Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony and Continuing Education Course at Sovereign Health of El Paso

SAN CLEMENTE, Calif., April 27, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Sovereign Health of El Paso, a leading national provider of behavioral health treatment services, is pleased to announce a ribbon-cutting ceremony with Anthony J. Mele, Psy.D., Chief Clinical Officer at Sovereign Health, who will also be providing a presentation for a continuing education course. Dr. Mele's presentation "Motivational Interviewing: Understand the Cognitive Requirements" will describe the underpinnings and benefits of motivational interviewing and review the components and strategies behind it. Guests will participate in a motivational interviewing role-play activity demonstrating the use of specific techniques. The ribbon-cutting ceremony is being hosted by the Greater El Paso Chamber of Commerce.

Motivational interviewing is a specific form of psychotherapy that facilitates the client's intrinsic motivation to change behavior. As a therapeutic technique, it provides a goal-oriented, client-centered counseling style that elicits behavior change by helping clients to explore and resolve the ambivalence that impedes decision-making. Clients with drug and alcohol problems, or highly defensive clients, are among those who benefit from this techniques. The presentation will identify the cognitive skills pre-requisites for successful use of motivational interviewing.

Dr. Mele is a licensed psychologist who has made instrumental contributions to the behavioral health field over the last 25 years. He earned his doctorate of psychology (Psy.D.) at Widener University in Pennsylvania, and received his post-doctoral education and training from prominent institutions, including Harvard and Duke University. Dr. Mele's clinical expertise includes assessment and treatment of co-occurring mental health and substance abuse disorders in adolescents and adults.

His work experience includes serving with Catholic Clinical Consultants and United Healthcare; he joined Sovereign Health in October of 2015. Dr. Mele actively supports Sovereign Health's delivery of evidence-based and research-driven clinical programs, which have produced outcomes that exceed industry benchmarks. In addition to providing cognitively based dual diagnosis treatment, Sovereign's distinct mental health programs, eating disorder program and trauma-informed approach have positioned Sovereign as a national leader in the delivery of behavioral health.

About Sovereign Health

Sovereign Health's mission is to provide a broad spectrum of high-quality behavioral health treatment services for adults and adolescents, including support services for family members. One factor that differentiates Sovereign from other treatment providers has been the company's ability to offer separate mental health and addiction or dual diagnosis treatment programs at its facilities. Sovereign's facilities are licensed and have been awarded Gold Seal accreditation by The Joint Commission, the highest level of accreditation available in the behavioral health field. For more information, visit www.sovhealth.com.

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