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# The Consortium Speaks

### The Connecticut Women's Consortium Blog

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 12 Mar, 2021  • 2 minute read

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### [Gerontology: Supporting America’s Growing Population](https://blog.womensconsortium.org/gerontology-supporting-america-s-growing-population)

 In the next 30 years, the number of adults 65 and older is expected to nearly double from today’s 46 million to approximately 90 million. Wi...

[![principal blog image](https://blog.womensconsortium.org/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/file-Dec-20-2021-10-15-44-33-PM.jpg?width=500&height=250&name=file-Dec-20-2021-10-15-44-33-PM.jpg)](https://blog.womensconsortium.org/our-legislative-priorities-for-2021-and-beyond)

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 10 Mar, 2021  • 3 minute read

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### [Our Legislative Priorities for 2021 and Beyond](https://blog.womensconsortium.org/our-legislative-priorities-for-2021-and-beyond)

 We at the Connecticut Women’s Consortium are known for educating the behavioral health workforce and our aspiration to be a healing center f...

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 5 Mar, 2021  • 2 minute read

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### [Re-writing Separation: Co-parenting and the power of stability](https://blog.womensconsortium.org/re-writing-separation-co-parenting-and-the-power-of-stability)

 Divorce, separation, and family restructuring are delicate endeavors often bogged down by litigation, miscommunication, and intense scrutiny...

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 3 Mar, 2021  • 1 minute read

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### [Don't hit pause on learning! Join us for a free Lunch and Learn series](https://blog.womensconsortium.org/don-t-hit-pause-on-learning-join-us-for-our-free-lunch-and-learn-series)

 For nearly 25 years, the Connecticut Women’s Consortium has been a driving force in continuing education for the behavioral health community...

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 26 Feb, 2021  • 2 minute read

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### [Hoarding Disorder: Myth-Busting](https://blog.womensconsortium.org/hoarding-disorder-myth-busting)

 If you have encountered hoarding problems through television representation — think the A&E reality series Hoarders — you may believe you ha...

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 24 Feb, 2021  • 2 minute read

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### [COVID Fatigue: COVID's answer to compassion fatigue](https://blog.womensconsortium.org/covid-fatigue-covid-s-answer-to-compassion-fatigue)

 COVID fatigue was coined to describe the roller coaster of emotions and symptoms people are experiencing, many of which share similarities t...

[![principal blog image](https://blog.womensconsortium.org/hs-fs/hubfs/file-Dec-20-2021-10-15-38-47-PM-1.webp?width=500&height=250&name=file-Dec-20-2021-10-15-38-47-PM-1.webp)](https://blog.womensconsortium.org/what-is-the-community-resiliency-model)

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 19 Feb, 2021  • 3 minute read

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### [What is the Community Resiliency Model?](https://blog.womensconsortium.org/what-is-the-community-resiliency-model)

 Mirroring the push towards trauma-informed and ACEs-based treatment, the Community Resiliency Model (CRM) arrived on the Connecticut behavio...

[![principal blog image](https://blog.womensconsortium.org/hs-fs/hubfs/file-Dec-20-2021-10-16-02-35-PM-1.webp?width=500&height=250&name=file-Dec-20-2021-10-16-02-35-PM-1.webp)](https://blog.womensconsortium.org/getting-your-mind-on-mindfulness)

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 12 Feb, 2021  • 1 minute read

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### [Getting your mind on mindfulness](https://blog.womensconsortium.org/getting-your-mind-on-mindfulness)

 If you were not familiar with mindfulness as a stress-relief practice before this last year, the events of 2020 have likely brought it to yo...

[![principal blog image](https://blog.womensconsortium.org/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/file-Dec-20-2021-10-15-49-67-PM.jpg?width=500&height=250&name=file-Dec-20-2021-10-15-49-67-PM.jpg)](https://blog.womensconsortium.org/acudetox-what-you-need-to-know)

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 10 Feb, 2021  • 2 minute read

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### [AcuDetox: What you need to know](https://blog.womensconsortium.org/acudetox-what-you-need-to-know)

 Why are people sticking needles in their ears? It sounds kind of scary, and perhaps a little strange, but needles placed in the ears may hel...

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