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Collaborating in the Field: Doubling Down on Education About the Co-Response Model

Collaborating in the Field: Doubling Down on Education About the Co-Response Model

In one way or another, Sarah E. Abbott, PhD, Director of the Center for Crisis Response and Behavioral Health, has spent the majority of her career at the intersection of individuals experiencing a mental health crisis and the community at large. Her first exposure to work in America (after earning her BA at home, in England) came via recruitment by a nonprofit agency in central Massachusetts where Abbott spent several nights each week in a residential group home for individuals ages 18-25 with a mental health condition. While there, she witnessed first-hand the challenges associated when police responded to calls—which didn’t always go well.

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Taylor Pestritto Named First Recipient of New Green Mountain Geropsychology Scholarship

William James College is one of only two PsyD programs in the country to offer a geropsychology concentration. A generous gift from WJC Trustee Thom Lockerby

College Holds 3rd Annual Juneteenth Celebration

Juneteenth, which is celebrated annually on June 19, is the oldest national commemoration of the ending of slavery in the United States.

William James College Graduate Welcomes Baby Days After Commencement Ceremony

Eden Davies awoke on June 1 unsure if she would make it to the William James College commencement ceremony. Davies, who was to receive her doctoral degree in Clinical Psychology, was pregnant with her third child and had been experiencing pre-labor contractions. She did go, but in what she called her...

En Route to Old” Conference Addresses the Effects of Aging

On Saturday, May 18, William James College hosted ‘En Route to "Old": Navigating the Years between 60 and 80,’ a conference addressing the years and path toward becoming an older adult.

Congratulations to the Graduates of the William James College Class of 2019Around Campus

Over 1400 friends, family, faculty, staff and honored guests gathered on Saturday, June 1, at the Boston Park Plaza Hotel to celebrate the William James College

Dr. Stan Berman Retires From Vice President of Academic Affairs Role

Dr. Stanley Berman, or Stan to the many who know and admire him, has been an inspiring teacher and mentor to students, alumni and colleagues throughout

President’s 39th Commencement Remarks

On behalf of our Trustees, Faculty, Staff, Students and our honored guests, I welcome you to the 39th Commencement Exercises of William James College.

William James College Honors Three with Honorary Degrees

Members of the William James College community shared an inspiring evening with 2019 Commencement Speaker, A. Kathryn Power, and Honorary Degree Recipients

Addressing Children’s Mental Health

Children’s mental health is a serious public health issue, affecting up to 20 percent of the US population. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

Conference Explores “Innovations and New Horizons” in Veterans Psychological Care

Across the country and around the world, graduates of the William James College Military and Veterans Psychology (MVP) concentration have provided

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