Intro to the 988 Crisis Line

1320 South Solano Drive,Las Cruces NM 88001

05 May, 2023

Description

This public information session will introduce the 988 BH Crisis Line number system. Participants will learn how to define a behavioral health crisis and what to expect when they dial 988. New Mexico’s Crisis Now Model to respond effectively to a behavioral health crisis will also be explored. Emily Everhart, MA, LMHC (she/her/hers) graduated from Southwestern College (Santa Fe, NM) and works as a therapist, trainer, and training coordinator at Serna Solutions. Emily is LGBTQIA-affirming. She completed the New Earth Institute Trauma, Grief, and Renewal Certificate Program and is client-centered, existential, relational, and oriented toward depth and somatic work in her approach to treatment. Emily is trained in Seeking Safety, Motivational Interviewing, Mindfulness Based Somatic Emotional Processing, CRAFT, DBT, and EMDR and has completed introductory training in Bioenergetic Analysis. She is a member of the Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers (M.I.N.T.) and is a Certified Grief Informed Professional (C.G.P.). She has worked in residential, IOP, and outpatient facilities – primarily with adult clients with extensive trauma histories. Emily is passionate about helping clients to cultivate effective relationships in their daily lives, a healthy relationship with grief and holistic recovery from addictions (process and substance) and trauma. She has experience working with clients that utilize medication-assisted therapies and is grounded in a harm-reduction approach. In addition to working individually with clients, she also loves clinical group work. She brings a patient sense of humor to her work with clients and sees therapy as a highly collaborative process.