In this PCBH Corner year-in-review, we pause to intentionally close the chapter on 2025 and turn our sights toward 2026.From a professional lens, we reflect…

Measurement-Based Care (MBC) holds significant potential to enhance the effectiveness of the Primary Care Behavioral Health (PCBH) model, yet it remains inconsistently applied. This article positions MBC not as a procedural task, but as a core clinical competency that fosters therapeutic alliance, clarifies treatment goals, and promotes equitable care. Drawing from contrasting clinical vignettes, we demonstrate how tools inform clinical decision-making and enhance collaboration when applied skillfully by Behavioral Health Consultants. Finally, this article identifies cultural, structural, and operational barriers to implementation and offers pragmatic strategies to integrate MBC into routine care. By reframing MBC as a clinical competency, we advocate for its broader adoption as a standard of care within integrated behavioral health and PCBH specifically.

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Meet Barbara, a retired schoolteacher living in the Bitterroot Valley, and Sarah, a licensed clinical social worker specializing in integrated care, and see how…

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Maria, RN By three in the afternoon, the clinic always felt a little frayed at the edges. The hum of printers, the faint ring of unanswered phone lines, the blinking of notices for new results — it all blended into the kind of background noise you stop noticing until the day feels heavy. It was […]

As a leader, you are probably carrying around lots of tools. Some you picked up long ago. Others you’ve kept accumulating with the years and the relentless march of technology. The question is, do you have the RIGHT tools to do your job?

In my writings and talks, I often quote Cousin Al. Today is no exception. For those who might be wondering…yes, there really is a Cousin Al! His father and my mother were brother and sister, so he is my first cousin. Al has the ability to say things in a way that is memorable and helpful.

The Value of a Pearls Gathering At the end of the first pandemic year, BHCs from multiple sites at the Pediatric Physicians’ Organization at Children’s (PPOC) convened to reflect on what we called the “Pearls of 2020 – Staying Integrated During the Pandemic.” The Pearls initiative identified six key elements of integration, each of which […]

Join us for September’s Community Conversation on AI in PCBH. Dr. Ian Best, Medical Director of Pediatrics at Morris Hospital, will be on hand to discuss a pilot project using ambient AI for documentation. Let’s explore how we’re using AI in practice, how clients are using it, workplace training needs and guardrails. Bring your experiences and questions to foster a rich conversation about how we can thoughtfully integrate AI into clinical work while maintaining integrity and depth in care.

Identity and sense of belonging in integrated care

Single Session Therapy (SST) has shown promising results in improving mental health outcomes in fast-paced, resource-limited settings. But what happens when we move beyond the individual and engage the entire family unit? This session introduces the concept of Family-Centered Single Session Therapy (FCSST)—a framework that blends the core strengths of SST with principles of family-centered care to address both relational and clinical needs within integrated care. We’ll explore the current evidence supporting SST and family engagement, discuss clinical contexts where this model may be most effective, and introduce participants to the foundational components of FCSST. Attendees will leave with ideas they can bring back to their own settings—and a preview of what’s to come in the full in-person session at CFHA’s 2025 Annual Conference in October. Speaker: Dr. Melissa Welch, PhD, LMFT

The 2025 awards election is now open! Awardees will be celebrated at the CFHA conference in Raleigh, NC October 16th-18th. Please review the candidates and supporting documents listed here and vote for one candidate […]

My wife, Rishy, and I are owners of the Beloit Sky Carp baseball team, the high-A minor league affiliate of the Miami Marlins. I received a nice note from an employee saying they liked that I had ended an email with the words “gung ho!” I replied with a group message explaining a little more about the term and how it sums up what we want in the Sky Carp culture: an enthusiastic atmosphere created by an energetic group of people working together.

In the wake of a global pandemic and increased national awareness of systemic racism, the time is now for sustainable action to address health and social inequities. This year’s conference will focus on acknowledging and addressing the systemic racial and socioeconomic inequities in healthcare and will examine a path forward together.

Interestingly the word “Jenga” does not mean “angst derived from a predestinated tower of calamity.” Jenga’s roots are in Swahili from the word “kujenga” meaning “to build” (“Jenga”, 2025). Jenga got me thinking about integrated care on one of these fun Saturday nights. We take the warm handoff on the behavioral health side (or provide […]