Please join us for this important webinar, “Effective Self-Care for Behavioral Health Care Practitioners: What Can We Do?”, led by David Lowenthal, MD, JD and Luis Lopez, M.A., M.S. which is scheduled for Wednesday, November 15 from 3pm - 4pm.

Please note that this event requires preregistration in the CPI Learning Management System. Please click here to register.

Capacity is limited, so please register soon.

Self-care is necessary for everyone and people who provide behavioral health services are no exception. The need to take care of ourselves – physically, psychologically, emotionally, and spiritually – has become that much more challenging in the COVID era. Yet the fact is that we cannot provide high quality care to others if we are not healthy and well. This Webinar will discuss the challenges involved in self-care in both our personal and professional lives and offer suggestions and advice that will hopefully be helpful and stimulate an interactive discussion.

You will earn a certificate for participating in this webinar. CEUs will not be provided.

David Lowenthal, MD, JD is the Medical Director at the Center for Practice Innovations at NYSPI/Columbia Psychiatry and an Associate Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons. Prior to becoming a physician, Dr. Lowenthal graduated from Yale Law School and worked as a corporate lawyer in New York City. He switched career paths, attending medical school at Columbia University, where he went on to complete his residency in Psychiatry. Dr. Lowenthal held various positions at New York State Psychiatric Institute prior to becoming the Clinical Director at NYSPI in 2008. In 2017, Dr. Lowenthal stepped down from his administrative responsibilities to join the Center for Practice Innovations. Among other things, as Medical Director, Dr. Lowenthal has worked on various initiatives, including the ACT Institute for Recovery-Based Practice, OnTrackNY, and SP-TIE (Suicide Prevention-Training Implementation Evaluation). He has taken the lead on an initiative to design a series of on-line trainings for the behavioral health care prescriber workforce in NYS. 

Dr. Lowenthal has been a member of the New York Presbyterian-Columbia Ethics Committee for over 20 years and teaches ethics to adult psychiatry residents and forensic psychiatry fellows.

Luis Lopez, M.A., M.S.,  is the Director of Special Projects at CPI & Coordinator for Fidelity and Best Practices at the ACT Institute. He has been at the New York State Psychiatric Institute since 2013. He is also a counselor, a trainer, a consultant, and a coach. He has a M.A. in counseling from New Jersey City University. He also has a M.S. in Administration for Metropolitan College (previously known as Audrey Cohen College.) Luis has been involved in the implementation, and sometimes, unique application, of Evidence Based Practices since 2003. Between 2003 and 2006, Luis was the ACT Team Leader for an ACT Team in Jamaica, Queens. Between 2006 and 2013, Luis was the Director of Training for a large human service agency in NYC. During this position, Luis led the implementation of recovery principles and 3 evidence-based practices – Integrated Dual Disorder Treatment (IDDT), Wellness Self-Management (WSM), and Wellness Recovery Action Plans (WRAP). Luis facilitated 100’s of training sessions and worked with dozens of programs throughout NYC. During this period, Luis consulted for the ACT Institute and provided support to a number of ACT Teams in Buffalo, Rochester, Long Island and Westchester. He provided guidance in implementing IDDT, harm reduction and recovery. In 2009 and 2010, Luis participated in the development of the FIT modules. He took part in 8 modules. Additionally, during this time, Luis was invited to national ACT conferences to present of IDDT and Motivational Interviewing. He presented in Chicago, Boston, and Huntington Beach. Luis has expertise in the areas of Trauma Informed Care, Motivational Interviewing, Dual Recovery, Group Dynamics, Cultural Humility, Stages of Change, Harm Reduction, WRAP, CBT, Wellness Self-Management, Social Justice Advocacy and the ACT Model. He has facilitated workshops in over 150 conferences nationally and in Canada. He has also conducted consultations in Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands. He is member of the American Counseling Association and ACA-NY.