Paraprofessionals

Therapeutic Mentoring: A Scalable Solution to the Youth Mental Health Crisis

Editor's note, we are reprinting this to mark the new State Certified…

The Gap Between What Colleges Offer and What Students Actually Need: Insights from AACRAO 2026

The Center for Evidence-Based Mentoring at UMass Boston was proud…

The Promise and Perils of Using Peers and Other Paraprofessionals as Mental Health Service Professionals

By Alexandra Werntz, Ph.D., Licensed Clinical Psychologist and…

Psychologists call for a paradigm shift in mental health: Implications for mentoring programs

In a recent article in American Psychologist, Dodge et al. (2024)…

Mentors can be just as effective as professionals: Here’s how

By Jean Rhodes Decades of research…

A conversation (and important announcement) about mentoring and mental health

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by Jean Rhodes A growing number of youth who are referred…

Can mentors guide digital mental health intervention users?: Systematic review has answers

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Reference: Leung, C., Pei, J., Hudec, K., Shams, F., Munthali,…

Integrating digital interventions with clinical practice in youth mental health services

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Cross, S. P., Nicholas, J., Bell, I. H., Mangelsdorf, S.,…

Motivational interviewing: What is it and how can it improve mentoring?

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By Jean Rhodes In a recent review, Hart, McQuillin,…