Thrive Boston Counseling is looking for an excellent licensed mental health professional to join our growing team of 10 therapists. Interested candidates please send a cover letter and resume to anthony@thriveboston.com. Learn more Thrive Boston Counseling’s mission and vision, on our website: Mission and Vision
The New Yorker recently published an articles highlighting the career of Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, a Swiss-born psychiatrist, famous for her work on the topic.
Here is a link to the article on Death, Dying, and Grief:
Good Grief
Is there a better way to be bereaved?
Q: I am battling depression and anxiety, but I don’t have any money, and I don’t have insurance. Where can I find free counseling?
A: I’m sorry to hear you’re having such troubles.
I think there is free counseling, but you’ll need to do some work to track it down.
Here are a few places to look:
Samaritans International — here is there NYC website (the phone number if on their homepage) number http://www.samaritansnyc.org/
Also, 1-800-SUICIDE is a crisis line– they might have volunteers who will talk with you, and they might know of more sources themselves.
Also, often churches provide free pastoral counseling, which many people find helpful. You might want to look into churches near you, to see if there is a counselor you can talk with at no charge.
There is also a lot of good information out there about depression and anxiety that you might find helpful. Dr. David Burns “Feeling Good Handbook” is a very good book on overcoming depression and anxiety. WebMD.com is a highly respected sours of information. You can find some information on our www.thriveboston.com website about depression and anxiety:
Boston Depression Counseling Tips
Overcoming Trauma
Relationship Stress and Advice
Overcoming Anxiety
Online Counseling Press release addressing Google’s email security quotes the Director of Thrive Boston Therapy. You can view the press release here: http://www.prweb.com/releases/online-counseling/google-security-limits/prweb3530454.htm 
Google’s Updated Email Security Change Does Not Make Online Counseling Secure: Majority of Online Counseling Clients and Counselors Risk Confidentiality Breach
eCounseling Therapists Must Adopt More Stringent Security Protocols to Ensure Client Confidentiality
Google recently updated Gmail’s security standards. Users of the webmail service will notice that Gmail’s default URL setting has changed from HTTP:// to a more secure HTTPS:// location. However, this change has been misunderstood by some users. The HTTPS:// setting does not provide a solution for messages sent using Gmail to be ‘encrypted’. The new default HTTPS:// setting, by Google’s description, instead provides greater security when users are logged into their accounts while using public WIFI hotspots.
Dr. Anthony Centore, Founder of eCounseling.com, states “Many counselors don’t realize that while they and their clients need a password to access their respective email accounts, email is still inherently unsecure. When emails are sent between counselor and client, there are several places along the delivery pathway that an email could be opened and read by someone other than the intended recipient.”
An article on Wikipedia.org titled, “Email Privacy” provides a clear warning to email users, stating: “Because e-mail connects through many routers and mail servers on its way to the recipient, it is inherently vulnerable to both physical and virtual eavesdropping. Current industry standards do not place emphasis on security; information is transferred in plain text,…every e-mail leaves a digital papertrail in its wake that can be easily inspected months or years later.”
Ethical codes, such as one released by the American Counseling Association (ACA), states in section A.12. Technology Applications, “When the use of encryption is not possible, counselors notify clients of this fact and limit electronic transmissions to general communications that are not client specific.” By this standard, the use of Gmail for online counseling, even with HTTPS:// protocols, still violates published ethical standards for online counseling.
As a way to provide a secure method of communication for online counseling, websites such as eCounseling.com have developed platforms where emails messages can be sent between counselor and client without the risks inherent in email. Instead of utilizing typical email delivery methods where messages travel across the internet, at eCounseling.com all communications are stored on a secure server and both counselor and client use assigned passwords to log in to the website. The website, utilizing secure socket layer technology, complies with the ethical standards of the ACA.
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About eCounseling.com
eCounseling.com is the leading provider of Online Counseling and Telephone Counseling technologies, and exists to connect professional counselors to clients in need, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. eCounseling.com was created by counselors who perceived a need for better online counseling methods. Its founding directors include Dr. Anthony Centore, who practices therapy at Thrive Boston Counseling, and Ryan Neace, of the nearly 50,000-member American Association of Christian Counselors.
