Angela Pulliam Email and Phone Number

I have been trained to provide initial help to people experiencing mental health problems such as depression, anxiety disorders, psychosis and substance use disorders. This certification is effective through 05/08/18.

Recovery Innovations is a wonderful place for individuals diagnosed with mental illness. We focus on what is strong not what is wrong. Our focus is on self-advocacy, the strength to once again be able to make healthy choices in their own lives. Being a part of the team was an awe inspiring journey for me, filled with warmth, kindness, motivation and love. I truly miss my colleagues. My duties include but not limited to documentation, group project management, creation of syllabus for multiple classes, public speaking.

Successful completion by meeting all requirements associated with the Recovery TeachingCertificate Program including 18 classroom credit hours and a 3 credit 100-hour internship.

My celebration date was on May 12, 2014. To become an employee at Recovery Innovations, I had to go through several months of training and internship. As I had no formal training or work experience in the field. I am truly grateful for the knowledge I acquired.

This course provided the tools to provide individuals that are new to recovery for mental illness in particular to learn to make decisions on their own. Also, this course teaches how to have an action plan when every day occurences come up, and what a person can do to prevent self harm or other self defeating behavior.

This course had to be completed in 76 hours. So it was intense, but well worth it. The course prepared us for real life events that are posibilities when working with seriously mentally ill (SMI) individuals. We were also taught the proper way to speak will someone that may be upset, angry or potentially violent when approaching us or any other staff member. There was tactical manuevers training also, much of our staff is female. As well as 75% of this international organization's staff has a diagnoses of mental illness.