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Get Started with BRISA
Contact your caseworker and see if you are eligible. Next call the WMU Unified Clinics main office at (269) 387-7000 and explain that you are interested in the BRISA Program.
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Focusing on the needs of the whole family
The BRISA Program was developed to create an integrative and innovative approach to addressing intergenerational trauma and substance abuse concerns with families involved in the child welfare system and families at risk for involvement in the child welfare system.
BRISA Program
Do you have a history of substance use? CPS or foster care involvement? Don't want to repeat cycles? We can help. BRISA is a resiliency-based program focused on the needs of the whole family.
The BRISA Program, Building Resiliency in Substance Abusing Families, is funded by the Michigan Health Endowment Grant and was developed to create an integrative and innovative approach to addressing intergenerational trauma and substance abuse concerns with families involved in the child welfare system and families at risk for involvement in the child welfare system. The BRISA Program is a partnership between WMU’s Children’s Trauma Assessment Center and WMU’s Behavioral Health Clinic.
Services
Assessments
- Parent(s) Substance Abuse Evaluation
- Parent Trauma and Attachment Assessment
- Child Neurodevelopmental Trauma Assessment
- Structured Parent-Child Observation
Treatment/Intervention Services
- Individual and Group Substance Abuse Treatment for the Parent(s)
- Short-Term Parent Coaching
- Attachment-Focused Therapeutic Treatment
How it Works
How it works
Here is the process of how the BRISA program works.
Meet our Team
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Margaret Richardson
Margaret Richardson, Ph.D., LMSW
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Samantha Farris
Samantha Farris, LMSW, IMH-E®️
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Joseph Kuchenbuch
Joseph Kuchenbuch, MA, LLP, CAADC, CCS-M
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Gisela Lawson
Gisela Lawson, LMSW
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Jim Hilliker
Jim Hilliker, MA, LLP
