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Integrated Behavioral Health

Your care may include multiple team members from the Integrated Behavioral Health team as well as other areas of specialty across UT Health Austin. It’s how we provide whole-person, multidisciplinary care, planning, and treatment for our patients.

Behavioral Health Pharmacist

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Samantha Catanzano, PharmD, BCPP

Titles

Clinical Pharmacist
Integrated Behavioral Health

Specialization(s)

  • Behavioral health in primary care
  • Pain management
  • Psychopharmacology consultations
  • Substance use disorder treatment

Dietitians

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Carla Cos, RDN, LD, CDCES

Titles

Registered Dietitian
Integrated Behavioral Health

Registered Dietitian
Primary Care

Specialization(s)

  • Diabetes education
  • Medical nutrition therapy
  • Motivational interviewing
  • Nutrition education and counseling

Clara Di Vincenzo, RD, LD

Titles

Registered Dietitian
Integrated Behavioral Health

Registered Dietitian, Gastroenterology
Digestive Health

Specialization(s)

  • Medical Nutrition Therapy
  • Nutrition Education and Counseling
  • Nutrition Therapy for Gastroenterology Conditions

Lizette Taboada, RD, LD

Titles

Nutrition and Behavior Change Lead
Integrated Behavioral Health

Registered Dietitian
Musculoskeletal Institute

Registered Dietitian
Women’s Health

Specialization(s)

  • Dietary counseling
  • Motivational interviewing
  • Nutrition education

Social Workers

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Alyssa Aguirre, MSW, LCSW-S

Titles

Social Worker
Integrated Behavioral Health

Social Worker, Comprehensive Memory Center
Mulva Clinic for the Neurosciences

Specialization(s)

  • Alzheimer’s disease
  • Anxiety
  • Dementia
  • Depression
  • End-of-life
  • Family caregiving
  • Grief and loss
  • Individual and family therapy
  • Memory loss

Erika Aurioles, LCSW

Titles

Social Worker
Women’s Health

Specialization(s)

  • Behavioral health
  • Trauma-informed care

Jess Ambiee, LCSW-S, ACHP-SW

Titles

Social Worker
Integrated Behavioral Health

Social Worker, Comprehensive Memory Center
Mulva Clinic for the Neurosciences

Sylvia Bhuiyan, LCSW

Titles

Social Worker
Integrated Behavioral Health

Aaron Braverman, LCSW-S

Titles

Social Worker
Integrated Behavioral Health

Social Worker
Post-COVID-19 Program

Specialization(s)

  • Anxiety
  • Depression
  • Chronic illness
  • Crisis intervention
  • Life transitions
  • Wellness

Emily Brooke, LCSW

Titles

Social Worker
Integrated Behavioral Health

Social Worker
Digestive Health

Specialization(s)

  • Crisis therapy
  • Play therapy
  • Motivational interviewing

Marina Chapell, LMSW

Titles

Social Worker
UT Health Austin Pediatric Psychiatry at Dell Children’s

Specialization(s)

  • Counseling

Clarissa Colley, LCSW

Titles

Social Worker
Integrated Behavioral Health

Social Worker
UT Health Austin Pediatric Psychiatry at Dell Children’s

Specialization(s)

  • Adjustment difficulties
  • Grief
  • Loss
  • Mood disorders
  • Trauma

Cynthia Corral, LCSW

Titles

Clinical Manager of Social Work and Integrated Behavioral Health
Integrated Behavioral Health

Social Worker
Musculoskeletal Institute

Specialization(s)

  • Anxiety
  • Chronic pain
  • Crisis intervention
  • Depression
  • Individual and family therapy
  • Trauma
  • Treatment of adolescents
  • Women’s health

Krystal Duran, LCSW

Titles

Social Worker
Integrated Behavioral Health

Social Worker
Musculoskeletal Institute

Specialization(s)

  • Attachment
  • Anxiety
  • Case management
  • Crisis intervention
  • Depression
  • Trauma

Benjamin Ehrenfeld, LCSW-S

Titles

Social Worker
Integrated Behavioral Health

Social Worker, Multiple Sclerosis and Neuroimmunology Center
Mulva Clinic for the Neurosciences

