Columnists, In Person

September 30th, 2025

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...

September 30th, 2025

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...

September 1st, 2025

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...

September 1st, 2025

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...

September 1st, 2025

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...

September 1st, 2025

Mental health effects of cell phone use considered in ban proposals

By Danielle Ray

Lawmakers in Massachusetts are moving forward with a bill to ban cell phone use during the school day....

September 1st, 2025

Psychosis, suicide, and ChatGPT: A researcher’s caution

By Tricia Stortz

As artificial intelligence becomes increasingly integrated into mental health care, clinicians are...

September 1st, 2025

Study: Addictive social media use impacts youth mental health

By Beth Negus Viveiros

A new study has found that addictive use of technology such as social media, video games, or mobile...

September 1st, 2025

What psychologists can learn from Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

By Alan Bodnar Ph.D.

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...

August 31st, 2025

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...