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The Connecticut Women's Consortium Blog
What do you do when a client becomes aggressive and escalates into anger? Many behavioral health professionals work with clients who have e...
Recovery is change — and it is different for every individual. People in recovery do not exist in a vacuum. Recovering from mental health an...
Parenting is never easy, and today’s caregivers face challenges we couldn’t have imagined several years ago. We could all use a little help...
Exposure therapy — when done correctly — has helped millions of people overcome fear and anxiety. It is used by some therapists and behavior...
In a society that is warped and damaged by racism and inequality, behavioral health professionals need to have a strong understanding of cul...
How do we know if we are on the right path to providing trauma-informed care? Research shows us that trauma is present in almost every age,...
We all experience stress at some times in our lives. And not all stress is bad for us. However, some kinds of stress can be overwhelming and...
Parenting, as we know, is a full-time job — and then some. Co-parenting, whether planned or due to divorce or separation, can sometimes seem...
Psychosocial interventions — or psychosocial treatments — are various ways of addressing a person’s mental health challenges by looking at t...
When someone commits a crime that does harm to another person or community, something is broken that needs to be healed.