The Consortium Speaks
The Connecticut Women's Consortium Blog
How can behavioral health professionals support clients who struggle with drugs, prescription medications, or alcohol? A substance use disor...
As behavioral health professionals, we have clients who have often experienced the traumatic effects of racism. How can we ensure that we’re...
In 2021, the Connecticut Women's Consortium launched our blog, the Consortium Speaks. Over the course of the year, we published 55 articles.
We'd like to give you a chance to get to know Dr. Covington. Read below a 2017 interview from Trauma Matters. How did you first get into tra...
The United States is one of the only developed countries without a national paid family leave program. In addition to barring women from the...
Young women are increasingly rising up against the white-patriarchal values that have guided national policy for centuries. Movements like t...
When we think of visual hallucinations, we typically think of mental illness, drug interactions, and dementias.... but vision loss? Not usua...
If you’re anything like me, it’s easier to take time for creative activities than it is for things that feel like work—and, more often than ...
The DSM-5 includes an overview of environmental factors that contribute to post traumatic stress disorder, such as low socioeconomic status,...