Student Newsletter
November 3, 2025
November Webinar Tomorrow! - Foundations of Integrated Behavioral Health
Date: Tuesday, November 4th, 2025, 1:00-2:30 PM ET
Presenter: Jeff Krepps, Ph.D., LMFT, Program Director, Doctor of Behavioral Health Program, Co-chair and Associate Professor, Campbell University School of Osteopathic Medicine
Abstract:
Integrated Behavioral Health (IBH) is a vital approach to improving healthcare by embedding behavioral health services into medical settings. This presentation introduces counseling students to the foundations of IBH through two leading models: the Collaborative Care Model and the Primary Care Behavioral Health (PCBH) model. Both emphasize interprofessional teamwork, systematic screening, and evidence-based interventions, but differ in structure and focus—Collaborative Care on caseload management with psychiatric consultation, and PCBH on same-day, brief interventions embedded in primary care. Using the case study of Maria, a patient with diabetes and depression, participants will examine how behavioral health clinicians/counselors function in both models and address clinical, cultural, and systems-level challenges in integrated practice.
Learning Objectives:
By the end of this webinar, participants will be able to:
- Define integrated behavioral health (IBH) and explain its significance for counseling practice.
- Explain the roles of key team members (primary care providers, behavioral health clinicians/care managers, medical assistants, and psychiatric consultants) in integrated settings.
- Apply brief, evidence-based behavioral interventions (e.g., CBT, MI, ACT, PST) within medical contexts.
- Interpret screening and measurement tools (e.g., PHQ-9, GAD-7) and describe how they guide clinical decision-making in integrated care.
- Describe the structures, workflows, and goals of the Primary Care Behavioral Health (PCBH) model and the Collaborative Care Model (CoCM).
Click the link below to register
Doctoral Program Information Session
There is one more information session scheduled this fall:
Sunday, November 9 at 7pm ET
Please attend the session if you'd like to find out more about continuing your education in our relatively new program. This will be a virtual event, held via Zoom:
https://nccu-edu.zoom.us/my/drkylakurian?pwd=Q1dFTjB1Y3phRHhxY1MyYWdTaXpsZz09
For more basic information about the doctoral program in Counseling, Counselor Education, and Supervision at NCCU, please visit this page.
Residencies
CON 5351: Group Counseling
For those students taking CON 5351 in the fall semester, you will have a required residency on November 17-18.
For those students taking CON 5351 in the spring semester, you will have a required residency on April 15-16.
CON 5371: Pre-Practicum Counseling Skills
For those students taking CON 5371 in the spring, you will have a required residency either March 24-25 or March 26-27. Specific dates are found below.
- Section 01 and OL2: March 24-25
- Sections OL1: March 26-27
....and speaking of residencies....here are some pictures from our Pre-practicum residencies last week. So good to see everyone!
Spring 2026 MOA Timeline (Practicum and Internship)
- Spring 2026 MOA deadline date: Friday, November 14, 2025
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Upcoming Dates to Remember for nccuCounseling:
- November 4: November counseling webinar
- November 5-7: NC School Counselor Association Annual Conference - Greensboro
- November 9: Doctoral program information session
- November 11: SOE faculty meeting @ 10:40am
- November 14: Spring 2026 MOAs due
- November 17-18: CON 5351 Residency
- November 26-30: Thanksgiving recess
- December 1: Last day of classes for graduating students; Last day of class lecture for non-graduating students; Last day to submit theses/projects
- December 2: Reading day
- December 3: Final exam period begins
- December 5: Final grades for graduating students due
- December 11: Chancellor's reception for graduating students; commencement rehearsal
- December 12: Commencement ceremony; All grades due
