Earn the CE Hours You Need. Strengthen the Skills That Matter. Improve Client Care.
Continuing education shouldn't simply check a box.
So Cal Health Consultants provides practical continuing education for California behavioral health professionals designed to help you meet your continuing education requirements while strengthening the clinical skills you use every day.
Through Clinical Foundations™ and other practical trainings, you'll build skills in assessment, treatment planning, clinical decision-making, and other areas that support better client care.
Our goal: Make the CE hours you already need meaningful to your practice.
Clinical Foundations™
Clinical Foundations™ is our signature continuing education series focused on helping clinicians strengthen assessment, treatment planning, clinical reasoning, and client care.
The goal isn't simply to give you more information. It's to help you see more clearly, think more thoughtfully, and make better-informed clinical decisions.
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Clinical Foundations™ Preview — Seeing Beyond Symptoms
A free 1-hour on-demand continuing education course introducing the Clinical LENS™ Method and its application to assessment and treatment planning.
FREE • 1 CE HOUR • ON DEMAND
At the heart of the series is the Clinical LENS™ Method:
L — Look Beyond Symptoms
E — Explore with Curiosity
S — Select the Next Step
N — Name the Client's Needs
Clinical Consultation
Sometimes a course isn't what you need. Sometimes you need another experienced clinician to help you think.
Clinical consultation provides a professional space to discuss complex cases, assessment, treatment planning, documentation,
clinical decision-making, and professional challenges.
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2. Leadership & Staff Development
Develop Strong Leaders. Build Strong Teams. Strengthen Organizations.
Strong organizations don't happen by accident.
So Cal Health Consultants provides customized leadership development, staff training, and organizational consultation for businesses, nonprofits, healthcare organizations, and community organizations.
We help leaders and teams address real workplace challenges with practical tools they can actually use.
How We Can Help
Leadership & Supervisor Development
Help managers and supervisors strengthen communication, accountability, decision-making, confidence, and leadership skills.
Communication & Team Development
Improve how employees communicate, collaborate, solve problems, and work together.
Workplace Conflict & Difficult Conversations
Give leaders and staff practical strategies for navigating conflict professionally and productively.
Professionalism & Boundaries
Strengthen workplace expectations, professional behavior, boundaries, and accountability.
Working With Challenging Behaviors
Help staff respond more effectively when interactions become emotional, difficult, or reactive.
Stress, Burnout & Workplace Effectiveness
Help leaders and teams recognize how workplace stress can affect communication, performance, teamwork, and service.
Training Built Around Your Organization
We don't believe in giving every organization the same presentation.
We begin by understanding what's happening, what's getting in the way, what your team needs, and what needs to change after
the training. Then we develop practical training and consultation around your organization, leaders, and staff.
Flexible Ways to Work Together
Individual Workshops • Staff Trainings • Leadership Development • Supervisor Coaching • Team Development •
Ongoing Training Series • Organizational Consultation
Let's Talk About Your Team
You don't have to determine the solution before contacting us. Tell us what's happening, and we'll help you identify the right next step.
3. Healthcare Consulting
Strengthen the People, Programs & Systems Behind Great Care.
So Cal Health Consultants partners with primary care practices, healthcare organizations, medical groups, and community-based programs to strengthen the people, programs, operations, and systems that support quality care.
We bring an experienced clinical and organizational perspective to help identify challenges, develop practical solutions, and support meaningful improvement.
How We Can Help
Program Development & Improvement
Develop new programs or strengthen existing services, processes, and operations to better support your organization and the people you serve.
Organizational Assessment
Identify what's working, where gaps exist, and where focused improvements could make the greatest difference.
Behavioral Health Integration
Support healthcare organizations developing, integrating, or strengthening behavioral health services within primary care and other healthcare settings.
Workflow & Implementation Support
Turn ideas and plans into practical workflows, processes, and systems that work in day-to-day operations.
Leadership & Team Consultation
Support leaders navigating program development, staffing, communication, team effectiveness, and organizational change.
Staff Training & Development
Customized training designed to strengthen staff knowledge, communication, professionalism, confidence, and quality of service.
Our Approach
Listen. Assess. Develop. Implement.
Every organization is different.
We begin by understanding your organization, your people, your goals, and what's happening in everyday practice.
From there, we identify opportunities for improvement and develop practical recommendations that fit your organization—not a one-size-fits-all approach.
Experience That Understands Both Clinical Care and Organizations
Maria Savala Mahany, M.Ed., LMFT brings more than 30 years of experience across behavioral health, clinical practice, supervision, program development, education, leadership, healthcare integration, and consulting.
Her experience working alongside clinicians, physicians, healthcare teams, organizational leaders, and community programs provides a perspective that considers both the people delivering care and the systems supporting them.
Experienced Guidance. Practical Solutions. Meaningful Results.
Whether you're developing a new program, strengthening existing services, improving workflows, developing your team, or navigating organizational change, experienced guidance can help you move forward with greater clarity.
Let's talk about what your organization is working toward and how So Cal Health Consultants can help.