President’s Message
Why this institute exists.
The mental health landscape after COVID did not just grow — it changed. More people needed help. The presentations were more complex. And the existing approaches were not structured to meet what was walking through the door. I built TCAT from evidence-based modalities, but I shaped it around the need — a framework that gives clinicians a coherent structure for working with what people are actually bringing in now, not what the textbooks were written for. The institute exists because that framework needs a home, and the training division exists because clinicians who are going to carry this work forward need to be formed inside it.
If you are looking for a placement that will check a box, this is not the right fit. If you are looking for one that will shape how you work for the rest of your career — and give you access to a clinical ecosystem where you can grow in directions most training sites cannot offer — then I want to hear from you.
We are building something here. The students who train with us are part of that.
Dr. Ina Creekbaum, PSY30705
President, Creekbaum Institute for Clinical Transformation