Integrated Behavioral Health Certificate Program

Primary care behavioral health is a rapidly growing practice opportunity for social workers. Clinical social workers join the medical treatment team, led by a physician, and provide in-clinic same-day behavioral health services that run the gamut from acute mental health assessment and intervention to behavioral interventions focused on health and well-being. Behavioral interventions that promote health include tasks such as supporting patients in diabetes self-management, smoking cessation, improving sleep health and much more.

The primary care behavioral health workforce is currently experiencing a significant gap in the number of behavioral health professionals and more specifically, clinicians that are well-trained for the complex generalist nature of primary care medicine. We aim to prepare MSW students, interested in joining the primary care workforce to provide high-quality behavioral and mental health services using the well-established and effective primary care behavioral health model (HRSA workforce report, 2021, Graham Center).

Integrated Behavioral Health Specialists