Vicki Montesano
About
Vicki Montesano holds a Doctor of Philosophy degree from Kent State University and is dually licensed as a supervising Professional Clinical Counselor and an Independent Chemical Dependency Counselor in the State of Ohio. She completed the Robert T. Kauer Mental Health Executive Leadership Program at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio. Her research has focused on implementation of best- and evidence-based practice in community mental health settings.
Vicki has extensive experience in both direct service and clinical management in community mental health and state psychiatric hospital settings, including educational programming/training, program development, program implementation, supervision, continuous process improvement, process re-engineering, cross-functional team building, and leadership development. Her clinical specialties include first episode psychosis interventions, cognitive behavioral therapy/cognitive behavioral therapy for psychosis, family psychoeducation, cognitive enhancement therapy, motivational interviewing, and co-occurring disorders.