Our Mission

Our mission is to promote delivery of behavioral health services in primary care. We provide tailored assistance to health care organizations of all sizes aspiring to use population-based care strategies to enhance health outcomes. We train medical providers, behavioral health clinicians, nurses, and clinic leaders in evidence-based brief behavioral interventions delivered at the moment of need to primary care patients of any age. We have expertise in advanced cognitive behavioral therapies that focus on improving a patient’s functioning, including Focused Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (fACT).

Mountainview Consulting Group Members

PATRICIA ROBINSON, PhD
FOUNDING MEMBER

Patti Robinson, PhD, is currently the Director of Training and Program Evaluation for Mountainview Consulting Group (www.Mtnviewconsulting.com). This company was founded in 1998 and won the APA Presidential Innovative Practice Award in 2009. Dr. Robinson is the cofounder of the Primary Care Behavioral Health model and Focused Acceptance and Commitment Therapy. She provides consultation and training services all over the world and is committed to improving access to behavioral health services and to realization of health equity. Earlier in her career, she worked as a researcher and clinician for Group Health Cooperative in Seattle, WA and as a Behavioral Health Consultant for Yakima Valley Farm Workers Clinic in Toppenish, WA. She has over 50 professional publications, including 11 books.

DAVID BAUMAN, PsyD
GROUP MEMBER

David Bauman, PsyD is a licensed psychologist and is currently the Behavioral Health Education Director at Community Health of Central Washington, where he oversees a variety of behavioral health training programs (i.e., predoctoral psychology internship, post-doctoral psychology fellowship, and psychosocial medicine curriculum within the family medicine residency). At CHCW, he also practices as a Behavioral Health Consultant within CHCW’s award winning PCBH program.  Dr. Bauman serves as the Region Training Director of the National Psychology Training Consortium (NPTC)-Cascades Region psychology internship. Dr. Bauman regularly consults with health systems around the globe regarding the integration of behavioral health into primary care, as well as helping providers and systems provide contextual and compassionate healthcare. He values fostering relationships with the organizations and individuals he consults with, as well as understanding and fortifying their mission and values.

BRIDGET BEACHY, PsyD
GROUP MEMBER

Bridget Beachy, PsyD, a licensed psychologist and consultant, is dedicated to the integration of BHC services into medical settings. Dr. Beachy is currently the Director of Behavioral Health at Community Health of Central Washington (CHCW; FQHC in Washington state). Dr. Beachy practices as a BHC at CHCW and enjoys delivering clinical services to patients of all ages.  She is also a faculty member at CHCW’s Central Washington Family Medicine Residency and is a primary supervisor for the pre-doctoral and post- doctoral psychology programs. Dr. Beachy has experience training interdisciplinary professionals (e.g., BHCs, medical providers, nurses, senior leadership, directors, etc.) and students in integrated care as well as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and Focused ACT (fACT). She presents internationally, nationally and at the state and local level. Dr. Beachy has published written work, including articles in peer reviewed journals and book chapters.  Dr. Beachy has a passion for consulting with both organizations and individuals alike regarding the integration of behavioral health services into medical settings.

JODI POLAHA, Ph.D
GROUP MEMBER

Jodi Polaha, Ph.D. is a licensed clinical psychologist with particular expertise in behavioral pediatrics.  She describes herself as a “pracademic” with one foot firmly planted in real-world clinical work and teaching and another in research and scholarly activity.  Dr. Polaha has worked in primary care since the start of her career in 1998.  She has directed integration efforts at over 30 practices, many of which served as training sites for students.  During her tenure as Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, she established and directed a network of 15 integrated clinics which were awarded the Nebraska Rural Health Integration Award in 2003. From 2006-2015 she was on the faculty in the Department of Psychology at East Tennessee State University where performed a central role in the development of the curriculum and training experiences for a novel clinical doctoral program with a special focus on rural primary care psychology.  Presently, she is an Associate Professor in the Division of Primary Care Research in the Department of Family Medicine at East Tennessee State University.  In addition to her clinic development and training work, she has maintained an active and federally funded research program around integrated care including over 30 publications.  Dr. Polaha currently serves on the Board of Directors for the Collaborative Family Healthcare Association.  She has expertise in behavioral pediatrics, ACT, prevention, implementation science, and rural care.  She received her PhD in child clinical psychology from Auburn University.

MELISSA BAKER, PhD
GROUP MEMBER

Melissa Baker, PhD, ABPP, is a Board-Certified Clinical Health Psychologist who works as a Behavioral Health Consultant at HealthPoint, a network of federally qualified health centers near Seattle, WA. Dr. Baker has worked in integrated primary care since 2008. In addition to her clinical work, Dr. Baker has been hired at several universities as an Adjunct Professor to design and implement advanced graduate courses in Integrated Primary Care. Dr. Baker also has experience training medical providers and BHCs in the Primary Care Behavioral Health model and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT). She currently serves on the leadership team of the Collaborative Family Healthcare Association’s Primary Care Behavioral Health Special Interest Group and has given multiple presentations on integrated care both locally and nationally. Clinically, Dr. Baker has a passion for working with pediatric populations, preventative medicine, and the development and implementation of professional resiliency trainings across health professions.

