Telehealth & Access

 
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Wit & Reason with Dr. Alexis Moreno

We're all doing our part to flatten the curve and decrease the spread of COVID-19 by staying at home. But sheltering in place and practicing social distance does not at all mean you need to be disconnected. Mental health therapists and health coaches are here for you via video sessions. Wit & Reason, a mental health practice based in Washington, DC has provided telehealth services since its establishment. This approach was motivated by Wit & Reason's founder, Dr. Alexis Moreno, who has dedicated her career as a psychologist to making quality mental health accessible.

Dr. Alexis and Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Alex Honigman, partner up to tackle our current problems and limitations to mental health treatment access. Dr. Alexis and Alex breakdown two solutions to treatment access issues: 1. Divide and Conquer - Offer different levels of care in order to decrease the strain on our clinicians. 2. Go Virtual - Increase use of Telehealth services! Dr. Alexis and Alex also explain the logistics around telehealth services for new clients, things to consider when exploring telehealth as an option, and what you can do today to get started!

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Host

ALEXIS MORENO, PSYD, MA, MS - SHE/HER

CONSULTING PSYCHOLOGIST, TELEHEALTH WELLNESS & SPECIALTY COACH, & HEALTH CORRESPONDENT

Dr. Moreno is passionate about the interplay between mass media communications, culture, and personal factors. Which explains her academic pursuits. She has a Doctorate in Community Clinical Psychology, a Master of Arts in Marriage and Family Therapy, and a Bachelor of Science in both Television Broadcasting and Psychology. The more time she spends studying psychological theory, researching human behavior, and working in the community, the more she is inspired by the power of systematically addressing personal and social issues. She has worked as a health educator with middle and high school students, provided psychotherapy with children, families, and couples recovering from violence and trauma, and treated adults on parole and in maximum security psychiatric hospitals suffering with severe mental illness. Dr. Moreno uses an ecological and biopsychosocial approach to every case conceptualization and collaboratively works with teams in a respectful, humanistic style. Passionate about working with diverse clientele, she tailors her interventions and presentations to engage and meet the needs of every stakeholder involved. 

GUEST

ALEX HONIGMAN, LICSW - HE/HIM

CONSULTING SOCIAL WORKER, TELEHEALTH PSYCHOTHERAPIST, & HEALTH CORRESPONDENT

Alex Honigman enjoys the relationship between the psyche and society. Having never wanted to pick a side in the nature versus nurture debate he pursued degrees in both Psychology and Sociology and finally a Masters of Social Work with an emphasis on clinical interventions. He has worked as an educator for non-profits and lecturer for Universities. Starting as a therapist for survivors of trauma, moving on to perpetrators and spent significant time as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker at a Forensic State Hospital. Alex continues to emphasize culture as a key component to effective therapy and the changing of systems (organizations and businesses). Whether this be through; music, film, tv, art, comics, games, memes or other aspects of popular (or sometimes unpopular) culture. Utilizing an individuals cultural values to make for a more meaningful individualized therapeutic intervention.

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