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Trustee Profile Marc Johnson: Paving a Purposeful Path
Higher education executive and strategist Marc Johnson brings innovative ideas about the future of higher ed to Board of Trustees.
Faculty Viewpoint: Helping Couples Navigate Trauma, Infertility, and the Therapeutic Process
Dr. Niko Wilson, assistant professor and director of the Couples and Family Therapy emphasis in the MA in Clinical Mental Health Counseling program, is teaching her students to ask their patients about reproductive health and sexuality, and to help them safely navigate these conversations through the...
Answering the Call: State partnership enhances mental health training, aids the most vulnerable population
According to a 2021 report by the Massachusetts Developmental Disabilities Council, there are more than 161,000 people living with at least one developmental disability in the Commonwealth. William James College INTERFACE referral serves as the bridge between people with I/DD who have experienced trauma...
Military and Veterans Psychology Highlights
Dr. Jenny D’Olympian received the 2023 Deborah Sampson Award. Presented at the annual Women Veterans Appreciation Day Ceremony in Boston, and William James College was proud to host the conference Advancing Veteran Suicide Prevention: Military Culture, Moral Injury and Military Resilience on October...
Connecting with Veterans in Nature
Kelly Ré, Sarah Garde, and Alexis Childs, clinical psychology doctoral students at William James College, along with Brittney Cloutier, clinical mental health counseling master’s student, had the valuable opportunity not only to create and deliver workshops focused on mental wellbeing, but also to...
Creating Relationships: A Focus on Supervision
Experiential education is a hallmark of training at William James College and a core value of the mission, one that integrates rigorous academic instruction with substantial hands-on experience making fieldwork essential to students’ future success.
Bridging the Gap Between Teaching and Mental Health: School Psychology alumna, Elisa Huerta, shares her career journey
Elisa Huerta, 2023 graduate of the school psychology MA/CAGS program at William James College (WJC), worked as a high school biology teacher in New York City for four years, but soon realized the best parts of her job were the conversations she was having with her students rather than the actual instruction....
William James College Graduate Named 2024 School Psychologist of the Year by the National Association of School Psychologists
Wendy Price PsyD, a 2015 graduate of the School Psychology doctoral program at William James College, has been named 2024 School Psychologist of the Year by the National Association of School Psychologists (NASP) for her exceptional contributions to the field.
Back to School and Beyond: Bachelor's Completion Program Transformed Elaine Dasilva's Relationship with Education
Elaine Dasilva took on the challenge of going back to school. She has gone from anxiety and self-doubt in the classroom to being one semester away from graduating with a Bachelor of Science in Psychology and Human Services from William James and wanting to apply to the College’s PsyD in Clinical Psychology...
Choosing School Psychology: Scholarship Recipient Uses Lived Experience to Aid Others
Ashley Herrera, first-year student in the School Psychology MA/CAGS program, was recently awarded a scholarship from the Mental Health Service Professional (MHSP) Demonstration Grant Program—in recognition of her strong clinical skills, knowledge of evidence-based and inclusive practices, and interest...
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