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Getting started in private practice
By Ellen Anderson, Ph.D
Mental health professionals make tough decisions during their career, but few are as fraught with anxiety...
Mass shootings create ripple effect on community mental health
By Beth Negus Viveiros
For parents, children, educators, and first-responders, the toll of both mass shootings themselves and...
Research studies links between cat color and personality traits
By Catherine Robertson Souter
As any sharer of space with a small creature (aka a “pet owner”) can attest, animals have...
CT domestic violence shelters are over capacity
By Eileen Weber
When it comes to supporting victims of domestic violence, Connecticut has some alarming data. Shelters...
Rescuing the presumptive queen
By Alan Bodnar Ph.D.
“Look, Pop Pop! It’s a queen bee.” And so I looked, and with my scant knowledge of bees, I couldn’t find anything to cast doubt on my six-year-old granddaughter’s...
Survey: Workers struggle with feelings of job insecurity
By Eileen Weber
Results from the American Psychological Association (APA)’s 2025 Work in America Survey show that economy, technology and government policy changes created more mental stress...
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...
As mass violence continues, threat and risk assessment practitioners strive to help
By Catherine Robertson Souter
It has been 26 years since the Columbine High School massacre and in late August, children were gunned...
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...