About Reinsel Consulting

Martin Reinsel curriculum vitae 2021

Professional Experience

Reinsel Consulting & Education Services. Using my over-a-quarter-century’s experience in a range of professional behavioral health settings and integrated care settings, I have been expanding my professional education and consultation business since 2017. I provide a wealth of Trauma-informed, Therapeutically-based trainings and consultations, including Sentinel Event Debriefings.

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My most popular trainings include: “Trauma-informed Care Basics” education; “De-escalation and Personal Safety” Trainings, and “Advanced Trauma-informed Care Trainings” (ranging from topics that include “Compassion Fatigue and Self-Care for Professional Staff,” “Improving Team Communication through a Trauma-informed lens,” and co-facilitated trainings on “Epigenetics”).

All trainings strive to be presented through the lens of equity, inclusion, and safety in all their forms. I strive to create and model a collaborative and enjoyable learning environment that fosters personal and team growth.

Of greatest note, I enjoy providing large, culture-shifting project support to agencies and entities striving to improve their behavioral health practices in a trauma-informed and inclusive manner.  I am adept at creating longer-term planning & practices for organizations of varying sizes and scopes to improve delivery of integrated approaches.

Clinical Educator and Therapist, NAVOS Mental Health Solutions (formerly West Seattle Psychiatric Hospital), Seattle WA. March 1999 – April 2019.

  • Served as primary educator for inpatient, involuntary psychiatric hospital staff for over 15 years.  The hospital has over 150 staff members and is a 70-bed facility serving involuntarily-detained & acutely ill psychiatric patients in the Seattle/King County area.
  • Provided agency-wide training for the approximately 600 clinical and non-clinical staff at Navos on “Trauma-Informed Care” (TIC). I led monthly three-hour trainings on the basics of TIC and the agency’s Engagement Model of Care to all incoming new employees, as well as assisted with annual training updates on TIC-related curriculum to meet agency-specific training requirements of all staff. Training specialties included “Effective & Safe Communication Practices,” “Compassion Fatigue & Self-Care,” & “Epigenetics” in-services.
  • Developed & facilitated training materials on Behavioral Health approaches (philosophy & practice) for integrated systems.
  • Developed & facilitated an extensive program of “Mental Health Trainings for Dialysis Staff” for the Northwest Kidney Centers (NKC), a “mid-sized” dialysis provider with 16 locations, approximately 700 staff & serving 1700 patients annually.
  • Created a hospital-specific “De-escalation and safety” training program called “Safe Response Training” (SRT) in 2010-11 after nearly a decade as a “Crisis Prevention Institute” (CPI) instructor for the hospital. The SRT program was developed to address the unique challenging patient care situations that hospital staff may face in order to keep patients, staff, and visitors safe in lieu of acts of violence and aggression in a non-violent & non-threatening manner.  The SRT program contains elements of internationally accredited safety-training programs, examples of current best-practices for psychiatric care, current research on staff approaches to safety, and direct feedback from hospital staff to establish sound standards for effective & therapeutic prevention, intervention, & post-vention skills for managing potentially dangerous behavioral situations.
  • Created “Team-specific” safety trainings for the hospital’s various units & shifts in 2006 that are an annual practice.  These team-specific SRT classes combined elements of safe practices & fostered an environment of teamwork and quality care for the benefits of staff & patients.
  • Expanded SRT training for new employees hired to the hospital to include more elements of verbal de-escalation, role-play scenarios, and advanced practices to manage potentially problematic behavioral situations unique to the hospital & its population.
  • Provided de-briefings after critical incidents in order to offer an opportunity for individuals and teams to process difficult situations in a constructive and therapeutic setting and to offer education and support in order to improve future outcomes and strengthen key clinical approaches & rationales.
  • Served as a liaison in the community in various capacities.  Specifically, I consulted with Navos’ community partners that included local social service agencies, outpatient mental health providers, law enforcement, other entities that advocated and supported the most marginalized population in our region, as well as other hospitals and medical centers.
  • Additionally, I was Navos’ primary inpatient “Basic Life Support” educator.  I offered CPR & First Aid classes to meet the certification requirements for all inpatient staff and I ran “Code Blue Drills” to practice and reinforce learning consistent with the expectations of an inpatient facility.

Training Center Faculty, Harborview Medical Center – Community Training Center (CTC), Seattle WA. 2001 – 2020.

  • Served as an educator and mentor for new Basic Life Support (BLS) instructors in the Seattle region.
  • Facilitated quarterly classes for new Basic Life Support Instructors and/or bi-annual renewal BLS instructor classes.
  • Worked with Harborview CTC’s other clinical faculty to establish best practices for supporting local educators that are designated as official American Heart Association (AHA) instructors aligned with Harborview’s CTC.

