Retreat offering services for health care workers

BRATTLEBORO - The Brattleboro Retreat, a leading specialty psychiatric hospital for people of all ages, is now accepting patients for its Healthcare Professionals Program.
Launched as a remote clinical service, the program offers partial hospitalization and intensive outpatient programming for currently employed and former nurses, physicians, dentists, EMTs, social workers, LNAs and CNAs, therapists, technologists, and other health care professionals who experience PTSD, anxiety, depression, stress or substance use disorder as consequences of their jobs. In a group therapy format, health-care professionals address their personal challenges exclusively among peers, other healthcare professionals who understand the pressures of providing health care.
The program’s partial hospital option consists of five groups per day, five days per week from Monday to Friday, 9:30 am to 2 pm; while the intensive outpatient option features three groups per day, five mornings per week from Monday to Friday, 9:30 am to noon. Participants will receive personal orientations to establish individual treatment goals as well as a consultation with a medical doctor.
Group sessions are supplemented by one-on-one sessions to focus on personal needs and goals and to develop personalized aftercare plans. Time spent in the program will  vary according to individual needs.
As a remote clinical service, the Healthcare Professionals Program is available to caregivers wherever they live. As the program proceeds, an in-person version is being studied.
Those wishing to learn more about the Healthcare Professionals Program are directed to brattlebororetreat.org/hpp. Those interested in participating may fill out a pre-intake form online at brattlebororetreat.org/admissions or call (802) 258-3737 or 1-800-RETREAT.