Mo Therapy Network is a network of therapists who have come together to:
- Learn new ways to advance our practices.
- Provide a group voice in policy and practice debates and decisions.
- Conduct practical research on therapy -- research that is done about, in and for the benefit of real world clinical practice.
You spoke. We listened. Funders kicked in some cash!
In our first survey of members, you said that training in evidence-supported interventions was your number one professional priority with which this network could help. We have developed a plan to start using this network, the web and some national experts to bring members training in trauma-focused cognitive behavioral treatment. The Missouri Foundation for Health and the Institute of Clinical and Translational Sciences are now going to help us put this plan in action with funding for this effort. We will start recruiting for this effort in winter 2009/2010.
Who we are. Who we aren't.
Mo Therapy Network is a collaborative project of mental health providers in Missouri and mental health services researchers from the George Warren Brown School of Social Work at Washington University in St. Louis (http://gwbweb.wustl.edu/cmhsr/) and the Department of Psychological Sciences at the University of Missouri. We are not formally affiliated with Missouri Healthnet, the Medicaid agency. All of our members, however, provide mental health services paid for by MoHealthnet. Plus, we hope, through our research, to influence policy at MoHealthnet.
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Membership Survey
To be a member of the network, it is necessary to take our membership survey. Some of the results of this survey are available below and more will be added to the Results Tab. If you want to join the Missouri Health Network, you can join by clicking this link: Membership survey. Our one qualification: You have to have billed Missouri Medicaid for mental health services in the past 12 months as a psychologist, social work, counselor or psychiatric nurse. If you have completed a survey with us in the past, you do not need to complete this survey.
How many therapists have taken our survey?
1250 providers have replied to date (November 14, 2008)
How many wanted to join Mo Therapy Network?
778 have expressed interested in participating in MoTherapyNetwork on an ongoing basis.
Who are the Mo Therapy Network members?
- 599 professional counselors (47.9%)
- 425 social workers (34.0%)
- 357 psychologists (28.6%)
- 178 marriage and family therapists (14.2%)
- 13 psychiatric nurse practitioners (1.0%)
- Average age: 48 years
- Gender:
- 846 Female (71.1%)
- 344 Male (28.9 %)
- Ethnicity:
- 80 African American (6.4%)
- 1117 Caucasian (89.4%)
- 11 Native American (.9%)
- 8 Asian/Pacifica Islander (.6%)
- 11 Hispanic (.9%)
- Education (Highest Degree Earned):
- 7 Bachelor's Level (BA, BS, BSW, BEd): .6%
- 862 Master's Level (MA, MS, MEd, MSW): 70.2%
- 304 Doctoral Level (EdD, DSW, MD, PsyD, PhD): 24.8%
- 54 Other: 4.4
- Current Work characteristics for network members include:
- Average hours per week worked: 38.63 hour
- Percentage of current work with:
- Preschool/Kindergarten Children (3-6 years): 10.3%
- Elementary Children (7-10 yrs): 18 %
- Middle/Junior High Children (11-13 yrs): 19.5%
- High School Children (14-17 years): 25.1%
- Adults (18-64 years): 43.7%
- Adults (65 and older): 7.2%
What did survey respondents say the Mo Therapy Network should focus on next?
78.3% suggested training in empirically supported, or evidence-based, therapies
Want to offer a suggestion for the next project of Mo Therapy Network? Link to follow soon…