To schedule an appointment or access the 24-Hour Support Line, 
call Cascade Health @ 541-345-2800 

LCMS created the Provider Wellness Program in 2012 to help physicians find balance between the demands of their work and personal lives. In 2017, the PWP was expanded to include nurse practitioners and physician assistants. The PWP offers confidential counseling and helps providers to improve their lives in the following ways:

Identify personally meaningful strategies to reduce stress, anxiety and/or depression Create a better balance between work, career and personal life Find a meaningful way to get your life/work on track with your core values Learn strategies to be more effective, productive and less self-critical Develop strategies to deal with difficult patients or colleagues

The PWP offers up to eight sessions that are free and confidential. Appointments are available at hours and locations convenient to providers. There is no diagnosis, no insurance billed, and no record available to LCMS. The program is provider-initiated, separate and independent from third parties. Wellness program sessions do not require reporting to the Oregon Medical Board.

The PWP currently has two psychologists, one male and one female, both with extensive experience working with health care professionals. These professionals are available to provide a safe, completely confidential and expertly skilled environment to address the challenges that providers face in their personal and professional lives.

Thomas M. Fauria, Ph.D., is a licensed psychologist and certified employee assistance professional at Cascade Health. In the early 1980s, he founded the first employee assistance program in Lane County and has since devoted his career to workplace health and safety. He was the director of the PeaceHealth Employee Assistance Program for 11 years, working closely with Sacred Heart Hospital, PeaceHealth Medical Group, and several community medical practices. He consults with employers to promote respectful workplace behavior and conflict resolution.

His clinical specialties include treating the variety of problems that can impair job performance. Some of these include depression, anxiety, stress and anger management, life and work transitions, career development, relationship conflicts, substance abuse, grief and loss.

Since 1993, his clinical practice focused on supporting health care professionals from hospitals, medical practices and clinics. Since 2012, he served as the lead psychologist with the Lane County Medical Society Physician Wellness Program. He occasionally speaks to health care audiences about health, wellness, and burnout prevention.

He sustains his own life balance through traveling with family and active engagement in outdoor activities, especially fly-fishing Oregon lakes and rivers. 

Her approach is primarily cognitive behavioral which is based on questioning assumptions, experimenting with different coping strategies, and establishing positive habits. She helps people define their values in order to set more meaningful goals and often incorporates mindfulness to help focus attention and increase self-awareness.
Dr. Primo-Liddy has enjoyed being a part of the Eugene community for the past five years. In her free time, she spends time with family and friends, walks the hills with her dog, and explores Oregon.

LCMS also partners with Amy Trezona, RN of Whole Heart Communications.

For Members-

Whole Heart Communications offers a Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction Class. Learn mindfulness mediation and cultivate your natural capacity to reduce stress and pain, and improve physical and mental health and well-being.

8-week class combines meditation, dialogue, inquiry and mindful movement to assist you to work more effectively with stress, pain or illness, as well as the challenges of living in the 21st century.

For Members and their staff-

Whole Heart Communications offers a SMART Lunch and Learn program. This 1 hour overview of a Stress Management and Resiliency Training offers 3 easy to remember practices that assist in slowing down, becoming present and focusing on the what's working well. A SMART program helps to prevent burnout and improve satisfaction and engagement in medicine.

Contact amy@wholeheartcommunications.com to set up a date or to register for the class.

Shannon O'Leary of Catalyst Business Consulting & Coaching helps physicians assess their needs, aspirations, obstacles, and possibilities and then guides them to desired outcomes.

Six sessions with Shannon are included in the Physician Wellness Program. Contact her at 541-255-2669 or catalystbcandc@gmail.com