The Co-Occurring / Addiction Fellowship is designed for clinicians who want to become experts in treating adults who present with both mental health and substance use disorders simultaneously — a population that is dramatically underserved in outpatient settings and often poorly matched with clinicians who only treat one or the other.
Andrew H. Kim has spent his career at the intersection of mental health and addiction. His clinical framework integrates ASAM criteria, motivational interviewing, relapse prevention, and evidence-based trauma-informed approaches, recognizing that substance use and mental health conditions are rarely independent. Fellows will develop the clinical language, assessment tools, and treatment planning skills to accurately diagnose and treat co-occurring presentations.
This fellowship prepares clinicians for complex work: clients leaving inpatient or residential treatment, individuals cycling through higher levels of care, and people for whom mental health and addiction have been treated in silos. Fellows will develop fluency in ASAM Level of Care criteria, integrated treatment planning, and coordinating with prescribers and other treatment providers when appropriate.
Fellowship cohorts are expected to include 7 to 10 fellows, creating a collaborative learning community with direct, meaningful supervision access. This is not a training experience from a distance — it’s a close clinical mentorship in one of behavioral health’s most demanding and rewarding specializations.
