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Faculty and graduate students from Cameron’s psychology department welcomed the public to the new Cameron Psychology Clinic during its grand opening on Oct. 25. Cameron administration and donors from the community were on hand for the ceremony, which featured tours of the facility and speakers representing the four aspects of tenets of the clinic: hope, community, learning and opportunity. Commissioner for the Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services Terri White said that the opening of the clinic was a step in the right direction for prioritizing mental healthcare. “We are celebrating the fact that people are going to find hope and recovery,” she said. “This facility will save lives.” She commended Cameron staff for establishing a clinic that served more than just the university. “[It] gives Cameron a leg up by ensuring they have a training program so we will have folks who are better trained,” White said. “More importantly, you made this about the entire community.” Co u r t e
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students are just incredible,” she said, “and our training program will continue to produce high-quality clinicians. We expect e h great things for them. Not only do they t ni McArthur, have the opportunity to sit with the clients r t y fo Cameron Vice and provide therapy, but they also get to President President experience supervision with their practicum Dr. John of Academic instructors.” McArthur Affairs Dr. Sailor added that these instructors emphasized the Ronna Vanderslice fulfill many roles, from licensed clinician to motto for the clinic, and Dean of the supervisors on the state and national levels in “In the community, School of Graduate addition to professor. for the community,” and Professional Studies “The faculty that supervise our students taking note of its central Dr. Lisa Huffman as here at the clinic are just incredibly talented location on 2202 NW integral parts of making the and gifted individuals,” she said. “We have Ferris, with a nearby bus clinic plans come to fruition. some incredible faculty who are pulling this stop, a pharmacy across “No one person can do together.” the street and shopping along something this phenomenal,” she According to her, this training also helps adjacent Sheridan Road. said. “It takes an entire team, and instill a sense of community connectedness in He added that these amenities that’s how we’ve been successful.” the future therapists. Upon graduation, she help the clinic staff best serve Lawton’s Sailor said that the ceremony’s has big hopes for the therapists to live the “in low-income population. primary goal was to tell the community the community, for the community” mantra. While the clinic is open to the public, as a whole that the clinic was open to “We have the ability to serve our students Director Dr. Joanni Sailor and others provide these services. However, she added to produce quality therapists and counselors emphasized that the facility best serves people that there were other goals for the event. while simultaneously providing free services who do not have insurance, active military “We wanted to demystify and remove to the community,” Sailor said. “Once who choose not to access services on post, some of the stigma associated with mental our graduates complete the program, we those who have insurance with deductibles so health,” she said. “There’s a stigma associated have clinicians in the community that are high that they cannot access care, individuals with receiving care [for mental health]. We continuing to go on and serve as we are whose insurance does not cover marriage and really want to help people to understand that continuing to train.” family therapy and the working poor. mental health issues are no different than The clinic started seeing clients the day Sailor added that she felt ecstatic for physical health issues.” before the grand opening ceremony, but she the grand opening. She also There was one other goal for the ceremony hopes more community members utilize the mentioned in Sailor’s eyes: showing the public a facility clinic. She hopes to eventually expand the she feels is great for expanding an already breadth of services the clinic provides.There blossoming program. is truly not much of a limit for ideas and “Our graduate opportunities,” she said. For more information about the clinic, visit www.cameron.edu/cpc.
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