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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.

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.

Laurel Anderson, LCSW

Adults, couples, family, children, adolescents and older adults.

Jeff Lenker, LCSW

Adults, couples, adolescents (ages 14 and up), trauma (EMDR), depression, anxiety, stress and anger management, life transitions, relationship issues, substance abuse, grief and loss, work related issues, significant experience with  DOT SAP evaluations.

Have worked extensively with health care professionals providing counseling over the past 25 years, including physicians, nurses and administrative personnel. 

Jodi DePaoli, LPC

Adults, adolescents, family, couples.

Throughout Jodi’s practice as a Licensed Professional Counselor she has worked with a variety of medical professionals addressing issues including but not limited to: burnout, life/work balance, stress management, and depression.  

Kari Primo-Liddy, Ph.D.

I have been practicing clinical psychology for 20 years. As a graduate student I had exposure to  medical rotations and ran studies regarding how to help women cope with breast cancer. After graduating, I had private practices in Wisconsin and Maine. In each of those locations I helped establish an employee assistance program that provided support for physicians and other medical providers. I have had a private practice in Eugene for the past 8 years.

Throughout my career, I have worked with physicians and health care providers to decrease their stress, set realistic limits, avoid burnout, and attend to their own needs and values. My approach is grounded in cognitive behavioral therapy which involves questioning assumptions, trying different strategies, establishing positive habits, and practicing mindfulness. All of these skills can be integrated to increase focus and insight.

I enjoy my work and would be happy to meet with you.

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.

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