Download a pdf of this timeline here.
June – |
Register online to attend the CFHA Conference. All presenters must register to attend the conference. There are no discounts for presenters. Registration deadline for early bird fees – September 26. If you are presenting and leaving you can register as a "Speak and Run". This is for people who will not attend any other part of the conference - no plenaries, no receptions or meals, no other sessions. Learn how to register as a "Speak and Run" here. |
July |
Disclosure Determine when you are presenting To find your session(s)
Photo, Short Bio, Full Bio or CV
You can send them to ismith@cfha.net, upload them to Box here or upload them when you register for the conference. |
July - October |
Work on your presentation and PowerPoint slides for your session(s). Tweaks to presentation title, description, or objectives should be done by August 15. Changes to presenters should also be done by this date. After the 15th the sessions will be submitted for continuing education. |
September & October |
October 2 – Please try to upload your sessions by October 2. With a record number of presentations this year, we have a record number of documents to upload. We are taking a few steps to alleviate some of the on-site backlog of materials that need to be uploaded. If we haven’t received a PPT from you by October 10, we’ll upload a placeholder message that says: A presentation has not been submitted by the presenter by the due date. This helps attendees know it isn’t missing due to a technical issue and reduces confusion.
Naming format with examples for sessions
Poster #_Last Name of Coordinator or one presenter
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October 16-18 |
Day of Presentation |
Presenter Information for Plenary and Concurrent Sessions
Disclosures
All conference presenters (co-presenters, panelists and moderators) as well as CFHA board members, session reviewers, and planning committee members are required to complete the online disclosure form and submit a current bio and/or CV. Disclosures must be submitted no later than July 14, to allow time to satisfy application deadlines.
Registration
All presenters must register for the conference, including session presenters, co-presenters, panelists, poster presenters, and discussion group facilitators. Registration fees are discounted for members, and significantly discounted for trainee members. There are no additional discounts for presenters.
Register by September 26th to avoid the increased registration fee when early bird fees end.
Session ID and Presentation Date/Time and Session Description
You can find your session information on the speaker look up tab above.
Changes to descriptions, titles, objectives, or presenters should be made by August 15. Send changes to jhahn@cfha.net.
Slides and Handouts
Please use CFHA PowerPoint template found on the template tab above. Send your slides and handouts to jhahn@cfha.net for inclusion in our conference app by October 2. If you end up revising the slides, just send the revised slides when you have them. Name the materials you send with your session ID# and coordinator name. For example, A1_Smith_PPT
PowerPoints can also be uploaded to Box. See upload section on this page.
Culturally and Linguistically Competent Presentations - Guidelines for CFHA Presenters
Please reference this document for a list of considerations as you prepare your presentation.
Photos
Please upload your photo for inclusion on our conference website. It can be sent to jhahn@cfha.net, uploaded when you register, or upload them to Box here. See upload section on this page.
Please label your photo Lastname_Firstname_Photo. For example, Smith_John_Photo
Day of Presentation
Please arrive at your room fifteen minutes early to check the room and make sure you have everything you need. Your room will have a screen, LCD projector, and laptop. You are responsible for to bring your presentation on a flash drive.
Evaluations
Session evaluations will be found on the conference app for each session. CFHA staff will send the results of the evaluations to you after the conference.
Submitting Your Presentation in CFHA’s journal
Editors of CFHA’s journal, Families, Systems, & Health, encourage you to consider developing your CFHA presentation for publication. They are seeking submissions in original research, brief reports about pilot studies or innovation projects, literature reviews, narrative essays, poems, and 55-word stories. They would encourage submissions by clinician innovators in integrated care who have strong quality improvement or implementation data based on ‘real world’ healthcare settings. For more information and instructions for authors, see the website: http://www.apa.org/pubs/journals/fsh/index.aspx?tab=4
General Presenter Agreement
View the General Presenter Submission Agreement here.
List of All Documents that Need to Be Submitted
- Disclosure. Submit using link above.
Upload the following documents, while you register - or - by emailing jhahn@cfha.net - or - by uploading them to Box using the link below.