JULIE OYEMAJA, PsyD
GROUP MEMBER

For more information about Dr. Julie Oyemaja, please visit the website www.ipcinstitute.us

STACY OGBEIDE, PsyD
GROUP MEMBER

By training, Dr. Ogbeide is a Board-Certified Clinical Health Psychologist and a Board-Certified Specialist in Obesity and Weight Management. Dr. Ogbeide is the Director of Behavioral Health Education in the Family Medicine Residency, the Primary Care Track Coordinator for the Clinical Psychology Internship, and an Associate Professor/Clinical in the Department of Family & Community Medicine. Dr. Ogbeide also has a cross appointment in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences. She has been a faculty member in the Department of Family & Community Medicine since 2015. Most recently, Dr. Ogbeide will be serving as Assistant Dean for Faculty in the Office of Faculty within the Long School of Medicine at UT Health San Antonio in September 2022.

Dr. Ogbeide is a native of Edmond, Oklahoma and is first generation Nigerian American. She completed a bachelor’s degree at Wittenberg University, a Master of Science degree in Wellness Management from the University of Central Oklahoma, and she obtained her doctoral degree in clinical psychology from the Forest Institute, with specialized training in pain management and Primary Care Behavioral Health. She completed her residency at Mercy Hospital in Springfield, Missouri and obtained fellowship training from Salud Family Health Centers in Colorado in rural Primary Care Behavioral Health. Dr. Ogbeide completed an additional post-Master of Science degree in clinical psychopharmacology from Fairleigh Dickinson University in 2020.

Dr. Ogbeide has served as a consultant for the Integrated Health Care Initiative of Mental Health America of Greater Houston since 2014, which focuses on integrated health care policy as well as engaging and increasing the delivery of integrated health services in Greater Houston, throughout the state of Texas and beyond. She is the 2019 recipient of the Association for Psychologists in Academic Health Centers’ Early Career Psychologist Contributions Award, the 2019 recipient of the Integrated Care Champion Award of the Missouri Psychological Association, and the 2020 recipient of the Excellence in Clinical Health Psychology by an Early Career Professional Award through the Society for Health Psychology (Div. 38 – APA). She was recently awarded the 2021 Health Care Hero Outstanding Educator Award through the San Antonio Business Journal. She currently serves on the board of directors for Collaborative Family Healthcare Association as well. Dr. Ogbeide serves as a mentor in numerous faculty development programs through the Society of Teachers of Family Medicine, with a focus on faculty who are Underrepresented in Medicine (URM). She will also be the 2023 Program Chair for the Society for Health Psychology at the American Psychological Association Annual Convention. She has over 35 publications in primary care/behavioral medicine and workforce development, has over 140 conference presentations, and teaches doctoral courses in behavioral medicine and primary care behavioral health at Our Lady of the Lake University (San Antonio, Texas) and graduate-level courses at the University of Texas San Antonio. Dr. Ogbeide’s professional areas of interest include: The Primary Care Behavioral Health (PCBH) consultation model, behavioral medicine/health psychology, faculty development and mentorship for those who are URM within academic medicine, and primary care workforce development. Dr. Ogbeide’s work has been featured on Texas Public Radio, in the San Antonio Express-News, and in other news media outlets.

In her spare time, Dr. Ogbeide enjoys traveling with her family and is an avid reader – typically reading 20-30 books a year. She also serves as a volunteer for Dress for Success San Antonio and the African American Health Disparities Council with the City of San Antonio.

DEEPU GEORGE, PhD, LMFT
GROUP MEMBER

Deepu George, PhD currently serves as an Associate Professor of Family Medicine and the Director of Integrated Behavioral Health at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) School of Medicine. In addition to training Family Medicine residents and medical students, he has worked on advancing PCBH integration at UTRGV. He also works as a Behavioral Health Consultant (BHC) for the residency clinic, the faculty practice clinic, and the Sports Medicine team. He has received multiple multi-year awards to lead PCBH related integration – clinical, operational, and financial – at UTRGV. Currently (2019 – 2024), he leads a HRSA project titled Primary Care Behavioral Health Partnerships Advancing and  Transforming Health Sciences (PCBH PATHS) – which is a multi-disciplinary University wide partnership between health profession departments (Physician Assistant, Family Nurse Practitioners, Medical School, Family Medicine, Ob/Gyn, Internal medicine, Social Work, Counseling, Psychology, and Rehabilitation Counseling). This HRSA initiative focuses on workforce development for both sides: on the mental health side to integrate PCBH focused courses as part of all mental health programs along with associated practicum experiences and on the medical side, improving skills for Primary Care Provider’s to use BHCs as well as know the basics of behavioral medicine applications in a variety of primary care health concerns. He currently serves on the Board of Directors for Collaborative Family Healthcare Association and is a member of Integrated Care Podcast team.