Intersect Trainings
Below are all of our trainings offered by our Intersect division. If you are interested in having Intersect provide a training at your location or have any questions regarding a training, please email IntersectNetwork@accessservices.org.
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Better Together: How Faith Communities, Providers and Government Can Collaborate to Promote Wellness
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Boundaries: Why They’re Important, Noticing When We Have Them and When We Don’t, and Some Ideas about Getting Some
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Cross Training for Spiritual and Mental Health
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Healing and Hope for Suicide Survivors
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Mental Illness: What is It and Why Does It Matter for Your Church?
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Navigating Hard Conversations as Human Service Providers
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Navigating Worldview Diversity: Providing Support Amidst Disagreement with Individuals, Co-Workers, and Community Partners
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Nuts and Bolts: Tools for Building a Culture of Care for those with Mental Illness
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Pastors and Integrated Health
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QPR: Question, Persuade, Refer
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Meet the Trainers

David Eckert
Dave Eckert is the Senior Director of Intersect, an initiative within Access Services that supports those at the intersection of faith and mental health through consultation, training and the fostering of collaboration between faith communities and mental health providers. He has spent over 20 years working for Access Services within various roles including Director of a Mobile Psychiatric Rehabilitation program and agency Chaplain. In addition, Dave has served as one of the pastors at Grace Community Church in Chalfont, PA for the last 15 years. Dave holds degrees in Social Work, Biblical Studies and Divinity. He lives with his wife and three children in Montgomery County, PA.
Ty Williams
Tyrone (Ty) Williams serves as the Crisis Community Liaison and Trainer at Access Services. In this role, Ty facilitates Hope 4 Tomorrow assemblies and supports the Mobile Crisis program at community events. Additionally, Ty provides Mental Health and Prevention trainings (Mental Health First Aid, Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST), QPR (Question, Persuade, Refer)) at colleges, high schools and other organizations in Montgomery County, PA. Ty is a member of the Montgomery County Suicide Prevention Task Force.


Juli Apple
Juli has worked in social work for over 20 years in various roles including the fields of intellectual disabilities and children & youth.  Juli especially enjoyed working with children as well as foster and adoptive families, directly supporting them through casework and training. She has also had the experience of working at a church. The Intersect program allows Juli to draw from both backgrounds to help meet the needs of people in her community. Juli earned her B.A. in Psychology/Sociology at Hope College in Holland, MI and her MSW at the University of Pennsylvania.
Mark Boorse
Mark is a husband and father of 2 grown children. Mark is currently the Director of Program Development and has served at Access Services in a variety of programs over the past 35 years. He has walked with people experiencing mental illness in both his family and his congregation. Over the course of 20 years, he has served as both a deacon and an elder at Covenant Presbyterian Church in Harleysville.


Mike Ford
Mike has been a Christian camp Program Director, church Pastor, and hospital Chaplain over the last 35 years. He has experienced trauma and death in his immediate family and beyond and has great compassion and empathy for those going through trauma and pain due to life’s circumstances. Mike is a widower with four wonderful, young adult children who loves people, music, the outdoors, his family, good chocolate, and conversation over good coffee.
Lisi Fisher
Lisa is a dedicated Doctor of Marriage and Family Therapy with over fifteen years of experience helping individuals and families build stronger, healthier relationships. Originally from Puerto Rico and raised in New York City, she brings a culturally informed, bilingual (Spanish-English) approach to her work, with a deep commitment to serving communities that are often underrepresented in mental health care. Her passion lies in family and relational psychotherapy, with a special focus on trauma, grief, and the impact of disruptive life events. She draws on relationship systems theory to guide both personal therapy and workplace interventions. She also created a resource to support therapists in honoring the spiritual identity of Christian clients, especially when addressing moral injury. Her work is rooted in evidence-based practices and a holistic view of healing that respects each client’s full story.