- Photo
- Short bio - 1-2 paragraphs for the conference program
- CV and/or full bio
Label the files with your last name, first name, and file type. For example Jones_Mark_CV
Upload the following by October 2nd for the conference mobile app. You can continue to tweak your presentation. If you tweak, please resubmit the presentation.
- PowerPoint. Can be sent as PPT or as a pdf.
- Handouts, if you have them.
Any Questions
If you have additional questions send an email to Jackie Poor Hahn, CFHA Director of Events at jhahn@cfha.net.
Need a pdf of the program to submit to your organization.
PowerPoint Template for 2025
Guidelines for CFHA Presenters
Below are a list of considerations for you to reference as you prepare your poster presentations, workshops presentations, or facilitated discussions. The guidelines are intended to remind you and raise your awareness of our shared commitment to be inclusive and appropriately representative in our use of language and the diverse voices within our work.
General Tips
- Be intentional about addressing a diverse audience with visible and invisible identities that may include all abilities, ethnicities, genders, religions, geographies, nations, races, sexualities, and socio-economic statuses.
- Make an effort to recognize and acknowledge the biases and assumptions that may be present in the content of the presentation/workshop/poster. At the start of your presentation/workshop, consider making a statement about being mindful of assumptions, biases, and confidentiality, as well as respecting multiple identities, backgrounds, and perspectives in the room.
- Be mindful of pronouns and heteronormative assumptions that may be conveyed in research and case examples. Create a safe space in the room for all participants.
- Use terms that focus on people rather than categories.
- Pay attention to cultural norms related to whether or not the use of person first language is appropriate. Person first language centers the person in the descriptive language. For example, “woman who is blind” rather than “blind woman.”
- Be as specific as possible. For example, Americans of Chinese descent rather than Asian-Americans, Puerto Ricans rather than Hispanics
- There may be reasons that you use language that would otherwise be ill-advised. If this is the case, be transparent and provide context for your terminology.
- Use concepts of universal design in your presentation, making products or the environment accessible to people with disabilities and all types of learners
- Caption videos whenever possible
- Use large font
- Present material in different formats when possible (written, spoken, diagrams)
- Be sure to speak loudly and clearly and face the audience
- Repeat audience questions
Culturally and Linguistically Competent Presentations
- Provide examples that reflect diverse cultural perspectives and backgrounds.
- Make sure that statistics, demographic data or trends presented are diverse-conscious. This means being transparent about who is and who is not included as well as the potential implications of that. Include information about racially, ethnically, and linguistically diverse groups when appropriate.
- To the extent possible include images, graphics and visual aids that incorporate people with disabilities and culturally and ethnically diverse groups.
- Indicate whether the resources highlighted in your presentation are available in different languages.
- Avoid using culturally specific idioms that may exclude some audience members.
*Adapted from guidelines published by The Association For University and College Counseling Center Outreach
All conference presenters (co-presenters, panelists and moderators) as well as CFHA board members, session reviewers, and planning committee members are required to complete the online disclosure form and upload a current bio and/or CV. Disclosures must be submitted no later than July 14, to allow time to satisfy application deadlines.
CVs and/or full bios can be sent to jhahn@cfha.net or uploaded to upload them to Box here.
Download a copy of this information here.
Poster Presentations
Poster presentations allow authors to visually present their best ideas and/or latest research findings in a way that facilitates dialogue and networking among colleagues. There will be approximately 50 posters displayed at the 2025 conference.
Poster Guidelines
- The poster session will take place at the Raleigh Convention Center on Friday, October 17 from 5:00 PM to 6:30 PM during the CFHA Conference, near the conference registration area.
- You should print and bring your poster to the conference. CFHA does not print posters.
- Plan to set up your poster display between 4:00 and 4:30 PM.
- You will have a 4-ft. wide by 4-ft. tall area on the poster board to display your materials. You may affix display materials with push pins, T-pins, or tape (T-pins will be available). You will be sharing a poster board with one person next to you and two people on the other side of the board.
- Your poster space will be assigned by CFHA.
- All poster presenters are required to register in advance and pay to attend the CFHA Conference. There are no free or discounted registrations for Poster presenters; one-day registration options are available. Early bird registration discounts end Friday, September 26! Register online now here.
