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DMH Conference 2025 - Presentations

Presentations from the 2025 Vermont Department of Mental Health Conference – Revitalize Mental Health: Empower, Strengthen, Transform are posted below, in alphabetical order. Presentations that are not available to post are noted. Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed in these presentations are those of the presenters and not necessarily those of the Vermont Department of Mental Health.

7 Steps to Adapting to Change

AnneMoss Rogers

Advances in Psychedelic-Assisted Psychotherapy: Examining the Evidence and Clinical Applications

Jérémie Richard, PhD

Agency as an Antidote: Navigating Collective Trauma*

Amanda Rohdenburg

*This session does not have a presentation associated with it.

An Adventure Program Within a CCBHC

Michael Dooley

Christie Everett, MSW LICSW

Claire Taylor

An Introduction to Psychiatric Rehabilitation for CCBHCs

Tara Miller, CPRP, NCPS

Artificial Intelligence: Transforming the Documentation Experience

Scott Louiselle, MS

Sharanjit Singh, MBA

CCBHC 101

Cheryle Bilodeau Wilcox, LICSW

Laura Flint

CCBHC and other Payment Reforms: Managing Costs, Metrics, and Outcomes

Derek Hoy, MA, MBA

Data Driven to Distraction: What We Lose When Metrics Replace Connections

Dave Melnick

Developing a Comprehensive Rural Crisis System: 24/7 Mental Health Urgent Care, Mobile Crisis Teams, and 988 Call Center Integration

Josh Burke

Gillian Macdonald

Disordered Gambling: What Is It and How Does It Impact Military Service Members and Veterans

David Yeager, ICGC-I

Enhanced Adoption Supports-AdoptMent: How Adult Adopted People Can Support Adolescent Adoptees

Tracie Carlson, LCMHC

April Dinwoodie

Katie Jablonski, MBA

Every Day Counts: School Attendance and the Link to Mental Health

Heidi Schumacher, MD

Everything Everywhere All at Once: Implications of the Expansion of Legalized Gambling for Mental Health Professionals [Keynote]

Keith Whyte, BA, PhD Candidate

It’s Pain, Not Gain: Rethinking How We Understand Youth Behavior

Dave Melnick, LICSW

Learn more about Vermont’s Certified Community-Based Integrated Health Center (CCBHC)*

Cheryle Wilcox, LICSW

Stephen DeVoe, MPH, MS

Laura Flint

Kameron McConnell

Lori Vadakin, MA, LCMHC, LADC

*This session does not have a presentation associated with it.

Lived Experience as an Asset in Addressing Problem Gambling

Odessa Dwarika, MA, CTRP

Jodie Nealley

Mindful Munchies: Nourishing Your Mental Health with Every Bite

James Kimball, MD

Kelley Klein, MD

Navigating the Disability Process- How to Effectively Support Clients Applying for Social Security Disability

Kirsten Moore

Jen Morin

Jason Rushlow

Practical and Ethical Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) as a Mental Health Clinician

Maelisa McCaffrey, PsyD

Redesigning Service Delivery for Vermont Adults: Changes to CRT

Kristen Briggs, LICSW

Diane Collias, LICSW

Patricia Singer, MD

Resilience Focused Schools: Using Relationships and Reflection to Cultivate Joy and Success in our School Communities

Cara Krebs, LICSW

Amanda Moore, LICSW

Self-Care: The Journey of Taking Action

Katie Wilson, MS

Jane Winterling

Telehealth: Future Proofing the Present Now

Mark McGee, MD

The Vermont Consultation & Psychiatry Access Program: An Innovative, Population-Level Approach to Mental Health Care

Ellen Arrowsmith, LICSW

Sarah Guth, MD

Turning Pain into Purpose: The Power of Post-Traumatic Growth [Keynote]

AnneMoss Rogers

Understanding the Disorder of Hoarding

Mark Perry, MSW

Understanding the Need for Mental Health Literacy: Education is Life

Annie Valentine, M.Ed.

Vermont Project AWARE: Advancing Wellness and Resilience in Education

Martha Demers, M.Ed.

Marianna Donnally, LICSW

Lindsay Heller

Sean McGinnis

VITLAccess: How Data Sharing Supports Mental Health Care in Vermont

Stephanie LaFaso, MSN, RN