A Shepherd of Recovery
At a certain point in his life, if someone gave Daniel Regan a prediction that he would one day run a residential recovery home, he
Forming a Therapeutic Alliance
Katelyn Picard, LCSW (left), an outpatient and school-based clinician for CHD’s Pine Street Outpatient Behavioral Health Clinic in Springfield, is with fellow clinician and Nicole
Proof of the Impact of Social Work
Laurie Brown, program supervisor for CHD Adult Mental Health-Springfield’s Outpatient Behavioral Health Clinic on State Street, chose the field of social work because she had
Every Voice Counts
What prompted Debra Call, clinical supervisor at CHD’s Park Street Outpatient Behavioral Health Clinic in West Springfield, to pursue a career in social work? She
“It’s an amazing career”
“I can’t see myself doing anything else,” said Jasmine Jones about the field of social work. Jones, a clinician at our Pine Street Outpatient Behavioral
A Nontraditional Support Network
Shaun Sloat is a caseworker at The Retreat at Hampshire Woods, CHD’s respite program in South Hadley, which provides a nontraditional, innovative, and individualized support
From West Africa to Western Massachusetts
Mariame Kounta forged a non-traditional and impactful path to CHD, where she is a vital part of our agency’s new Primary Care program—a cutting-edge initiative
Challenging Old Ways of Thinking
Jennifer Ewig, a family caseworker at CHD’s Two Rivers Recovery Center for Women in Greenfield, has been a CHD employee for more than 20 years
Treating Stimulant Use Disorder
D’Arcy Gebert, a psychiatric nurse practitioner and lead prescriber at CHD’s Stimulant Treatment and Recovery Team (START) at our Pine Street Outpatient Behavioral Health Clinic
Developing New, Helpful Thought Patterns
Patricia Connors, program director for CHD’s Two Rivers Recovery Center for Women in Greenfield, has a favorite saying: “If you give what you gave, you’ll