- If you are presenting and leaving you can register as a "Speak and Run". This is for people who will not attend any other part of the conference - no plenaries, no meals, and no concurrent sessions.
- CFHA uses a mobile app to provide conference information. Presenters should provide a pdf of their poster and their handout to post on the mobile app and on the CFHA website. Mail the pdf’s to ismith@cfha.net or upload them to Box here. Please include your poster ID number in your email. Name your files using the format below.
- Poster #_LastName_Document type
- Examples:
- Poster 02_Smith_Poster
- Poster 02_Smith_Handout
- Examples:
- PDFs of posters must be received by October 10. See timeline for more information about submitting materials.
- Poster #_LastName_Document type
- Examples of posters that were presented in the past are available here.
- Poster tips available here.
Poster Presentations
Facilitated Discussion Groups
The CFHA Conference program includes facilitated Discussion Groups Friday, October 17th from Noon to 1:15 PM.
Roundtable “Discussion Groups” are highly interactive and provide attendees ample time to share thoughts and ask questions about a topic. The concept is to exchange information around a particular subject and foster lively conversation among table guests.
HOW IT WORKS
A list of the Discussion Group topics and facilitators will be listed in the CFHA conference program and mobile app.
- Discussion Group topics will be posted on a round tables in the Ballroom. Seats will be reserved for the designated Facilitator; up to 9 seats will be available for conference attendees.
- Boxed lunches will be available at 11:45 as morning sessions adjourn. Conference registrants will pick up a lunch and find a seat at one of the 40+ tables holding Discussion Groups.
- The Facilitator will begin discussions at 12:05. Start with a brief introduction about their experience and work in the subject – no more than 5 minutes.
- Discussions end no later than 1:15 PM to allow transition time for afternoon sessions that convene at 1:30 PM.
HOW TO BECOME A FACILITATOR
There is a spot on the conference registration form to add a topic you would like to facilitate. Contact jhahn@cfha.net with any questions.
Scheduled Discussion Groups
Friday, October 17, 2025, 12:00 PM - 1:15 PM | |
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DG00 - Discussion Groups | |
DG01 - BHI and IBH, When Two Health Systems Merge Learning as We Go | Mollie Cherson LCSW, Clinical Lead BHC, Jefferson University Health System, Abington, PA Stacy Cook LPC, BH Director, LVHN, Allentown, PA |
DG02 - PCBH Education | Robert Allred PhD, ABPP, Behavioral Health Education Program Director, HealthPoint, Kent, WA |
DG03 - Use of Occupational Therapy in an Integrated Care model | Kathryn Halverson MOT, Occupational Therapist, Emplify Health, La Crosse, WI |
DG04 - Tribal Health Care | Kelli Bosak LCSW, AM, Behavioral Health Director, Three Rivers Health Center, Coos Bay, OR |
DG05 - Behavioral Health Curriculum for Family Med. Residencies | Amanda Garlen LCSW, Behavioral Health Consultant and Behavioral Health Faculty, Jefferson University Health System, Philadelphia, PA |
DG06 - Working with LGBTQIA+ patients | Amelia McClelland PhD, Behavioral Health Consultant, Community Health of Central Washington (CHCW), Yakima, WA |
DG07 - Severe mental illness and long term care | Samantha Darnell-Tracy DBH, MS, LPC, Director, Health Reform Solutions, Cape Girardeau, MO |
DG08 - Self-care/ burnout prevention | Phillip Hawley PsyD, Behavioral Health Consultant, Yakima Valley Farm Workers Clinic, Naches, WA |
DG09 - Screening in pediatrics- ACES, depression, anxiety, SUD, suicide, etc. | Stacey Ouellette LCSW, CCS, Director of Behavioral Health Integration, Maine Behavioral Healthcare, Portland, ME |
DG10 - Rural CoCM | Diane Powers MBA, MA, Co-Director, AIMS Center, University of Washington, Seattle, WA |
DG11 - Infant & Early Childhood Mental Health | Lisa Powell PhD, Senior Health Policy Expert/Senior Clinical SME, ZERO TO THREE, Louisville, KY |
