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08/01/2025

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 make...

07/31/2025

Therapy is meant to be a safe space for the patient and the therapist. But sometimes, it is anything but. This past spring, therapist Scott Owen, a high-ranking leader in the Church of Latter-Day Saints in Provo, Utah, was sentenced to 15 years in prison for sexually abusing his clients. The clients...

07/31/2025

We’ve all had a job where the best time was quitting time. But when you can’t wait to leave, think longingly about your next vacation, feel undervalued at work, or are afraid to bring up an issue, you may be in a psychologically unsafe work environment. Some states are taking workplace safety se...

07/31/2025

Mental health providers serving the LGBTQIA+ community say the current political climate has been an increasing cause of stress and anxiety for both clients and clinicians. Political stresses are not necessarily unique to the current administration, but there has been a definite uptick since last No...

07/31/2025

“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

07/15/2025

Midday in Boston and my wife and I are standing on the platform at Charles Street waiting for the inbound Red Line train. We are going only two stops to Washington Street to renew our Senior Charlie Cards, but age somehow makes Beacon Hill steeper than it used to be, and so we take the

07/15/2025

A report from the Center for Collegiate Mental Health (CCMH) at Pennsylvania State University suggests that while students with a history of self-harm report lower levels of distress after engaging with counseling center services, they remain at higher levels of distress overall compared to their pe...

07/15/2025

Doomscrolling, a term popularized during the COVID-19 pandemic, refers to the frequent scanning on devices to read negative, distressing news on topics like wars, mass shootings, natural disasters, and political unrest. Though five years have passed since the days of tracking pandemic casualties, th...

07/14/2025

If you are feeling more anxious about politics and the state of the world today, you are not alone. According to the American Psychological Society’s 2024 Stress in America study, 77% of US adults reported that “the future of our nation” was causing them significant stress. The economy was a p...

07/14/2025

Advocate questions it is best use of funding This past spring, nonprofit Sweetser was awarded $2 million from the state of Maine to develop its first psychiatric residential facility for youth with severe mental health needs. Construction began in April. Kristie Worster, Sweetser’s chief program o...

07/14/2025

In a leaked budget draft this spring, the Trump administration indicated it was considering cuts to 988 specialized hotline services for LGBTQ+ youth Much like 911 for emergency help, 988 was designed to be a quicker dial and has been in effect for approximately three years. That possibility became....

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