Let's Connect! Introduce Yourself and Share Your Favorite Book
SAMHSA DTAC DBH
Greetings DBH community members:
I hope this message finds you all well!
As we continue to build our community here on the SAMHSA DTAC DBH Google Group, I wanted to take a moment to extend a warm invitation to all members, new and old, to introduce yourselves and share a little bit about what brings you to this space.
Feel free to tell us about your professional background or current role, where you are located, or anything else you'd like us to know! And if you're on LinkedIn, include your profile link so we can connect beyond this group.
Inspired by a recent conversation with other DBH professionals where it was revealed many of us are avid readers, I'd like to kick off a fun activity called "What's on Your Shelf?" We all have that one book (or maybe a few!) that left a lasting impression on us, inspired us, or simply brought us joy. So, why not spread the love?
Take a moment to recommend a book that you've enjoyed recently or in the past. Whether it's related to DBH or not, fiction, non-fiction, self-help, or even a cookbook, we'd love to hear about it! Don't forget to share a brief summary or why you think others might enjoy it too.
Below are responses from a few members of the SAMHSA DTAC Team:
Alexandra (Xani) Podolny
Frederick, MD
Deputy Director, SAMHSA DTAC
Book recommendation: The Displacements, A Novel, by Bruce Holsinger. A privileged Miami family is swept up in the world’s first category 6 hurricane, and faces losing everything. Realistic disaster setting, interesting storytelling devices, and compelling characters!
Shannon Loomis
Rockville, MD
Director, SAMHSA DTAC
Book recommendation: This is How You Lose the Time War, by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone. A dense sci-fi novel told through letters between two enemy agents who slowly create a connection and form a bond that could change the universe. This book reads almost like poetry and the sci-fi elements are truly unique.
Lisa Jordre
Frederick, MD
Technical Assistance Specialist, SAMHSA DTAC
Book recommendation: Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus. Set in the early 1960s, a female chemist in an all-male research institute pushes back against equality, falls in love, and with the unpredictability of life finds herself a single mother, and becomes America’s most beloved cooking show host. The lead character is unusual, direct, intelligent, funny, and dares other women to change the status quo. While this is also a Netflix limited series, reading the book is much more fun and entertaining! Another recommendation is Baking Yesteryear by B. Dylan Hollis. Recipes from the 1900s to the 1980s with a little bit of everything included. Some recipes will have you questioning the ingredient combination while other recipes will be familiar from days gone by. The potato chip cookie recipe is a must.
Materials Development Lead, SAMHSA DTAC
Book recommendation: Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan. This book is one of the best I’ve read in years. It’s a novella about a man in Ireland in the 1980s who is faced with a decision about what to do when he finds out that a Magdalen laundry is being run out of the Catholic parish where he lives. Keegan tends to show rather than tell, so reading feels like being in someone else’s life, and her descriptions are extremely evocative. The story, which is short, is also really well-constructed—it feels as though you could look into every detail and it would have a reason for being as it is (and when I’ve thought some of these details through, that is what I’ve found—all the small details contribute to the whole story).
Let's make this group a vibrant community where we can connect and learn from one another.
Looking forward to learning more about our members and their book recommendations!
Best,
The SAMHSA DTAC Team
Garner - CDPS, Kati
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Parrott, Thomas
Hey Everyone.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/thomas-parrott-32b696184/
Raleigh, North Carolina
Haven’t read a book for fun in a long time. I need to get back into reading.
Thomas Parrott
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Nelson, Heather
Good afternoon!
I really don’t read much anymore, don’t judge😊, so really can’t contribute to a recommendation on a book to read. Just wanted to say hello and nice to be part of the group!
Have a great day!
Heather Nelson | Program Specialist
Division of BEHAVIORAL HEALTH
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Morning Everyone!
Kati Garner,
Crisis Unit Manager Colorado Office of School Safety
Fruita, CO
Book Recommendation:
The Tale of the Dueling Neurosurgeons, Sam Kean travels through time with stories of neurological curiosities: phantom limbs, Siamese twin brains, viruses that eat patients' memories, blind people who see through
their tongues. He weaves these narratives together with prose that makes the pages fly by, to create a story of discovery that reaches back to the 1500s and the high-profile jousting accident that inspired this book's title.
Kati Garner, M.Ed
Crisis Unit Manager
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Zimmerman, Skip (OMH)
Hello everyone!
Skip Zimmerman here.
