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About Us<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n

The Center Behind The Practice<\/h1><\/div><\/div>\n\n
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We believe people receiving behavioral health services deserve care grounded in the best available evidence, and the workforce delivering it deserves sustained support in putting it into practice. That conviction led to the creation of our Center of Excellence a decade ago at UT San Antonio.<\/p>\n

Housed in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, we were founded with a portfolio anchored by Cognitive Adaptation Training, the home-based intervention for which we remain the primary international training center, along with a commitment to other empirically supported approaches.<\/p>\n

Over the past decade, our portfolio has expanded to include training, implementation support, applied research, and eLearning development across a broad range of evidence-based practices. We partner with community behavioral health providers, managed care organizations, local mental health authorities, health systems, and state agencies across Texas and beyond.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n

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Our Mission<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n

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“To improve the lives of people receiving behavioral health services by equipping the workforce with the evidence-based practices that produce real, lasting change.”<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n

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Who We Are<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n

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Our “Who We Are” presentation offers a deeper look at our team, our history, and the evidence-based practices we champion. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n

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Our Team<\/h3><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Leadership<\/h3>\n\n
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Natalie Maples<\/h4>\n\n
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Dr. Natalie Maples leads efforts to expand access to evidence-based psychosocial practices through workforce training, implementation support, and applied research. With a background in public health and clinical psychology, she serves as principal investigator on multiple initiatives focused on dissemination and sustainment of evidence-based practices, including Cognitive Adaptation Training (CAT) for individuals transitioning from institutional settings. Her work bridges research and real-world practice by partnering with community mental health providers, government agencies, and payers to support high-quality implementation. She has supervised clinicians both clinically and administratively for nearly two decades and is recognized for expertise in structured interviewing and clinical research rating, including the development of training materials in this area. Her training and implementation work has reached practitioners in many countries, extending the reach of evidence-based practices across international behavioral health systems. Dr. Maples has authored and co-authored numerous publications, abstracts, and presentations.<\/p>\n