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Mary
Riemersma, MBA, CAE with |
General
Session This presentation will bring you up-to-date with association business as well as state and federal legislation that affects the mental health profession. The 2008 Scholarship and Honors recipients will also be announced. In addition, Suzanne Streater and Dr. Sutton from the Mental Health Program, Division of Correctional Health Care Services, California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) will give an update on the Department of Corrections utilization of MFTs. The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Division of Health Care Services, Mental Health Program Services, has a new Practitioner Development Unit. This unit serves as a focal point for the development and implementation of clinical internships, fellowships, continuing education, recruitment and retention, and other efforts geared toward the ongoing development of CDCR’s Mental Health clinical staff. Currently, the unit is staffed by with two individuals, Betty Sutton, Ph.D., Clinical Psychologist and Suzanne Streater, M.A., MFT. Mary Riemersma, M.B.A., M.S., is a Certified Association Executive and has been Executive Director for the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists for twenty-three years. She has been in the business of managing associations for nearly 40 years. Dr. Betty Sutton is a Psychologist, who administers the Practitioner Development function. Dr. Sutton worked for CDCR in the Mental Health Program from 1994 through 2003, in a variety of clinical positions, retiring in 2003 as Chief Psychologist for the Mental Health Program. After retiring, Dr. Sutton had a part-time private practice and continued to be active in public mental health, participating in various statewide policy councils and committees, most notably implementing the education and training and human resources components of the Mental Health Services Act. Suzanne Streater returned to CDCR Mental Health after a 12-year absence. She was one of the original members of the CDCR Mental Health Branch and worked on the initial implementation of the CDCR Mental Health Services Delivery System. During her 12-year hiatus from State service, she obtained her license as a Marriage and Family Therapist (MFT), worked as the mental health coordinator for Kern Crossroads—a Kern County juvenile detention facility, taught an online course through Taft College called, “Correctional Interviewing and Counseling,” and had a private psychotherapy practice. She returned to CDCR in February 2007 and rejoined the Mental Health Program in August 2007. |
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