Elijah Levy, Ph.D.
Educator, Author, Trainer and Consultant to Health Care and Mental Health Organizations
Your vision reveals the distance you must cover
I provide consultation to organizations interested in launching their business initiatives to
improve organizational performance and operate optimally through genuine,
desired and enduring change.
I have been teaching in the undergraduate and graduate school of business at University of Redlands the last 30 years. My doctorate degree in clinical psychology enabled me to function as a clinical and program director in inpatient psychiatric programs where I developed my leadership and managerial skills. I understand organizational behavior, employee motivation and how to create work environments that pull for the best in employees. Together we can improve organizational performance through systematic analysis of existing organizational processes and developing specific plans for improvement. The multidisciplinary nature of organizational behavior reflects employee attitudes, values, capabilities and learning capacities.
Unless you act on your ideas to maximize organizational performance, your employees and organization will continue to operate at the just good enough level and the gap between current and optimal performance will widen
For your organization to function optimally, management is tasked with creating outstanding work teams and departments that can effectively respond to your customer's varied needs in domestic and global markets. Managers must be skilled at coordinating work efforts through designing structures that sustain stable relationships and processes.
In addition, I offer training to health care/mental health care organizations invested in training their health care providers to become culturally and linguistically competent providers. Since health care providers are at higher risk for developing compassion fatigue, I conduct self-care training to engender self-awareness in health care providers to establish and maintain healthy, wellness lifestyles.
For a no fee consultation, please email or
call me at (562) 230-3334
Testimonials
Is Your Organization Operating at the "Just Good Enough" Level
Health Care Organizations: Train Your Employees to Become Culturally and Linguistically Competent Health Care Providers
Dr. Levy is a deeply thoughtful, caring individual who encourages and inspires all who come in contact with him to pursue their aspirations with conviction and courage. He emphasizes high ethical standards, critical thinking, and respect for diversity. His concern for the needs and well-being of others is rare and genuine. I am and will always be extremely grateful for the support and guidance he has provided me.
Dan
I had the good fortune of meeting Elijah when I applied for an adjunct teaching position at the University of Redlands. The university assigned him conduct my in-person interview and teaching demonstration. I had limited teaching experience at the time and, were it not for Elijah's calming, encouraging demeanor, I might not have performed well and, as a result, may have decided teaching was not for me. He was (and is) a model of intellectual vigor tempered with authentic humility and empathy that I took with me when engaging with my students in the years to come. I am deeply thankful to have met him at that critical stage in my personal and professional journey and know that the impact I have had the opportunity to make in the lives of my students is in part due to his influence on me.
Jeremy
Courses/Training
Teambuilding: You, Me & Them Becomes an Awesome Us
Becoming a Culturally Competent Health Care Provider
Why Self-Care Matters
Life Coaching
Developing Outstanding Managerial Skills
Dr. Levy has dedicated the last 35 years of his career to treating individuals living with Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders and Bipolar and Related Disorders. He has been a Program Director of inpatient programs and currently provides psychosocial/psychiatric rehabilitation programming to 90 mentally ill residents at Founders House of Hope in Artesia, CA The program emphasizes skill acquisition, supported employment, community reintegration, functional/capacity building, developing self-determination and illness management/recovery. The program services, supports and resources engender meaningful living and instilling hope and optimism. Dr. Levy is the director of a nonprofit agency called Trucare Foundation for Mental Health Recovery. The agency provides supports, services and access to resources to enhance the quality of life for individuals living with severe mental illness.
Dr. Levy has been teaching at University of Redlands in the undergraduate and graduate school since 1992. He teaches business ethics, strategic management, leadership and organizational behavior courses in the MBA and the Master of Science in Organizational Leadership program. In 2012 Dr. Levy began teaching at Southern California University of Health Sciences in Whittier, CA His courses include Psychopathology and DSM V to Physician Assistant students using an integrated biopsychosocial, medical/mental health model. Dr. Levy teaches psychology courses at Pasadena City College and Long Beach City College. He has received excellence in teaching awards and has been recognized for his volunteer services. Dr. Levy has published two books, edited four books/anthologies of poetry written by the mentally ill and produced a documentary with a filmmaker colleague on mental illness. He currently volunteers for Biola University Nursing Program, U.S. Vets: Veterans Peer and Navigation Network and he facilitates a learning group with former students.
Elijah with his parents at Oceanside California Half Ironman
Elijah and Good Friend Mike at Hancock Triathlon, 2016
Elijah and his dad Jules
Elijah with mother- in-law Beverly and father-in-law Bob
Elijah, his wife Nora and daughters Diane and Elise
Guest Lecturing at Virginia University of Integrative Medicine
Elijah was invited to be a guest lecturer for a week at Virginia University of Integrative Medicine in February of 2019. I lectured to a wonderful class of students earning their doctorate degree in Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine. The week was devoted to teaching Western Approaches to Mental Health Diagnosis and Treatment.
