100% Online No in-person attendance required	On Any Device Computer, tablet, or phone
Self-Paced Modules 12 hours per part · 36 hours for the full Certificate	Optional Live Office Hours Monthly Q&A with course faculty

Who this is for and WHY it Matters

Graduates of programs in psychology, social work, counseling, and marriage and family therapy are well served by training designed specifically for primary care. This includes adapting to streamlined assessments, briefer interventions, management of comorbid medical and behavioral concerns, and collaborative routines with primary care clinicians and nurses. The Certificate Program in Primary Care Behavioral Health prepares clinicians to thrive as valued members of a primary care team.

Whether you are new to primary care, transitioning from specialty practice, or early in your career, this program provides comprehensive training to prepare you for integrated practice. First launched in 2007, the program has prepared (input number) thousands of behavioral health clinicians across the United States for rewarding work on primary care teams.

What this Program Prepares you to do
Practical skills for the integrated primary care setting

The Certificate Program prepares behavioral health clinicians to work with skill and confidence as members of a primary care team. After completing the Certificate Program, you will be able to:

• Conduct a productive behavioral health visit in 30 minutes. Engage, assess, and intervene in the rhythms of a primary care day, with patients you may meet only once or twice, or know for years.
  
  
• Work fluently as a team member with PCPs, nurses, and staff. Conduct warm handoffs, hold joint appointments, gather and share information effectively, and contribute to shared care plans.
  
  
• Apply brief, evidence-based interventions across a wide range of presenting concerns. Use motivational interviewing, transdiagnostic approaches, and focused psychotherapies tailored to primary care practice.
  
  
• Care for the wide variety of patients you will meet in primary care, including patients with chronic medical conditions, substance use concerns, trauma histories, suicidality, and medically unexplained symptoms.
  
  
• Document behavioral health encounters in a way that primary care can use. Apply documentation standards that protect privacy, support team communication, and fit the EHR realities of integrated practice.

• Deliver culturally humble, trauma-informed care to the diverse and often underserved communities that primary care reaches first.

The Certificate Program

The Certificate Program consists of three parts, each available individually or together. The certificate is awarded upon completion of all three parts.

Save $500 when you enroll in all three parts at once. Full Certificate Program: $2,400 $1,900. Individual Parts: $800 each.

 Group enrollment is available for organizations seeking to train ten or more clinicians. (link organization page)