with primarily MFT and LADC’s licensure.
- For profit and sliding scale availability for emergency cases only.
-Takes all insurances and accept cash payments.
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Identify an area of practice or patient population that you are interested in treating and why.
3. What clinical areas have you found yourself most attracted too? What about these rotations did you like or disliked? Do you enjoy a patient interaction or were you more interested in a technically oriented routine?
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