Articles, Columnists, In Person
Cleaning the closet of doubt
By Alan Bodnar Ph.D.
Now that I can see the top of my desk again, it’s good to get back to the keyboard and set down in writing some thoughts about the everyday life of a retired psychologist. In...
Mass. governor aims healthcare bill at mental health parity, lower costs
By Eileen Weber
Governor Charlie Baker of Massachusetts has proposed a systemic health care reform bill designed to...
Good customer service benefits patients and practitioner
By Catherine Robertson Souter
The term “customer service” brings to mind smiling hotel clerks welcoming guests, or a helpful sales associate offering to “grab you a different size”...
PSYPACT: Licensing compact facilitates continuity of care
By Phyllis Hanlon
In 2011, the Association of State and Provincial Psychology Boards (ASPBB) formed a tele-practice task...
Love letters from London
By Alan Bodnar Ph.D.
Tucked between the pages of a thin, spiral notebook with a plain brown cover, I keep two letters that came to me from London in the summer of 1970 after my first year of...
Time for a refreshing change
By John Grohol, Psy.D.
After 30 years of publication, New England Psychologist has an exciting new format and look! A collaboration between myself and our longtime graphic designer, Karen Woodward,...
Psychologist shortage: Demand exceeds supply
By Phyllis Hanlon
A July 2020 Health Tracking Poll from the Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) found that four in 10 adults...
Telehealth coverage rolls back across United States
By Eileen Weber
New England tries to hang on
If there was an upside to the pandemic, it was telehealth. For many...
Vermont aims to ‘stop the bleeding’
By Phyllis Hanlon
Vermont is experiencing a serious staffing shortage, according to January data, which showed a 58.8 percent staffing vacancy rate, an increase from pre-pandemic...