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A new champion in the world of trauma treatment
By Catherine Robertson Souter
Nearly 20 years ago, Ricky Greenwald, Psy.D., founder and executive director of the Northampton, Mass.-based Trauma Institute & Child Trauma Institute, stumbled upon some surprising research. A leading trauma therapist who primarily worked with Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Greenwald saw a randomized comparison study by David Read Johnson, Ph.D., that showed that a treatment called the Counting Method was as effective as more complex and articulated approaches, including EMDR. He was shocked – a simpler, easier to learn… Read more »
Leading Stories
A new champion in the world of trauma treatment
Report: Majority of mass violence not linked to mental health
Vermont survey: Student mental health is ‘not good’
RI agrees to consent decree for children with behavioral health disabilities
Medicare covers FDA approved mental health digital therapeutics
‘Intensive parenting’ beliefs negatively impact mothers’ mental health
What steps can therapists take when treating all genders?
Research looks at internalized racism, suicidal ideation in U.S. Asians
Maine to be freed from court oversight
Tax, record keeping advice offered by strategist
Judge rules Meta must face Massachusetts social media lawsuit
Union: CT staff shortage is ‘full-blown catastrophe’
Massachusetts and Vermont nix legalized psychedelics for now
ME program designed to help Afghan refugees heal
Practical Practice
Tips for success in sub-leasing office space
By Ellen Anderson, Ph.D
Sub-leasing office space is an affordable way for therapists to provide in person services, while keeping overhead low. Despite the success of telehealth, many clients still prefer to have the option of face-to-face therapy. Given the financial commitment of a multi-year office lease, there are also significant benefits for primary lease holders to sublet space. Practitioners can enjoy collegial support, shared expenses, and cross-referral of clients. However, as is the case with college dormitory roommates, the relationship can create a… Read more »
Tips for developing a thriving health psychology practice
By Ellen Anderson, Ph.D
While many clinical health psychologists work in health care settings, there is a need for outpatient clinicians in the private sector. The demand for ongoing outpatient psychotherapy services for people with medical problems far exceeds the supply. Despite this, therapists who are interested in developing a health psychology practice can find it challenging to navigate the challenges specific to this type of practice. Clinical health psychology is its own specialty with increasingly specialized subdivisions. For example, psycho-oncology is a specialty… Read more »
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Psychotherapy Business & Marketing
The benefit of telehealth as a business model
By Liz Varney, LICSW
The key to success for any business is to keep revenue high and overhead costs low. For new business owners, the uncertainty of unexpected costs may feel daunting. In fact, the first feedback I received from a colleague who heard I was starting a business was, “I heard new businesses don’t make money in the first year.” Luckily for me, I had already done my due diligence and had created a spreadsheet all my potential costs along with my potential… Read more »
Building your private practice from the inside-out
By Liz Varney, LICSW
Feeling insecure, overwhelmed, and confused are common experiences when starting a private practice. When you are unsure about how to progress forward, you are probably inclined to seek outside information and consultation. After all, much of your training has taught you to seek supervision, read research, and review evidence-based practices to ensure success for your clients. So, it makes sense that you would apply this process to your private practice development as well. It is typical to want to gather… 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 the psychology department in July as an assistant professor, is using machine learning and mathematical modeling to attempt to predict… Read more »
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In Person with Alan Bodnar, Ph.D.
Remembering Jimmy Carter
There are worlds within worlds. Galaxies fill the cosmos. Stars fill the galaxies and planets spin around the stars. The earth, what we call our world, is just one of them, and on its surface, eight billion people construct eight billion worlds. The numbers are astounding, but even the humblest of these worlds is rich beyond imagining, and when death takes someone from our world, we lose the riches of theirs. Occasionally someone comes along who changes our world for… Read more »
O Christmas Tree
As I write these words in early December, what is left of our small Thanksgiving turkey sits in the fridge holding one more meal for two. Our Christmas tree, artificial this year, stands in the corner of the living room waiting for the ornaments that will turn it into the story of our family life. When this column appears in January, the tree will be packed away, the holidays over, a brand new year begun. Time moves on, children grow… Read more »