Alaska Psychiatric Institute (API)

2 Full Time Funded Positions

General Information

Alaska Psychiatric Institute (API) provides inpatient and outpatient behavioral health services for Alaska’s metropolitan, rural, and tribal communities. The inpatient hospital, known as the Alaska Recovery Center, is located in Anchorage, Alaska. In partnership with individuals, their families and the community, natural networks, and providers, API’s Alaska Recovery Center provides therapeutic services to assist individuals in achieving a personal level of satisfaction and success in their recovery. These individuals are assisted in learning about the potential for recovery from mental illness by participating in the ‘Recovery Mall’. Consultation with individuals and providers before admission, patient care and family involvement at API, and follow up with local providers after discharge, are vital parts of our collective daily actions. From traditional psychiatric inpatient services with psycho-education and evidence-based practices to pre-vocational opportunities and telehealth, API represents Alaska’s dedication and commitment to serving our citizens.

API has developed the API Physicians Outpatient Mental Health Clinic - Telebehavioral Healthcare Services Initiative. The mission of this initiative is “to create, promote, and maintain access to behavioral health services through advanced technology in rural and frontier Alaska.” The Telebehavioral Healthcare Services initiative is a new and rapidly expanding program designed to provide behavioral health services to remote Alaska villages. This innovative concept in service delivery allows Anchorage-based behavioral health professionals to serve rural Alaskans through advanced video-teleconferencing.

The Internship Experience

Interns are full-time employees of API and are expected to work minimally 40 hours per week, Monday through Friday. Interns will provide outpatient services using distance technology, conduct psychological assessments, conduct forensic and competency assessments, provide psychoeducation, and lead inpatient therapy groups. Interns meet one-on-one with their primary supervisors twice each week for supervision. Individual supervision will address all aspects of the intern’s clinical work.

Additionally, API will provide all interns with an intensive training experience in a State Psychiatric Hospital. Every intern will rotate through the API Alaska Recovery Center for a period of 30 days. During this time, interns will have intensive exposure to an inpatient population. Interns will work within an interdisciplinary team to provide treatment, including individual and group therapy, to psychiatric inpatients.

Staff

Administation
Ron Adler, CEO/Director of API
Jenny Love, MD, Medical Director
Eric Taylor, MD, Chief of Psychiatry
Marianne Holman, Clinical Director and Primary Internship Supervisor
Sharon Bergstedt, Director of Nursing
Mark Welker, Hospital Administrator
Leilua Fadely, Secretary
Rose Scogin, Administrative Assistant

Psychiatric Staff
L. Judith Bautista, MD
Karen Jackman, MD - Telebehavioral Medicine
Kahnaz Khari, MD
Wandal Winn, MD - Telebehavioral Medicine

Clinical Services Staff
Dr. Chris Cornelius, MD, Medical Officer
Mary Shannon, PA, Medical Staff
Dale Thorn, PA, Medical Staff
Paul Cascio, LCSW
Leonard Grijalva, MS
Megan Hendricks, MSW
Robin Hobbs, LCSW
Mark Kraft, LCSW
Marilyn Lee, LCSW
Lois Michaud, PhD
Malinda Natanek, LCSW
Ann Nelson, LCSW
Anne O’Brien, MSW
Jolie Runyun LMSW
Carolyn Seeganna, ANP
Wendi Sollenberger, MA

Contact Information

Site Training Director
Marianne Holman, PhD
marianne.holman@alaska.gov
Website: http://www.hss.state.ak.us/DBH/API/default.htm

Mailing Address:
Marianne Holman
3700 Piper Street
Anchorage, Alaska 99508-4677