Specialization(s)

  • Medical social work
  • Narrative therapy

Anna Finger, LCSW

Titles

Social Worker
Integrated Behavioral Health

Social Worker, Comprehensive Memory Center
Mulva Clinic for the Neurosciences

Specialization(s)

  • Aging
  • Brain
  • Caregiver stress
  • Depression and anxiety
  • Health

Mikaela Frissell, LCSW

Titles

Social Worker
Integrated Behavioral Health

Social Worker
Musculoskeletal Institute

Specialization(s)

  • Attachment and family of origin concerns
  • Chronic health conditions
  • Crisis intervention
  • Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
  • Resource navigation
  • Substance abuse recovery

Sara Green-Otero, LCSW

Titles

Social Worker
Integrated Behavioral Health

Specialization(s)

  • Behavioral health
  • Mental health

Maj Henriksson, LCSW

Titles

Social Worker
Integrated Behavioral Health

Social Worker
Primary Care Clinic

Specialization(s)

  • Anxiety
  • Crisis intervention
  • Depression
  • Health behaviors
  • Medical social work

Tenisha R. Hunter, LCSW-S

Titles

Social Worker
Integrated Behavioral Health

Social Worker
UT Health Austin Pediatric Psychiatry at Dell Children’s

Specialization(s)

  • Dialectical behavior therapy
  • Motivational therapy

Frances Ibarra, LMSW

Titles

Social Worker
Integrated Behavioral Health

Specialization(s)

  • Substance use disorders

Abigail Leff, LMSW

Titles

Social Worker
Women’s Health

Social Worker
Integrated Behavioral Health

Specialization(s)

  • Case management
  • Discharge planning
  • Medical social work
  • Resource navigation

Lisa McDermott, LCSW-S

Titles

Social Worker
UT Health Austin Pediatric Psychiatry at Dell Children’s

Specialization(s)

  • Crisis intervention

Kelsie Piedra, LCSW

Titles

Social Worker
Integrated Behavioral Health

Social Worker
UT Health Austin Pediatric Psychiatry at Dell Children’s

Specialization(s)

  • Adolescent development
  • Anxiety
  • Crisis intervention
  • Culturally informed treatment and assessment
  • Depression
  • Grief and loss
  • Trauma

Krystle Pleitz, LCSW

Titles

Social Worker
Integrated Behavioral Health

Social Worker
UT Health Austin Pediatric Psychiatry at Dell Children’s

Specialization(s)

  • Adolescents
  • Chronic illness
  • Crisis intervention
  • Grief and loss
  • Individual and family therapy
  • Pediatrics

Walkiria “Walki” Raposo, LCSW

Titles

Social Worker
Integrated Behavioral Health

Social Worker
UT Health Austin Pediatric Psychiatry at Dell Children’s

Specialization(s)

  • Anxiety
  • Chronic pain and adjustment to chronic illness and other health conditions
  • Culturally and ethnically diverse populations
  • Crisis intervention
  • Depression
  • Family violence/intimate partner violence
  • Individual and group therapy
  • Life transitions
  • Relationships
  • Trauma

Donna Shanor, LCSW, LCDC

Titles

Director of Clinical Social Work and Integrated Behavioral Health
Integrated Behavioral Health

Social Worker
Integrated Behavioral Health

Heather Van Diest, MPH, LCSW

Titles

Social Worker
Integrated Behavioral Health

Social Worker
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Specialization(s)

  • Care coordination
  • Public health social work
  • Supporting families through a new diagnosis

Geoffrey Vasile, LMSW

Titles

Social Worker
Amplify Center

Social Worker
Integrated Behavioral Health

Specialization(s)

  • Care coordination
  • Cognitive behavioral therapy
  • Motivational interviewing

Jennifer “Jeni” Wade, LCSW-S

Titles

Social Worker
Amplify Center

Briana Wells, LCSW

Titles

Social Worker
UT Health Austin Pediatric Psychiatry at Dell Children’s

Specialization(s)

  • Crisis intervention
  • Grief and loss
  • Pediatrics

Patrick Woodson, LCSW

Titles

Social Worker
Integrated Behavioral Health

Social Worker
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease