The Brookline Center for Community Mental Health

Hand in Hand, our beloved community service and social event, is coming up! Help create custom care packages for our community's caregivers at this fun event on Wednesday, April 30. We can't wait to see you there! 💛 Register now! https://lnkd.in/eKbymUzf

“Spending time outdoors has been shown to reduce stress, depression, and anxiety,” said Rachael Hennessey-Crowell, Clinical Director of Outpatient. “With this new space, we have the flexibility to further adapt sessions to individual client needs. From mindfulness practices to play therapy, we now have a broader range of tools at our disposal." In July 2024, the Center opened its Outdoor Therapeutic Space, a major step forward in enhancing our provision of innovative, patient-centered care. Learn more here! 🌻https://lnkd.in/eVitt73H

We are excited to share that The Boston Globe highlighted our innovative school-based partnership with Framingham Public Schools that is changing what’s possible for foster-involved students. As the piece notes: “This program offers a level of connection, trust, and stability that many of these students have never experienced in school—or anywhere else." The Framingham program is a pilot of the Compass program, our latest expansion of bryt, designed to meet the complex mental health and educational needs of youth involved with the Department of Children and Families. Our goal is to develop a model that can be scaled across Massachusetts, improving graduation rates, reducing systems involvement, and transforming school outcomes for foster-involved youth statewide. Read the article now! https://lnkd.in/gBMudniQ

"Help is just around the corner with great places like The Brookline Center," says @teambrookline runner Jenn Oxton. Jenn is raising funds for The Brookline Center and running for her stepson Mason. Support Jenn's inspiring efforts here! https://lnkd.in/eY2A7qwb https://lnkd.in/eE4u28xh

The Brookline Center School-Based Telebehavioral Health Pilot Learning Collaborative hosts free virtual trainings for school and behavioral health staff every month! Check out the offerings for the second half of April, and register now! ⭐ Building Collaborative and Trusting Relationships with Caregivers:: https://lnkd.in/e6AUXcMG ⭐ Conflict Resolution for School Violence: https://lnkd.in/efSaq_Ve ⭐ Overview of Substance Use Screening, Brief Intervention in Schools and Referral to PC Plus Program: https://lnkd.in/e-CJ_3ha ⭐ Overview of the Social Determinants of Health: https://lnkd.in/eY3-czBc The Brookline Center's School-Based Telebehavioral Health Pilot Program hosts a Learning Collaborative with synchronous and asynchronous trainings to bolster professional development of the school and clinical workforce in Massachusetts. Asynchronous trainings can be accessed from the Learning Collaborative website: https://lnkd.in/ewrWe_Y3

Join James J. Drake, LCPC, LMHC, our Chief of Strategic Partnerships and Innovation, as he moderates a discussion about moving past autism awareness and into thriving and acceptance at Brookline Village Library on Saturday, April 5, at 2 PM. 💬 The panel of speakers will discuss their lived experiences and will be introduced by Dr. Jenny Chu of Boston PEERS. Learn more here: https://buff.ly/Z3qG0NX 🔗

Join us for a night of service with a social twist at this year's Hand in Hand! On Wednesday, April 30, come together with friends and community members to create custom care packages filled with your hand-selected items that will nurture and bring joy to caregivers throughout the Brookline community and beyond. 💙🌻 Register now! https://lnkd.in/eKbymUzf

The 2025 bryt Symposium & Learning Institute last week was a huge success! Over 400 educators and partners came together to share knowledge and learn. The Symposium featured our incredible keynote speakers, Dr. Amy Laurent and Dr. Jac Fede (Autism Level UP!), who shared insightful knowledge on reframing our understanding of young people's challenging behaviors through a lens of regulation. To celebrate 20 years of bryt, we recognized four special honorees at the Symposium—Adam Diliberto, Courtney Balacco, Lindsey Yamaguchi, and Stephanie Glenn, LMHC—as well as a larger group of early pioneers of bryt, to whom we are deeply appreciative for their long-term support. Other speakers included John Crocker, Courtney Jo Balacco, Tracy Floeckher, Trish Schramm, Adam Diliberto, Trisha Bruck, Kerry Whiterell, Lisa Winner, Aviva Kafka, and Stephanie Glenn. Thank you to everyone who was able to join us!

"Every mile I run is for the kids that I work with. Their resilience, their courage, and more than anything their joy really fuels me," says Team Brookline runner Haley Medeiros. "Every child deserves to be happy and healthy, and I'm running to help make that a reality." Haley is a school psychologist-in-training specializing in children's mental health. Running the Boston Marathon has been a dream of hers for years, and Haley is proud to be running and fundraising for a cause she cares so deeply about. Support Haley here! https://lnkd.in/eknUfqj7 https://lnkd.in/e9DKZwTT

The Brookline Center is hiring! Open positions include Mental Health Clinicians, M-PATH Family Partner, Data and System Implementation Specialist, and more. Learn more and apply now! ✍ https://lnkd.in/en4P2wyg