Telehealth, Burnout, and the New Normal

• By: Kelly Daly, PhD Elana G. Spira, PhD Westchester Jewish Community Services (WJCS)
• October 4th, 2021
• burnout, COVID-19, Fall 2021 Issue, mental health treatment, telehealth
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No amount of education, training, or clinical experience could have prepared us, as therapists, for the reality of collective trauma on a global scale. As clinicians at the largest provider of community-based outpatient mental health services for our county, Westchester Jewish Community Services...

A Virtual Peer DBT Consultation Group

• By: Liza Pincus, PsyD Kelly Daly, PhD Elana G. Spira, PhD Westchester Jewish Community Services (WJCS)
• October 4th, 2021
• DBT, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Fall 2021 Issue, remote peer consultation, research, telehealth
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Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), an evidence-based treatment developed for individuals meeting criteria for Borderline Personality Disorder, is one of the primary interventions delivered at Westchester Jewish Community Services (WJCS). In an effort to supplement existing training and practice in...

Learning from Client Surveys About Telehealth and the Impact of COVID-19

• By: Kelly Daly, PhD Shari Reiter, MA Elana G. Spira, PhD William A. Mullane, PhD Westchester Jewish Community Services (WJCS)
• March 31st, 2021
• COVID-19, mental health, Spring 2021 Issue, survey, technology, telehealth
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In the fall of 2019, as part of our effort to increase client accessibility to treatment, Westchester Jewish Community Services (WJCS) was preparing to launch a telehealth program. The plan had been to start a small pilot in the spring of 2020, with a few staff providing telehealth sessions, as...