By James D. Huysman, PsyD, LCSW, CFT WellMed Chief Compassion Officer Those of you brave caregivers who have been following this column have heard me many times urge, advise, and […]

By James D. Huysman, PsyD, LCSW, CFT WellMed Chief Compassion Officer The world is a scary place these days, uncertain, threatening to take away that which we depend on to […]

By James D. Huysman, PsyD, LCSW, CFT WellMed Chief Compassion Officer Have you ever gotten so overwhelmed and stressed out that you realize you’re forgetting to breathe? This is a […]

By James D. Huysman, PsyD, LCSW, CFT WellMed Chief Compassion Officer “Take care of the patient and everything will follow,” said Dr. Thomas Frist. This premise has always been a […]

By Lucy Barylak, MSW For the last three weeks, my colleague and I have been providing information sessions through the Caregiver Teleconnection, a program from the WellMed Charitable Foundation regarding […]

By Dr. Jamie Huysman, LCSW, CFT Have you ever gotten so overwhelmed and stressed out that you realize you’re forgetting to breathe? This is a natural response to stress. But […]

By Dr. Jamie Huysman, LCSW, CFT We don’t like the unknown. The truth is, we deal with the unknown in life situations every day. Stuff happens and most of us […]

By Dr. Jamie Huysman, LCSW, CFT In my days of clinical practice, I had to show compassion to be of any real help to my patients. As a therapist, it […]

By Dr. Jamie Huysman, LCSW, CFT Usually, only hindsight is 20/20, but here we are beginning a new decade that asks us to consider where we are now in our […]

The WellMed Charitable Foundation (WCF) is seeking to award grants in local WellMed markets. The WellMed Charitable Foundation supports older persons (age 60+) and their family caregivers as a primary […]