OCEACT Conferences
PREVIOUS CONFERENCES
2020 Conference
2020 Annual Statewide OCEACT Conference
Due to the COVID-19 crisis, the 2020 Annual Statewide OCEACT Conference in Corvallis, Oregon was canceled. However, OCEACT has organized a series of webinars with some of our scheduled presenters.
CEUs will be offered for these webinars.
SPEAKERS
Terry Krupa
Action Over Inertia – June 16 & 17, 2020
Action Over Inertia Webinar Slides – Terry Krupa
Ron Unger
CBT for Psychosis – June 23, 2020
A copy of Ron Unger’s PowerPoint: https://www.sugarsync.com/pf/D7725348_07645127_7916631
Materials related to CBT for Psychosis include some free articles and videos, and it also lists a lot of relevant books: https://recoveryfromschizophrenia.org/cbt-for-psychosis-trauma-psychosis-handouts/
Ron Unger’s Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWuQ71t0f8_i6_-SF5gb5iw has a lot of resources, including recorded webinars. Two he mentioned: the one on Recovery-Oriented Cognitive Therapy, which is especially oriented toward overcoming negative symptoms, and the one on Relating Therapy, which is about learning to be assertive with voices.
Articles related to the connection between subvocal speech and hearing voices:
1. One article that is open access and touches on this is Voices and Thoughts in Psychosis: An Introduction This article describes the issue as more complex than the way I described it and suggested that not all voice hearing or inner speech may have the muscle activation of subvocal speech, though much of it does.
2. You might also be interested in another non-academic article that alleges that for some voice hearers at least, it is possible to use a microphone pressed to the throat of the voice hearer to actually “listen in” on the voices as they occur! See
https://slate.com/technology/2016/03/schizophrenia-and-subvocal-speech-why-people-with-schizophrenia-hear-the-voices-of-god-spies-and-supernatural-entities.html
Essential Elements of CBT for Psychosis: Engagement Style, Normalizing, Developing a Formulation – September 9, 2020
Paranoia and Troublesome Beliefs: A CBT Approach – September 23, 2020
Voices, Visions, and Other Altered Perceptions: A CBT Approach – October 7, 2020
Trauma, Dissociation, and Psychosis
Webinar Slides
Addressing Spiritual and Cultural Issues Within Treatment for Psychosis
Shyle Ruder
Fair Housing for People with Disabilities – July 13 & 14, 2020
Fair Housing for People with Disabilities Webinar Slides – Shyle Ruder
Fair Housing Council of Oregon Guidebooks – Link to Full List
Fair Housing for People with Criminal Histories – September 15th, 2020
Fair Housing for People with a Criminal History Slides – Shyle Ruder
Specific guidebooks mentioned in the webinarGuide For Fair Housing Rights for People Living with DisabilitiesMoving Forward with a Past – A guide to help people with criminal histories to know their housing rights and responsibilities while looking for housing
2019 Conference
Thank you to everyone who made the 2019 Annual Statewide OCEACT Conference a success!
Keynote speaker, Pascale Jean-Noel, speaking on positionality.
Keynote speaker, Lidia Yuknavitch, speaking on the beauty of being a misfit.
Keynote speaker, Pat Corrigan, speaking on the stigma effect.
The 2019 OCEACT Conference was held on Tuesday June 11th (8 am to 5 pm) and Wedesday June 12th, 2019 (8 am to noon).
Team Leader Networking and Pre-Conference Workshop: On Monday June 10th from noon to 5,
CONFERENCE LOCATION
CH2M Hill Alumni Center
Oregon State University
725 SW 26th St.
Covrvallis, OR 97331
If you would like additional information, please contact Heidi Herinckx. Contact information for conference presenters will be available in the OCEACT 2019 Bios document.
CONFERENCE MATERIALS
OCEACT 2019 Conference Schedule of Events
OCEACT 2019 Conference Team Leader Retreat Schedule
OCEACT 2019 Conference Presenter Bios
OCEACT 2019 Conference Breakout Session Summaries
PRESENTATIONS
Keynote Presentations
Pascale Jean-Noel
My Positionality and How that Impacts My Seat at the Table
Pat Corrigan
The Stigma Effect: Avoiding the Unintended Consequences of Some Anti-Stigma Programs
Breakout Session Presentations
Pascale Jean-Noel
John Mahan
Contingency Management: An Evidence-Based Approach to Improving Treatment Adherence
Medical Treatment of Opioid Use Disorder: Bupenorphine-Naloxone, Extended-Release Naltrexone, Methadone and Rescue Naloxone
Lance Dickison
Transference, Countertransference and Treatment Interfering Behavior in Professionals
Paula Emerick
Facilitating a Multifamily Group on an ACT Team
Kris Cooley & Lisa Schiro
Two Models One World: IPS and ACT Discussion
Renee Yandel
Michael Oyster
Claire Anderson & Joseph Bonnell
How to Not Be Perfect: Providing Affirming Care for People who are LGBTQ+
Alyssa Kerlinger
2017-18 OCEACT ACT Program Evaluation – Focus Group Discussion Findings
2017-2018 Oregon ACT Program Evaluation – Stakeholder Coordination Findings
Coos Health and Wellness ACT Team & Tillamook Family Counseling Center ACT Team
The Windy Road to ACT Certification in Rural Communities
Implementing ACT in Rural Communities
Derek Weaver & Caroline Owczarzak
Be Yourself and Bring Snacks: Engagement Strategies
Christina Lindsey & Dee Conley
Pat Corrigan
Erin Kinavey Wennerstrom & Anders Wennerstrom
Compassion Fatigue and Self Care
Heidi Herinckx
Oregon ACT Program Outcomes 2018
Anna Mapes, Sandra Gore, & Eva Ovenson
Metabolic Syndrome and Its Impact on People with Serious Mental Illness
Emily Frey & Kelsey Sandage
The Role of Occupational Therapy in Assertive Community Treatment
2018 Conference

