Andre Peri, Ph.D. Email & Phone Number

Eden Prairie, Mn, Us

Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

* Manage and direct the overall operations of the Mental Health Department at CUHCC which includes outpatient mental health and psychiatry services, integrated behavioral health in the primary care clinic, Adult Rehabilitative Mental Health Services (ARMHS), adult and children-targeted case management services. *Develop the strategic and operational Mental Health Department work plan annually including the annual budget, and monitor revenue and expenditures*Work with the managers and program supervisors to assure that visit targets are met for each program in order to ensure CUHCC’s financial sustainability and to ensure access to timely care for patients.*Responsible for the recruitment and hiring of staff/providers to maintain a full complement of staff/providers to serve children, adults, and families within the Mental Health Department. *Responsible for the coordination, management, and implementation of federal, state, foundation, and community-based grants.*Collaborate with the Chief Clinical Services Officer (CCO), Medical Director, Dental Director, Director of Compliance and Administration, Chief Operations Officer, Director of Advancement and Innovation, and Strategy Officer regarding quality improvement, quality assurance, and data reporting.*Cultivate relationships with other community mental health agencies and social service agencies serving CUHCC’s patient population to ensure smooth referrals and access to care. *Define performance standards for the Mental Health Department that represent individual and team contributions to financial outcomes, culturally responsive mental health care, integration of primary care and mental health, client care outcomes, and staff satisfaction and financial outcomes. *Work with program managers and supervisors to facilitate a performance review process for mental health practitioners and professionals. *Provide mental health direct care to diverse client populations.

Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

• Manage the Integrated Behavioral Health Program embedded in the primary care clinic at the Indian Health Board, Inc., an Urban Indian Health Center. • Supervise and manage the IBH team consisting of a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker, a registered nurse, and a health educator. • Manage the 2 million grant related to the IBH program from Indian Health Services. Manage IBH programming, operations, quarterly reporting, patient outcomes tracking, and other duties required by best practices and/or the supporting grant.• Develop prevention, intervention, and postvention programs from a culturally relevant, decolonized, and re-indigenized perspective for the health and wellness of the local Native community served by IHB for a range of presenting issues including depression, anxiety, suicidality, diabetes, hypertension, chronic pain, and substance abuse. • Conduct clinical data analytics utilizing visuanalytics to increase consistency in the administration of routine screenings and have utilized PHQ9 data to demonstrate the efficacy of integrated behavioral health interventions to improve patients’ depression in a primary care setting.• Work closely with the electronic medical records system to make system improvements for greater integration between primary care and outpatient Counseling and Support clinic to improve the electronic referral system and interdepartmental communication and records sharing. • Provide primary supervision and training for the Integrated behavioral health postdoctoral fellowship as well as participate in the training program for doctoral interns and postdoctoral fellows in the IHB's counseling & support department, which is an APPIC accredited internship site.Support primary care providers with “curbside” behavioral health consultation for a range of issues, including helping patients make healthy lifestyle changes. • Conduct suicide risk assessment, safety planning, and triage as necessary in the primary care clinic.

Provide individual, family and group therapy to adults and children seeking services at IHB, an Urban Indian Health Center. Provide services for the full range of mental health disorder including depressive and anxiety disorders, ADHD, psychotic disorders, substance use disorders, child abuse, traumas and other socioenvironmental problems.Provide school based services for Native youths in the minneapolis school system.Provide supervision to doctoral externs, interns and postdoctoral fellows at the departments’ APPIC approved internship and postdoctoral fellowship.

Provide individual and group therapy for individuals struggling with compulsive sexual behaviors. Cornerstone provides an 18 month intensive outpatient program consisting of weekly group therapy and bi-weekly individual therapy. Goals for the program include helping clients learn recovery skills-- identifying their stressors and triggers, help set their boundaries and interventions to prevent lapse and relapse based on their defined sobriety. Help client to understand the origins of their compulsive behaviors including examining core beliefs and family of origin issues that may contribute to their cycle of addiction. Finally, help client formulate adaptive core beliefs and to have an approach strategy to problems and obstacles vs. strategies based on avoidance.

