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What Is Lay Counseling?
This fact sheet shows how lay counselors can bridge the mental health workforce gap by providing evidence-based support comparable to that offered by licensed therapists.
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Counties Embrace New Approach to Getting Therapist Trainees Licensed
Motivo Health increases access to clinical supervision, smoothing the pathway to California licensure for needed mental health providers.
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Strengthening the Behavioral Health Workforce: Evaluation of the Lay Counselor Academy
An evaluation of the Lay Counselor Academy finds the program effectively upskills health and social workers to provide mental health support. The program could play a pivotal role in addressing immediate and long-term shortages in the mental health workforce.
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Wider Circle Getting Big Results from Its Strategy to Ease Loneliness
It may seem like a social club, but Wider Circle is actually a targeted intervention to improve members’ mental and physical health.