Our New Waiting Room
It’s not done yet, but here’s a sneak peak! The waiting room still needs live plants, art on the walls and some twinkle lights around the vintage bird cage, as well as magazines and so forth.
Recent Posts
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It’s a Challenging New World For Mental Health Therapists and Their Clients
Back in early March when the pandemic became a harsh reality here in the U.S., many of my mental health therapist clients and friends saw a sudden drop in caseload size, due to a dramatic uptick in client cancellations and… Read More ›
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Understanding the Complexities of Suicide
Over several decades, I had been trained in suicide prevention and intervention. I had known people who suicided: employees, the children of employees, others… I thought I understood suicide. Then my beloved husband killed himself. And I realized I didn’t… Read More ›
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Hepatitis A Cases Rose Sharply in Kennebec, Aroostook and York Counties in 2019.
Hepatitis A Cases Rose Sharply in Kennebec, Aroostook, and York Counties in 2019 02/13/2020 10:49 AM EST A press release from Maine.gov. AUGUSTA – Maine saw a fivefold increase in hepatitis A cases last year, with the number of reported cases… Read More ›
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When Your Co-Workers Make Jokes or Act Weird After Your Family Member’s Suicide
Suicide sucks. Suicide is a monster that will haunt you forever. Suicide is on the rise in the United States, and according to the most recent statistics from the CDC, is the tenth leading cause of death in our country…. Read More ›
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Consumers Warned of Possible Exposure to Hepatitis A at Waterville (ME) Market
PRESS RELEASE FROM THE MAINE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL & PREVENTION (CDC) 01/24/2020 02:21 PM EST AUGUSTA – The Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry (DACF) have identified a case of… Read More ›
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Shortchanging Mental Health Providers Just Hurts the Most Vulnerable
Years ago, I ran a 200+ employee mental health agency. When children’s case management services were privatized – meaning the State of Maine, which had been handling all the children’s case management services to that point – opened those services… Read More ›
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Gastroenteritis, Also Called the Stomach Flu
Since I’m in the middle of a nasty bout of this right now, which I apparently caught from my 2 year old grandson (whose symptoms were comparatively mild), it seemed worth posting this article from the Mayo Clinic. On checking… Read More ›
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Lyme Cases Reported to Maine CDC in 2019 Reach Record High
My late husband was always out in the woods, and never used any kind of tick repellent. He did pick ticks off himself (and I picked a couple as well) but surprisingly, not as many as one might expect. I… Read More ›
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Free Training: Addressing Tobacco Use in the Behavioral Health Population
From the Maine Department of Health & Human ServicesJanuary 15, 2020 Free Training for Behavioral Health Providers The MaineHealth Center for Tobacco Independence (CTI,) on behalf of the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention/Tobacco and Substance Use Prevention and… Read More ›
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Hepatitis A Cases Rose Sharply in Kennebec, Aroostook and York Counties in 2019.
February 13, 2020
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When Your Co-Workers Make Jokes or Act Weird After Your Family Member’s Suicide
January 30, 2020
Mental Health ›
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It’s a Challenging New World For Mental Health Therapists and Their Clients
May 10, 2020
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Shortchanging Mental Health Providers Just Hurts the Most Vulnerable
January 23, 2020
Business Practices ›
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Minimum Wage in Maine Now at $12
January 1, 2020
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Maine Minimum Wage and Federal Overtime Changes Coming January 2020
December 18, 2019