The following documents are available from OCEACT’s 2018 conference. If you would like additional information, please contact Heidi Herinckx. Contact information for conference presenters is available in the OCEACT 2018 Bios document.
ACT 2018 Conference Presentations
Mark Salzer, Ph.D., Temple University
Patricia B. Nemec, PsyD, CRC, CPRP, Nemec Consulting
The Power of Health and Wellness
Helle Thorning, Ph.D, MS, LCSW, Columbia University; Division of Behavioral Health Services and Policy Research;
The ACT Institute
Sara Smith and Julia Pinsky, Max’s Mission, Oregon Pain Guidance, La Clinica Health Center
Red Project Video: Naloxone Training for Recovery Programs
Video: Using Adapt Nasal Narcan to Reverse Opiate Overdose
Dr. John Mahan, M.D, Jackson County Mental Health
2017 Conference

Thanks to everyone who helped to make the 2017 conference a success!
The following documents are available from OCEACT’s 2017 conference. If you would like additional information, please contact Heidi Herinckx. Contact information for conference presenters is available in the 2017 Presenter Bios document.
ACT 2017 Conference Presentations
Heidi Herinckx, Director of Oregon Center of Excellence for Assertive Community Treatment
- Michael Oyster, Health Services Division
- Kim Mueser, Boston University
- Mandy Davis, Portland State University
- Luis Lopez, New York Center for Practice Innovations
- Kirsten Keith & Craig Leets, Portland State University & Craig Leets, Director of Queer Student Services
- Lynn Fernon, Options for Southern Oregon
- Tammy Guest, Oregon Supported Employment Center of Excellence
- Wendy Chavez, Oregon Healthy Authority – Health Services Division
- OCEACT Crowd
- OCEACT Crowd
- Luis Lopez and OCEACT Crowd
- OCEACT Crowd
- Kevin Hoeper, Ben Yoder, and Shane Semin
- Kim Mueser
- OCEACT Crowd
- Luis Lopez and OCEACT Crowd
- Luis Lopez and Heidi Herinckx
- Kim Mueser and Luis Lopez
2016 Conference

Thanks to everyone who helped to make the 2016 conference a success!
- 154 people attended the 2016 conference!
- Eric Granholm presenting on Cognitive Behavioral Social Skills Training.
- Ellis Amdur presenting on Grace Under Fire.
- Stacy Smith presenting on Motivational Interviewing.
- Benton County & Marion County discussion panel on community integration.
The following documents are available from OCEACT’s 2016 conference. If you would like additional information, please contact Heidi Herinckx. Contact information for conference presenters is available in the 2016 Presenter Bios document.
- 2016 Schedule of Events
- 2016 Presenter Bios
- 2016 Presentation Summaries
- Eric Granholm, University of California
- Ellis Amdur, Edgework
- Stacy Smith, University of North Carolina
- Fumiyo Nishimoto, Oregon State Hospital
- Leticia Sainz, Multnomah County
- Wendy Chavez, Health Systems Division
- Katherine Hill, Portland Hearing Voices
- Heidi Herinckx, OCEACT
2015 Conference

The following documents are available from OCEACT’s 2015 conference. If you would like additional information, please contact Heidi Herinckx. Contact information for conference presenters is available in the 2015 Presenter Bios document.
- 2015 Schedule of Events
- 2015 Presenter Bios
- 2015 Presentation Summaries
- Kim Mueser
- New Developments in Treatment of Trauma & PTSD for Individuals with SMI
- CBT for PTSD in Vulnerable Populations
- CBT for PTSD Handouts
- A Randomized Controlled Trial of Cognitive–Behavioral Treatment for Post-traumatic Stress Disorder in Severe Mental Illness
- Evaluation of Cognitive Restructuring for Post-traumatic Stress Disorder in People with Severe Mental Illness
- CBT for PTSD References
- Phil Shapiro
- Peggy Swarbrick
- Justin Keller
- AMH & MAP
2014 Conference

The following documents are available from OCEACT’s first annual conference. If you would like additional information, please contact Heidi Herinckx. Contact information for conference presenters is available in the 2014 Presenter Bios document.
- 2014 Schedule of Events
- 2014 Presenter Bios
- George H. Brice, Jr.
- Ben Henwood
- Maria Monroe-DeVita
- Heidi Herinckx
- South Lane Mental Health
- Central City Concern
- AMH & DMAP