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Julie Achtyl Named Psych Therapist Chief
Thursday, October 31, 2024
We are pround to announce Julie V. Achtyl, MS, LMHC, CASAC-M, NCC, ACS as the Psych Therapist Chief. This new position in the department will serve as the discipline chief for Psychiatry’s licensed/credentialed therapists (LMHC, LMFT, LCAT, CASAC) as well as related non-licensed clinical and clinical support roles. This position will provide overarching discipline leadership, support, and oversight for psych licensed therapists. The role will be a liaison between the therapist disciplines and the department’s senior leadership with close collaboration with psychiatry education. The Therapists Chief will collaborate with Clinical Program Directors and Division chiefs to support and educate regarding licensure regulations, scope of practice and supervision best practices for Mental Health Counselors, Marriage & Family Therapists, Creative Arts Therapists, Credentialed Alcohol and Substance Abuse Counselors, junior therapists in all those disciplines working on licensure/credentials, as well as related clinical support positions. In this role, Julie will be a part of the Chief Administrative Officer’s office and work in partnership with Psychiatry’s Social Work Discipline Chief and in close collaboration with the Associate Chair of Education.
Julie brings 18 years of combined clinical and clinical leadership experience in the department to this pivotal role. Her current role in our Addiction Psychiatry Division includes oversight of the Adolescent/Young Adult clinic, the Adult CD clinic and CCBHC Outreach services as well as the Discipline Chief CASACs She also has oversight of counselor education and training programs and in 2022, she started a new CASAC Certificate Program in partnership with the Warner School for masters prepared clinicians. Julie completed her undergraduate studies at the State University of New York College at Brockport in Psychology and Health Science with a concentration in Alcohol and Substance Abuse Counseling. Then she completed her graduate studies at the Warner School of Education mental health counseling. Julie is currently a PhD student in Counseling and Counselor Education at the Margaret Warner School of Education and Human Development. For a number of years, she was on the Faculty at Brockport as an Adjunct Professor in the Health Science Department, and she is a Clinical Supervision Foundations II Certified Trainer.