Supervised five masters level mental health clinicians and two doctoral clinical psychology students in the mental health program of the behavioral health division. Provided individual, family and group therapy to adults and children who are enrolled tribal health beneficiaries. Provided services for the full range of mental health including depressive and anxiety disorders, ADHD, psychotic disorders, substance use disorders, child abuse and other socioenvironmental problems. Provided on-call services for tribal health beneficiaries presenting at the emergency room for mental health crisis. Coordinated and facilitated psychiatric hospitalization of those deemed imminent danger to self or others.Developed and led a critical incident stress management team to respond to critical incidents in the community such as completed suicide attempts and active shooter threat. Applied for and was awarded a planning grant from Montana Healthcare Foundation on implementing Integrated Behavioral Health.

Browning Mt

• Provide psychological services to Native Americans living in the Blackfeet Reservation.• Provide individual and family therapy to children, adolescents and adults. • Provide psychoeducational and psychodiagnostic evaluations for children, adolescents and adults for diagnosing ADHD, Specific Learning Disability and dementia.• Typical diagnoses treated include, ADHD, ODD, Depressive Disorders, Anxiety Disorders, PTSD, substance abuse disorders, and parent-child conflict.• Provide services that are culturally informed, and sensitive to the historical trauma of the native people.• Collaborate with providers both within in and out of the hospital including primary care physicians, local school teachers and counselors, children and family services and juvenile justice system.

Pentagon

• Facilitated clinical supervision for the EAP team consisting of psychologists and licensed professional counselors. • Provided brief individual therapy and consultations for federal employees working at the Pentagon and other Washington Headquarters Services locations.• Provided therapy for a range of issues that affect job performance including depression and other mental health diagnoses, difficulties with substance abuse, marital and family problems, and issues with coworkers and supervisors. • Provided referrals to community providers for those needing longer treatment. • Conducted psychoeducational trainings and presentations on a range of topics including preparation for retirement, coping with aging, mindfulness for daily life, effective parenting skills, improving communication skills, and dealing with difficult people, anger management among others. • Conducted small work group intervention as requested by supervisor for team building.

Washington Dc

• Overall management of behavioral support services for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities in NCC’s Community Living and Employment & Transitional Programs. • Manage and supervise two clinical psychologists providing behavioral support services. • Development and implementation of behavioral support plans for maladaptive behaviors such as self-injurious behaviors, verb and physical aggression, property destruction, and behaviors associated with various psychiatric diagnoses. • Develop behavioral support plans based on Positive Behavioral Support theory and practice. • Complete diagnostic assessments and updates to determine need for services. • Train direct support staff on implementation of behavior support plans.• Provide services as part of an interdisciplinary team; attend psychiatric medication reviews, Individual Service Plan meetings and consult with the treatment team as needed. • Complete billing via electronic database, and ensure necessary waiver authorization are obtained and maintained.

Farmington, Ct

• Provided individual therapy to children, adolescents and adults with anxiety and depressive disorders including Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Panic Disorder, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, Social Phobia, Specific Phobia, Health Anxiety, Hypochondriasis and Major Depressive Disorder. • Provided Cognitive Behavioral Therapy including exposure and response prevention. • Conducted intakes and phone screening for new clients.

West Haven, Ct

• Functioned as a team member in the Critical Time Intervention program, VA's Assertive Community Treatment program focusing on veterans with serious mental illness who are currently homeless. • Provided case management and clinical services in the recovery model as part of an interdisciplinary team. • Conducted individual and group therapies (Social Skills Groups, Illness Management & Recovery, Acceptance Commitment Therapy) in the VA's outpatient office, inpatient unit and at the Errera Community Care Center.• Attended weekly didactic seminars and participated in various projects including providing consultation and assisting in grant writing to local agencies that serve veterans. • Provided outreach to transitional housing programs to educate and train staff on mental health and illness as well as on various existing programs available to the veterans through the VA.

Doctor Of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Clinical Psychology

Ph.D. Clinical Psychology

Master Of Science (Ms), Clinical Psychology

MS Clinical Psychology