Course Listing - by Instructor
| Name | Biography |
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| Diane Bigler | Diane Bigler is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in Missouri and Kansas with over 25 years of experience in the mental health field. She has held clinical positions as an outpatient and in-home therapist and clinical supervisor. Diane was an Adjunct Professor of Social Work for ten years at The University of Kansas, School of Social Welfare, and a Field Liaison and Field Instructor. She has also held administrative positions as a program Director and Coordinator. Diane is a popular local and national trainer on various mental health and workplace development topics for clinicians and corporations and has facilitated over 500 trainings in recent years. Diane is most passionate about providing quality professional development to clinicians, employees, and leaders. Diane loves to spoil her four Dachshunds and rock out to 80’s music for fun.
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| Ashley Frazier | |
| Srinivasa Gokarakonda | Srinivasa Gokarakonda, M.D., M.P.H., joined the Department of Psychiatry at UAMS as an assistant professor in 2019. A former research assistant in the Psychiatric Research Institute’s Center for Addiction Research, Dr. Gokarakonda completed his residency in psychiatry at UAMS in 2017 and continued his training with a fellowship in child and adolescent psychiatry. In addition to conducting research, he sees patients at the Child Study Center at Arkansas Children’s Hospital and at PRI’s Center for Addiction Services and Treatment. |
| Kelly Hamman | Kelly Hamman, LCSW, is the Trauma Treatment Training Specialist for Arkansas Building Effective Services for Trauma (ARBEST), a statewide program to provide evidence-based care to traumatized children. ARBEST is a program of the Psychiatric Research Institute of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. Kelly received her Master’s Degree in social work from the University of Arkansas in Little Rock in 2008 and Bachelor’s degree in social work from Arkansas State University 2003. She has extensive experience in providing evidenced-based treatments to children and families who have experienced trauma and is nationally rostered in Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT), for which she is a training consultant and in the process of becoming a national trainer, and Child-Parent Psychotherapy (CPP), for which she is a state trainer. Kelly is also a certified infant mental health therapist and Zero to Three Certified Trainer for DC: 0-5. Kelly has been able to support other clinicians in their work with families who have experienced trauma through becoming a trainer in Components for Enhancing Clinician Experience and Reducing Trauma (CE-CERT). |
| Various Instructors | |
| Glenn Mesman | Glenn Mesman, Ph.D. is a licensed clinical psychologist and an Associate Professor in the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Department of Psychiatry. He specializes in empirically-supported assessments and psychotherapies for children and adolescents who have experienced trauma and is nationally-certified in Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT) and Child-Parent Psychotherapy (CPP). He also is a certified Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT) Level 1 trainer. Dr. Mesman is the Assistant Training Director of the UAMS Doctoral Clinical Psychology Internship. He earned his doctorate in clinical psychology from Southern Illinois University, Carbondale and completed his doctoral internship and postdoctoral fellowship at UAMS. |
| Martha Teater | Martha Teater maintains a private practice in marriage and family therapy, substance misuse, and workplace crisis response. She has been in private practice since 1990, now practicing through tele-health in North Carolina and Colorado. She works with Indigenous groups in the US and Canada to provide support and training to those who work with Indigenous and tribal organizations. she is a disaster mental health volunteer and has been deployed nationally for over 20 years. Martha is certified through Stanford University as an Empowered Relief instructor. This is an evidence-based 2-hour course to help people manage their pain. She provides consultation and training to agencies, universities, hospitals, and companies across the country and internationally. |