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Mental health professionals fear the consequences of federal cuts
By Eileen Weber
Deep cuts and massive layoffs to federal agencies like the Department of Health and Human Services, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, and the Veterans Administration have not only eliminated thousands of jobs, but also an estimated $12 billion in mental health care funding and addiction treatment. The policy shifts impact hospitals, private practices, and school systems and… Read more »
Leading Stories
As mass violence continues, threat and risk assessment practitioners strive to help
Mental health professionals fear the consequences of federal cuts
Mental health effects of cell phone use considered in ban proposals
Psychosis, suicide, and ChatGPT: A researcher’s caution
Study: Addictive social media use impacts youth mental health
VT leads U.S. in physical and mental health parity
When therapists need protection from patients
How to ensure psychological safety in the workplace
Gambling addictions on the rise
Political climate impacts LGBTQIA+ patients and providers
Is doomscrolling here to stay?
Clinicians see politics entering the therapy room
Sweetser to open residential facility for youth
College students at risk could use more mental health support
Practical Practice
Poor posture: A psychotherapist’s occupational hazard
By Ellen Anderson, Ph.D
One of my fondest memories of my work in healthcare is of a colleague who led our department as the point person for occupational safety. He took the role seriously and shepherded our department on a field trip to investigate stairway exits that were out of view and thus unknown by the majority. The tragedy of 911 occurred not long… Read more »
Unpacking the challenges of closing your practice
By Ellen Anderson, Ph.D
Whether you are planning to relocate out of state, retire, or change jobs, there are countless tasks involved with closing a therapy practice. Some of these involve clinical care of the patient, while others pertain to the myriad administrative aspects of practice closure. Begin the process by checking relevant state laws pertaining to termination of the client-practitioner relationship and retention… Read more »
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Psychotherapy Business & Marketing
Is sliding scale a good business practice?
By Liz Varney, LICSW
Most therapists will agree that running a private practice solely on private pay is ideal. Even though working with health insurance can provide greater access to clients, the private practitioner is often left dealing with changing benefits, increasing deductibles, and long calls with insurance companies to rectify claims. When dealing with insurance companies becomes a significant part of your week,… Read more »
Marketing for the online-averse practitioner
By Liz Varney, LICSW
In today’s technology-filled and online-driven world, it may feel like the purity of human connection is getting lost. Yet, psychotherapists know that the relationship that we build with our clients is the foundation upon which all other healing work can happen. Because of this core value, it makes sense that there are plenty of psychotherapists who are averse to using… Read more »
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Interview of the Month
Q&A: Machine learning, mathematical modeling used as tools to predict suicide ideation
By Catherine Robertson Souter
Modern psychology may be about to experience a sea change. While the practice has certainly evolved over the past 100 years, the introduction of machine learning, a form of artificial intelligence that uses large data sets to look at human behavior, may vastly alter the way mental illness is understood and treated. At Yale University, Shirley Wang, Ph.D., who joined… Read more »
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In Person with Alan Bodnar, Ph.D.
What psychologists can learn from Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
I have been reading a lot of Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, a French Jesuit priest, geologist, paleontologist, and philosopher who was active in his career during the first half of the 20th century. I first heard of Teilhard in my college years, but one of the great pleasures of retirement is having time to dig deeper into material you didn’t… Read more »
What I learned from building a model ship
“I must go down to the sea again, to the lonely sea and the sky.” With these words, John Masefield begins his best known poem, “Sea Fever.” They capture the draw that some of us feel to the broad vistas and limitless horizon of the sea. I have been one of these people for as long as I can remember.… Read more »