DG12 - Medical Trauma | Nic Schmoyer-Edmiston PhD, NCC, Assistant Professor, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, Philadelphia, PA |
DG13 - Payer perspective on how to support providers in implementing and sustaining integrated care models | Caity Haas LCSW, MHA, ACM, Clinical Principal Program Manager, Integrated Care, Blue Shield of CA, Sacramento, CA |
DG14 - Integrating the training of behavioral health professionals into a residency program | Randall Reitz PhD, Director of Behavioral Medicine, St Mary's Family Medicine Residency, Grand Junction, CO Rylan Hellstern PhD, LMFT, Behavioral Health Faculty, Summit Pacific Medica Center, Hyde Park, UT Laura Sudano PhD, LMFT, Associate Director for Integrated Behavioral Health, UC San Diego Health, |
DG15 - How do we excite C-suite leadership at health systems about integrated care? | Ann Nguyen PhD, MPH, Associate Research Professor, Rutgers Center for State Health Policy, New Brunswick, NJ |
DG16 - Creating a predoctoral psychology internship in FQHC setting | Farrah Hughes PhD, AVP for Behavioral Health, HopeHealth, Inc., Florence, SC |
DG17 - CoCM implementation fidelity | Karen Gall LMSW, ACTRP, Training and Implementation Specialist, University of Michigan, Department of Psychiatry, Berkley, MI |
DG18 - BHWET or GPE Grants - HRSA - for anyone who just received that award | Jodi Polaha PhD, Director, ETSU Institute for Integrated Behavioral Health, East Tennessee State University, TN |
DG19 - African Americans in Integrated Care | Jason Herndon PhD, MSPH, Director, Clinical Education, National Register of Health Service Psychologists, Washington, DC |
DG20 - Early childhood development, Autism and developmental differences | Michelle Pievsky PhD, Psychologist and Assistant Clinical Professor, Brown University Health, |
DG21 - Developing Community Partnerships | David Curtis PhD, Chief Behavioral Health Officer, Clinical Associate Professor, University of Houston - Tilman J. Fertitta Family College of Medicine, Houston, TX |
DG22 - Barriers to CoCM implementation and resolutions | William Beecroft MD, DLFAPA, Medical Director, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, Mason, MI |
DG23 - Behavioral Health | Sara McVeigh LCSW, Director of Behavioral Health, ETSU Health, Support Clinic, Johnson City, TN |
DG24 - Coming Soon! | |
DG25 - Early Career BHCs | Kane Carlock BH Consultant Trainee, BH Consultant Trainee, HealthSource of Ohio, Loveland, OH |
DG26 - Leadership and Management for Behavioral Health managers and directors | Alexander Blount Ed.D., Professor Emeritus of Family Medicine and Community Health, President, Integrated Primary Care, Inc, Amherst, MA |
DG27 - Autism and Integrated work | NIDHI GOEL PhD, Behavioral Health Consultant, HealthPoint, Auburn, WA |
DG28 - Coming soon! | |
DG29 - Career development for mid-career professionals | Martha Sparks PhD, Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Mount Sinai Health System, New York, NY |
DG30 - CoCM role of psychiatric consultant | Michael Clark MD, Integrated Care Psychiatrist, Novant Health, Carrboro, NC |
DG31 - Focused Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Groups in Primary Care Clinics | Patti Robinson PhD, Director of Training and Program Evaluation, Mountainview Consulting Group, LLC, |
DG32 - Intersectionality of neurodivergence (i.e., ADHD, Autism) and Primary Care | Federico Mendez LMFT, PhD Candidate, Marriage and Family Therapist, Intimacy Counseling & Consulting, North Richland Hills, TX |
DG33 - MedFTs working in residency programs. | Michele Smith PhD, Behavioral Health Faculty, Wellstar Health System, Douglasville, GA |
DG34 - Optimization of Access to and Utilization of Behavioral Health Services | Cassandra Sanow-Hansen MSW, LICSW, Behavioral Health Access Manager, CentraCare Health System, St. Cloud, MN |
DG35 - Scaling a CoCM program, Psychiatrist role in CoCM, Recruiting Psychiatric Consultants | Sara Harmon MD, Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist, Evergreen Psychiatry, Wayne, PA |
