Dr. Yesenia Almaguer and Andrew Ditts on SOHL, Interventions, and Complex Mental Health Cases

About this episode

Dr. Yesenia Almaguer and Andrew Ditts discuss the work of SOHL in managing complex mental health cases.

In this episode of Finding New Waters, B Reeves sits down with Dr. Yesenia Almaguer and Andrew Ditts, the husband and wife founders of SOHL. Dr. Almaguer explains SOHL as “the mental health SWAT team,” built to support worried families who are in crisis and do not know where to start. They break down what SOHL actually does, including interventions, case management, and coaching, and why there is no “cookie cutter approach” when the situation involves multiple layers like addiction, trauma, and personality disorders. Andrew shares why having a psychiatrist who is also an interventionist changes everything in complex cases, from recognizing the difference between “manic” and emotional dysregulation, to identifying signs that could suggest a thought disorder. Dr. Almaguer also shares why her experience working in a mobile crisis unit in the Bronx prepared her for in-home crisis work, and why SOHL is focused on ethics, training, and working themselves out of a job. CHAPTERS [01:00:14] Welcome back, introductions, Dr. Yesenia Almaguer and Andrew Ditts [01:01:01] “mental health SWAT team” and what SOHL is [01:02:30] Andrew defines SOHL: complex in-home crisis cases, building and…

People in this episode

Host: B Reeves

Guests: Dr. Yesenia Almaguer, Andrew Ditts

Topics covered

• mental health
• interventions
• crisis management
• addiction
• trauma
• personality disorders

Keywords

• mental health
• crisis intervention
• SOHL
• addiction
• trauma
• personality disorders
• case management

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: SOHL

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