Training
Learn About Our Current and Recent TrainingThe most extensive array came from the Northwest Mental Health Technology Transfer Center (Northwest MHTTC), funded by SAMHSA from 2018 to 2024. The Northwest MHTTC offered various training and TA opportunities to the behavioral health workforce in Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington (HHS Region 10), with many resources available to all. Please see below for more information.
We also offer open enrollment trainings to frontline clinicians in CBT for psychosis through our CBTp Training Institute and provide training to graduate and postgraduate students. See below to learn more about our current training efforts.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for psychosis (CBTp)
Northwest Mental Health Technology Transfer Center (Northwest MHTTC)
The MHTTC Network was a collaborative effort consisting of 10 Regional Centers and a Network Coordinating Office. It provided support for resource development, training and technical assistance, and workforce development in the mental health field. The network worked with systems, organizations and practitioners to enhance their ability to deliver effective, evidence-based practices to individuals across the entire spectrum of mental health services, from prevention to recovery support. This work was supported by grant SM 081721 from the Department of Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.
Co-directed by SPIRIT faculty member Lydia Chwastiak and Christina Clayton, the Northwest MHTTC served the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Region 10, including Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington. It offered training and technical assistance in evidence-based practices and other topics, emphasizing culturally responsive and equitable approaches to mental health care. The Northwest MHTTC provided free training and technical assistance in evidence-based practices to behavioral health and primary care providers, peer specialist, school and social service staff, and anyone whose work has the potential to improve behavioral health outcomes for individuals with or at risk of developing serious mental illness.
To access the training videos and handouts that were developed by the Northwest MHTTC at the UW SPIRIT Center, click here: Training Library | SPIRIT Center at the University of Washington
Postdoctoral Fellowship in Psychosis Treatment and Recovery
The SPIRIT Center offers an annual postdoctoral fellowship in Psychosis Treatment and Recovery. The fellowship is intended to provide intensive and specialized training in the conduct of research, training, implementation, and direct clinical care of psychosis-specific interventions.
Click here to learn more and apply.
Psychosis REACH Training
Psychosis REACH offers concrete, evidence-based skills for relatives and friends of individuals with psychotic disorders to better care for and relate to their loved ones. It takes a proven psychotherapy for people with schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), and modifies it to the needs of caregivers.
Click here to learn more about Psychosis REACH and upcoming trainings.
SMI Learning Series for Early Career and Allied Professionals
The SPIRIT Center regularly holds an 8-session Learning Series for direct service providers and allied professionals who help support individuals living with SMI; particularly for individuals just entering the field in positions such as case manager, peer support, SUD professionals, nursing, and housing and employment specialists.
Each session is two hours in length and includes expert-led instruction and experiential learning focused on aspects of supporting individuals with serious mental illness (SMI) across a range of clinical settings. Two (2) hours of Continuing Education (CE) credits are offered for each learning lab attended.