Youth Social Research & Policy Recommendations, Hanoi Vietnam. 1998.

  • Participated in one of the United States’ first goodwill projects upon re-establishing diplomatic relations with Vietnam in 1998.
  • Research focused on improving the quality of life for Vietnamese youth (educational, recreational, and general medical care) and making culturally-sensitive recommendations for ways that the United States could offer ongoing support to programs in Vietnam.

Psychosocial Therapist. Good Samaritan Hospital’s Center for Continuing Rehabilitation (CCR), Puyallup WA. 1996 – 1998.

  • Served as a therapist in the outpatient rehabilitation program for individuals with cognitive impairments, usually related to head-injuries and other brain traumas.
  • Facilitated individual treatment, group therapy, and participated in multi-disciplinary treatment teams to determine rehabilitation goals, supporting individuals with return to work and assisting with general improvements in quality of life issues.
  • Created a regular support group of brain-injury survivors that continues today.

From late 1993 until early 1996 I worked in various mental health positions (inpatient and outpatient) while completing my graduate studies and as I transitioned to Washington.

Education

Master of Arts.  Psychology.  December 1994.  Duquesne University, Pittsburgh PA.

Bachelor of Arts. Philosophy & Psychology. May 1993.  Duquesne University, Pittsburgh PA.  Cum Laude graduate.

Given the “President’s Award” for highest academic achievement and recognition by the College of Arts & Sciences and the School of Philosophy’s academic staff.

Designations and Recognitions

In 2001, upon completion of national examination testing and prerequisite clinical and supervision hours, I became a Washington state Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC). I have maintained this Licensure without interruption, including maintenance of ongoing Continuing Education (CEU) credits.

I have been a recognized “Crisis Prevention Institute” (CPI) instructor for the decade from 2002-2011.  I was recognized as highly-experienced instructor of this international crisis prevention & intervention program. This designation led to my creating, publishing, and facilitating the “Safe Response Training” (SRT) program for Navos Mental Health Solutions (Navos Publishing – 2011).

Published the “Safe Response Training” (SRT) manual for Navos Mental Health Solutions. 2011.  Navos Publishing.

Since 2018, I am a Washington State Approved “Clinical Supervisor” for Master’s level clinicians. I completed the required training in January 2018.

An American Heart Association (AHA) recognized “Training Center Faculty” since 2001, as recognition of skill of training students and other AHA instructors at the highest level of quality.  I have trained thousands of students. Over a dozen-and-a-half of my students have went on to receive AHA Hero Awards for their life-saving response.

Received multiple recognitions for my work with Navos Mental Health Solutions, including being recognized as an Organizational Leader for efforts to Chair the primary Committee on their model of Care (the Engagement Model of Care) on two separate occasions during my tenure.

Various recognitions in the community, including:

  • Participating in the Washington State Criminal Justice Training Center’s (WSCJTC) “Crisis Intervention Training (CIT) Advisory Board” actively from 2016 to present. It should be noted that I am the only private citizen (unaffiliated with another organization) to be a member of this Board.
  • I have testified multiple times to the Washington State Legislature regarding advancing bills aimed at improving common-sense gun legislation and closing loop-holes related to access to weapons for individuals with active mental health symptoms.
  • Multiple invitations to speak at national conferences on “Integrated Care Practices: Applying Behavioral Health approaches in traditionally non-behavioral health environments.” These presentations have included:
    • June 2017: Centers for Medicaid & Medicare Services (CMS), Washington D.C. Presenting at the national ATO One-to-One sessions conference.
    • October 2017: National Renal Administrators Association (NRAA), Austin, TX. Presenting at the national renal administrator’s largest annual conference to highlight the successes of providing Trauma-informed Care & Integrated Behavioral Health approaches to the Northwest Kidney Centers.
    • May 2019: National Kidney Foundation (NKF) “Spring Clinical Meetings” (SCM), Boston, MA. Presenting at the largest general conference on kidney disease and treatment approaches, highlighting the successful three-year partnership between this writer and a mid-sized community dialysis provider.
    • March 2020: National Kidney Foundation (NKF), “Spring Clinical Meetings” (SCM) New Orleans, LA. (Cancelled due to Covid-19). Return presentations to the largest annual conference for dialysis/renal care professionals. Two workshops were to be presented on “De-escalation & Personal Safety” for Renal Care professionals and “Compassion Fatigue & Self-Care for Clinical Professionals.”
    • April 2021: National Kidney Foundation (NKF) “Spring Clinical Meetings” (SCM), Orlando FL & Remote locations. Providing “Compassion Fatigue, Covid Fatigue, Self-Care, & Resilience for Clinical Professionals” workshop.