For more information, contact Dr. Anthony Centore, Founder of eCounseling.com, who practices counseling at Thrive Boston Therapy, in Cambridge, MA.
Dr. Anthony Centore, of Thrive Boston Therapy was interviewed this week on EHRbloggers.com. To read the article, visit them here: http://www.ehrbloggers.com/2010/01/five-question-friday-ehr-use-in.html
EXCERPT of Thrive Boston Therapy Interview:
Five Question Friday: EHR Use in a Behavioral Health Clinic
This Week’s Guest:
Anthony Centore, Director, Thrive Boston Counseling
Thrive Boston Counseling is a Cambridge, Massachusetts-based provider of individual therapy, life coaching, couples and marriage therapy. Its mission is “to facilitate dramatic improvement in persons’ mental health, happiness, relationships and life success such that clients passionately tell others about our services.”
– Thank you Dr. Centore, for agreeing to participate in our series about EHRs and their impact on health care professionals. What motivated you to start using an EHR?
It is in our “DNA” at Thrive to continually try new things that might improve the high-quality of care we provide our clients and patients. We thought that an EHR system would help us to better organize records, and would make records easier to retrieve when there are client requests.
– Was everyone on board with this? If not, how was the decision made?
….Read On at: http://www.ehrbloggers.com/2010/01/five-question-friday-ehr-use-in.html
www.counselor.org is providing lots of counseling articles. Looking for a lot of content on various counseling therapy topics? check it out:
Thrive Boston Counseling wishes to thank Boston Billing solutions for their excellent client service department, and for taking the time to consult with us, and help us to find the best billing solutions for our counseling practice. Thank you Susan of Boston Billing Solutions!
By way of background, Boston Billing Solutions, Inc., is a professional, full-service, electronic claims processing center, in our twelfth year of operation. We offer electronic insurance billing, full-service patient billing, insurance carrier follow-up, practice consulting and much more. We are fully committed to providing our clients with low cost, accurate services, no matter how large or small your needs.
Why Boston Billing Solutions? Our services are priced very reasonably, and we’ve developed three unique levels of service to fit the specific needs of our providers. But what really sets us apart is our state-of-the-art processing system that allows for lightening fast payment turn-around. Additionally, for those choosing to use it, we can even provide you with free, front-end web-based software that will allow you or your staff to enter your claims on-line in real time!
http://www.bostonbilling.com/
Thrive Boston Counseling in Cambridge, MA is looking for an experienced Medical or Pharmaceutical sales representative to participate in an outreach program designed to alert local physicians and companies about the offerings of Thrive’s mental health counseling services.
A competitive candidate for this position will have an excellent work ethic, be able to communicate and perform with a high level of professionalism, and have several years’ sales experience in medical-related fields.
Suitable applicants must be self-starting and self-motivated, as compensation for this position is based on representative performance. This can be a part-time or full-time position.
Thrive Boston Counseling and Life Coaching provides high-quality mental health services to individuals, couples, and families in Cambridge, MA and the greater Boston area. Our philosophy is that everyone has the potential to live and exciting, meaningful, amazing life. Learn more at http://www.thriveboston.com
Thrive Boston counseling and life coaching specializes in proving the highest quality of counseling and life coaching care in Boston, or anywhere.
We receive requests, almost daily, from students of various levels seeking a practicum or internship opportunity.
Internship placements at Thrive Boston counseling therapy are extremely competetive. In addition, Internships at Thrive often do not comply with counseling or psychology programs’ requirements because we are not able to provide guaranteed contact between interns and counseling clients.
Instead, interns learn how to be successful in the competitive field of counseling by participating in managerial, administrative, and outreach tasks. Interns interact with full-time Thrive staff, shadowing their daily work (not observing sessions) and participating in weekly staff peer-supervision.
Interns are often requested to complete tasks such as:
Writing material for various therapy topics, and therapy practices
Conducting literature research
Acquiring data for client surveys
Writing and publishing newsletters
Participating in community outreach activities
Internships at Thrive are unpaid.
If you are interested in applying for an internship post, email a resume and cover letter to anthony@thriveboston.com.
Please note that you have read and understand the “Preliminary Information about Internships at Thrive.”
