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  • Ted Johnson speaking to an engaged panel

    2025 Highlights: Fireside Chat with Ted Johnson

    October 13, 2025
    Every October, the Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation celebrates National Mental Health Awareness Month. This past year, the Center hosted a Fireside Chat with New England Patriots retired linebacker Ted Johnson on at the WBUR CitySpace on October 9th. Ted shared his struggles publicly with addiction and mental health challenges. Thanks to Paul Cherchia, Assistant Director […]
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    Benefits of a Behavioral Health and Aging Certificate Program for Senior Center Staff

    November 20, 2025
    by Bronwyn Keefe, PhD, MSW, MPH November 20, 2025 Senior centers serve as critical venues for fostering the well-being and social engagement of older adults. However, beyond their traditional roles, these centers are increasingly recognized as frontline settings for addressing behavioral health concerns among aging populations. As the demographic shift towards a larger older adult […]
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    Coaching for Peer Specialists

    April 13, 2023
    The role of peer specialists in behavioral health settings has grown dramatically in the last couple of decades. But, as a relatively new addition to the workforce, it is experiencing "growing pains". Common experiences relayed by peer support workers include a lack of clarity about how their role fits into the mental health workplace and confusion about what their work tasks should and should not be. For some behavioral healthcare workers, research suggests that this results in stress, distress and burnout, all of which have worsened because of the pandemic
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    Cognitive Self-Management Strategies for Work and School

    October 11, 2023
    by Dr. Susan McGurk and Dr. Kim Mueser We are constantly barraged in our daily lives with new information competing for our limited attention. And there is even more information available than ever before, at the tip of our fingers, on our cell phones and computers. We need to manage the beckoning alerts of tweets, […]
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    Complexities and Collaboration: Supporting the Systems to Help People to Get Jobs

    October 16, 2025
    The purpose of this piece is to take a look at potential advocacy activities to help overcome the frustrating barriers that can impede both the staff helpers and their administrators from providing evidence-based services leading to better employment outcomes. Clarity about what goes into the bureaucratic “sausage” may offer paths for advocacy, both at the local program level and at the state departments level.
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    Currently Enrolling! Recovery Education Fall 2026

    August 6, 2026
    Recovery Education Program’s 2026 Fall Semester has Arrived! The Recovery Education Program is a free adult education program for people in recovery living with mental health conditions. Students can choose from a wide range of recovery and wellness courses in a supportive community that fosters learning, growth, and connection. Enroll Today! Before picking out your […]

  • Finding Community in Cribbage

    April 15, 2026
    Paul Cherchia, LMHC, Director of NITEO and College Mental Health Education Programs, writes about finding community in parenting and games. We talk a lot about Community and its very important role in healing and longevity.  Please enjoy this article about Paul building community through cribbage in his neighborhood. Relatedly, The Center will be offering a […]
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    From Patient to Paycheck: Out of the System and into the Workforce

    June 20, 2025
    No one grows up dreaming of being poor or permanently dependent on public benefits. Yet, for too many people with psychiatric disabilities, that becomes their reality – not because of a lack of ability or ambition, but because the system designed to support them often makes it harder for them to break free.  This article is about changing that story – about helping people from patient to paycheck, from being defined by a diagnosis to being empowered by purpose.
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    Individual Placement and Support: Working to Help People Find and Keep Jobs in New York State

    February 16, 2026
    Individual Placement and Support (IPS) is the gold-standard evidence-based practice helping people diagnosed with serious mental illness find and keep personally meaningful jobs. Developed over three decades ago and increasingly in use today throughout the United States and indeed around the world, IPS has a very strong research base and impressive success in real-world settings. 
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    Job Search Strategies for Older Adults Managing Mental Health Conditions

    July 17, 2025
    Searching for employment opportunities has never been an easy road for anyone. But for those individuals who are older and have a history of managing a psychiatric disability, there are even more challenges. These job seekers face the “Double jeopardy” effect.  Older adults (40+) with disabilities face compounding discrimination—due to both age and disability—creating greater obstacles in hiring and workplace treatment.