Tina Casola

• Founder of FAW, a specialized behavioral health group practice supporting departments throughout CA and consulting in other states on site and through telehealth in 2014.
• An advocate for progressive behavioral health practices, Tina has assisted in creating programs and policies in departments of all sizes, develops and support peer teams, coaches all levels of leadership and is called upon to provide crisis response planning and long-term care for over a decade.
• Clinical Oversight to agencies of all sizes: City, Districts, County and others.
• Full spectrum, collaborative care coordinating all care professionals and resources for all levels of department staff.
• Evidence based, fiscally responsible and clinically accurate interventions.
• Clinical Coordination and oversight for department Peer Team's.
• Experienced critical incident response; recovery planning acute and long term (Injury in line of duty, environmental disaster, animal attacks, etc…).
• Experienced with Incident Management Teams as a Technical Specialist.
• Coordinated an expert team of employees to maximize best practices and protocols.
• Managed crisis situations effectively while minimizing disruption to daily operations.
• Cultivated strong relationships with external partners to foster collaboration and maximize resources.
• Streamlined organizational processes by evaluating current systems and implementing improvements.
• Developed strong partnerships with cross-functional teams for improved collaboration and efficiency.
• Launched wellness protocols successfully into the market where none had existed.

Invited Subject Matter Expert: Mental Health

Advising on the creation of Position Task Books for the California Incident Command Certification
System (CICCS) for designated National Interagency Incident Management System (NIIMS) positions related to Behavioral Health support and interventions during a variety of critical incidents.

• Deployed in person and virtually to disaster response operations throughout California.
• Coordinate mental health professional’s disaster response implementing local and national policy and directives.
• Support service community as well as staff wellness needs.
• Instructor: Psychological First Aid, Working Together Workshop, Disaster Mental Health Fundamentals II

• Clinical services to Veterans of all Eras. Trained and experienced in evidence-based treatments for PTSD, insomnia, depression, and anxiety. Provided diagnostic assessment, treatment planning, collaborative care and advocacy, individual and group therapies to individuals and their family members.
• Recipient of a ‘Special Contribution Award’, 2014

• Telemedicine study funded through the Dept. of Defense Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder/Traumatic Brain Injury Research Program of the office of the Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs.
• Randomized controlled trial of telemedicine vs. face-to-face PTSD therapy.
• Maintained strict protocol and report measures, adherence to protocol rated by UPenn Staff.
• Trained by Dr. Edna Foa, PhD in Prolonged Exposure Therapy (2010 Time Magazine ‘100 Most Influential People in the World’ for developing the treatment) & Dr. Steven Thorpe. PhD.

• Provided education and resources to individuals, couples and families in rural, underserved community in a school setting. Topics ranged from ‘worried well’ to chronic mental illness, workplace conflict, stress management and trauma (area had been devastated by wildfire). Interactions with CPS and APS.

• San Diego County Mental Health Program of the Year, 2003
• Conducted psychiatric and bio-psychosocial assessments for the day treatment and medication management clinics to population of chronically ill adults.
• Maternity Leave

• Outpatient adult clinic located at St. Vincent de Paul Village. Coordinated psychiatric case management, provided crisis intervention, and organized services among various intra & interagency disciplines. Paid-post graduate clinical Internship.

• Outpatient adult clinic providing clinical services and case management to individuals with a variety of ailments including multi-axis and dual diagnosis conditions. Individual, group and family therapy/education.
• Offered paid clinical internship as a Staff Psychotherapist on conclusion of training period.