I’m in Albany, NY and run the Disaster Mental Health program for the state.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/skip-zimmerman-ba6b676/
My favorite and most timeless book is one called “Orbiting the Giant Hairball: A Corporate Fool’s Guide to Surviving with Grace” written by Gordon MacKenzie and published by Viking. It takes a robust and refreshing approach to preserving creativity when that might be viewed as in conflict with corporate pressures to perform against financial objectives. Suitable for any organization where policies, objectives and creativity clash.
It’s great to meet all of you!
Skip Zimmerman
Disaster Mental Health Program Coordinator
Bureau of Emergency Preparedness and Response
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Stonecypher, Esther
Good Morning,
Esther Stonecypher
State Director for Disaster Behavioral Health for Indiana
(5) Esther Stonecypher | LinkedIn
I’m going to share two good books I’ve enjoyed recently!
Trigger Points: Inside the Mission to Stop Mass Shootings in America
Fourth Wing
Amazon.com: Fourth Wing (Special Edition) (The Empyrean, 1): 9781649376169: Rebecca Yarros
I’m excited to check out the recommendations you all have provided!
Best,
Esther Stonecypher
Director of Disaster Behavioral Health
Indiana Family Social Services Administration/Division of Mental Health and Addiction
Mobile: (463)-269-5319
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beckie gierer
I tend to read books that have nothing to do with work as I want to get away when I read :) I recently read these two and really enjoyed them:
Beckie Gierer, MS
Director, Office of Disaster
Services
Missouri Department of Mental Health
Phone (573) 751-8136
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Manager-Disaster Behavioral Health and Recovery Operations Branch
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Trahey, Douglas
Hello,
Douglas Trahey
https://www.linkedin.com/in/douglastrahey/
Harrisburg, PA
Disaster Mental Health & Human Services Coordinator, PA DHS DEPR
Book Recommendation – The Silo Effect: The Peril of Expertise and the Promise of Breaking Down Barriers, Gillian Tett
- ISBN13: 9781451644746
- The Silo Effect asks a basic question: why do humans working in modern institutions collectively act in ways that sometimes seem stupid? Why do normally clever people fail to see risks and opportunities that later seem blindingly obvious? This book uses case studies to explore the problem of why so many organizations still suffer from a failure to communicate and about how our tendency to create functional departments hinders our work.
Douglas Trahey, MPA [He/Him] | Disaster Mental Health & Human Services Coordinator
Department of Human Services | Division of Emergency Planning and Response
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Bill Krafft
I am Bill Krafft, CIT Site Supervisor at Alleghany Highlands CIT center in Covington, Virginia.
We are a small rural community on the Virginia-West Virginia border.
The book that I most-reference in my therapy groups is The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom, by Don Miguel Ruiz.
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My Name is Christine Sielski. I am the Assistant Chief of the Bureau of Grants Administration at the Ohio Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services.
Recently, I read The Center Cannot Hold by E. R. Saks.
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All the best,
Christine L. Sielski
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Dennis, Jessica
Hello everyone,
I am the Assistant Director of a community behavioral health agency in Portsmouth, VA.
I have been collecting books since elementary school, Shel Silverstein is a genius and got me hooked on reading at a young age. I recently visited Powell’s bookstore in Portland (the largest used and new bookstore in the world) and was able to find some 1st edition books in their ”Rare Book Room.” I must say, super cool!
A book I highly recommend is The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho. It is a pretty popular book however, I used it a lot with my private practice consumers. It is easy to read (or listen to for free on YouTube) and it really challenges your perspective on how you look at things. We can pout and be upset about things or we can contest the thought and use cognitive reframing to get ourselves back out there because the “universe” or “your inner self” is rooting for you.
P.S. This picture was taken 4 years ago and has since acquired more books.
P.S.S. My goal is to find all of the DSMs and have them in my collection (I have 4 and 5 currently).
Thanks, happy reading everyone 😊
Dr. Dennis
Jessica Dennis, PsyD, LPC
Assistant Director
Portsmouth Behavioral Healthcare Services
1811 King St.
Portsmouth, VA 23704
Phone: 757-393-8618 x8084
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Roberta Renfro
Hi everyone!
My name is Roberta Renfro (she/her) and I’m from Colorado Springs, Colorado.
I wear a couple of hats at Diversus Health; one is Manager of Community Relations and Outreach, and one is as Disaster Response Coordinator. I am also a licensed counselor.
Sadly, I have not read a book for pleasure in ages. I have become obsessed with doing puzzles on my Kindle in my downtime. 😊
Contact information is below in my signature.
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