DG36 - Women in Leadership | Tracy Drahota PsyD, Integrated Health Director, Adelante Healthcare, Tempe, AZ |
DG37 - Technology, medical humanities, or pediatric mental health | Joshua Jones MAMHC, MLS, MA, Practicum Student, Norton Healthcare, Louisville, KY |
DG38 - Behavioral Health Integration | Will Kerst Ph.D, Behavioral Health Consultant, Southcentral Foundation, Anchorage, AK |
DG39 - Integrating Somatic techniques and EMDR in healthcare settings | Harmony Smith LPC Associate, LMFT Associate, Perinatal Mental Health Counselor, University Health System, Cibolo, TX |
DG40 - Mental health screening in pediatric primary care & literacy related challenges; how to get people on board with screening for suicidal ideation in pediatric primary care; mental health screening in pediatric primary care: how much is enough | Sarah Polk MD, ScM, MHS, Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins Medicine, Baltimore, MD |
DG41 - The Behavioral Health Continuum of Care | Jennifer Hodgson PhD, LMFT, Principal Consultant, Health Management Associates, Greenville, NC |
DG42 - Creating employment or career pathways | Vaibhavee Agaskar PhD, LPC, Associate Professor, New Jersey City University, Jersey City, NJ |
DG43 - EPIC hot tips and efficient documentation ideas | Sarah Trane PhD ABPP, Chair of Psychology, Dept of Psychiatry & Psychology, Mayo Clinic Health System, Onalaska, WI |
DG44 - IBH in Women’s Health settings | Kristin MacGregor PhD, National Clinical Director, Integrated Behavioral Health, LifeStance Health, Ipswich, MA |
DG45 - Integrated Behavioral Health in Family Medicine Residency Clinic | Kelly Morton PhD, Professor, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, CA |
DG46 - Using telehealth effectively | Jonathan Neufeld PhD, Director, Great Plains Telehealth Resource & Assistance Center, Minneapolis, MN |
DG47 - Supervision and training of BHC and physicians in integrated behavioral health | Mary Talen PhD, M.A, M.S., Director PCBH and Research; Psychologist, Resurrection Family Medicine Residency, CHICAGO, IL |
DG48 - Georgia Workgroup | Andrea Meyer Stinson Ph.D. LMFT, Director of Workforce Strategy & Initiatives, Resilient Georgia, Macon, GA |
DG49 - Substance use treatment; treatment of co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders | Jill Baron LCSW, LCAS, Lead Behavioral Health Consultant for Substance Use Disorders, Piedmont Health Services, Chapel Hill, NC |
DG50 - Suicidality (screening and intervention) | Clare Harris LCMHCS, CCS, Behavioral Health Director, Compassion Healthcare, Eden, NC |
DG51 - Substance use disorders | Timothy McGrath MD, MBA, Physician, Compassion Healthcare, Eden, NC |
DG52 - Reverse Integration (Bi-directional) | Amy Izzett LICSW, Director of Integrated Care, Center for Life Management (CLM), Derry, NH |
DG53 - Experiences with Integrated BH | Caroline Flanagan MSW, LCSW, Behavioral Health Consultant, Mosaic Life Care, Saint Joseph, MO |
DG54 - Coming soon! | |
DG55 - Implementation and workflow of collaborative care service in the primary care setting (referral to completion) | Brian Franco LCAS, LCSW-A, Counselor, Reidsville Primary Care / Western Rockingham Family Medicine, Reidsville, NC |
DG56 - Complex systems of care and education in academic medicine | Tziporah Rosenberg PhD, Associate Professor, Psychiatry & Family MEdicine, Departments of Psychiatry & Family Medicine, University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC), Rochester, NY |
DG90 - Behavioral Health Care Manager (BHCM) Learning Community | Monica Harrison MSW, LCSW, Implementation Coach/ Clinical Trainer, AIMS Center, University of Washington, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Greensboro, NC Annie McGuire MS, LMHC, MHA, Clinical Trainer and Practice Coach, AIMS Center, University of Washington, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, San Antonio, TX |
DG99 - TEMPLATE |