IMHPA Informs & Protects Professionals & Psychotherapy Practice

IMHPA is a National Leader in Health Information Technology (HIT), offering training, software access, support for demonstrated quality and outcomes improvement by psychotherapy professionals.

Since 1996, IMHPA has worked to protect, and support ethical private practice and the public.

IMHPA members are positioned for leadership in development of ethical contracting toward value-based reimbursements.

IMHPA offers training and technology to ensure that psychotherapists can provide reliable, valid, and ethical screening, process, alliance, and outcome measures with client protective measures, ethical charting software and strategies.

  • IMHPA members have investigated and identified contracting practices and clinical records requirements supported by Healthplans that are unreliable, invalid, unethical, and sometimes harmful to patients. Consider reading What is the Value of Charting in Psychotherapy Practice?

  • IMHPA co-sponsors FREE Comprehensive Training to “Audit Proof” Your Practice, That recorded CE includes free access to download the current version of The GRID Learning While You Chart Software. (The GRID works easily on Microsoft supported computers, it requires third party software to adapt to Apple computers.) This software is in ongoing improvement, it is not in the Cloud. The GRID requires time and focus to master due to its depth and flexibility. A GRID chart be adapt to the many ways ethical clinicians choose to practice. Some members of IMHPA use GRID charting exclusively because of the GRID’s emphases on assessment, symptoms, change and client confidentiality .

  • IMHPA offers cutting edge online clinical and practice marketing resources developed through collaboration. These include LightQ’s screening, assessment, progress, alliance and outcome measures and practice analysis, and the OregonTherapyOptions marketing and public information website, The OTO site supports many strategies to enhance IMHPH members’ practice development.

  • IMHP members collaborate with Mentor Research Institute in development and use of screening, assessment and outcome measures. https://www.mentorresearch.org/screening-questionnaire-research

  • IMHPA is incorporated in Oregon. IMHPA is a unique multidisciplinary marketing and contracting alliance open to all licensed mental and behavioral health professions in private practice, whether solo or as an incorporated group. IMHPA is open to Associate Members who have earned masters or doctoral degrees who are in supervision toward licensure in Oregon and to their supervisors.

  • AMHA & MRI have co-sponsored and provided no-cost trainings for safe homes and practices during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. This training material was also presented during the Oregon Psychological Association’s 2021 annual conference.
    www.mentorresearch.org/opa-2021-covid-safe-office-for-psychotherapy