Maine Medical Center provides many excellent resources for residents, fellows, and all employees (and, in many cases, their families).
Free counseling services for all residents, fellows, faculty and staff.
Talkspace is a virtual service that connects care team members with licensed mental health providers for counseling and treatment. Talkspace supports a wide range of needs including stress, anxiety, depression, eating disorders, substance use disorders, sleep, identity conflicts, chronic issues, trauma and grief, relationships, and healthy living. Visit resourcesforliving.com (username: MaineHealth, password: MaineHealth) or call toll-free 833-657-2104 today.
Resource for Living offers a powerful therapeutic experience of 12 sessions per year per problem, either in person or via Talkspace.
How does Talkspace work?
1. Tell Talkspace what you’re looking for. First, state your needs and desires for treatment. Please keep in mind that Talkspace is confidential, secure, and private.
2. Match. You’ll find a therapist within 48 hours.
3. Message your therapist to fit your schedule. Once you match, you can start texting your therapist, who will check in with you every day, five days a week. You will always be connected to the same therapist unless you request a change. Weekly chat therapy counts as one of your free sessions.
4. Meet virtually with a therapist. You also have the option of meeting with a therapist online for a 30-minute televideo session. Each meeting counts as one of her free sessions.
Get started at https://www.resourcesforliving.com/ml/2133?txtUserName=mainehealth&txtPassword=mainhealth
Talkspace: Self-guided
MaineHealth care team members and dependents have unlimited access to Talkspace: Self-Guided to help them succeed at home and at work. This tool provides clinically supported programs that utilize the most effective treatment approaches for topics such as stress, sleep, focus, burnout, anxiety, parenting, and building resilience. Get free access to over 400 guided programs. Attend live, therapist-led virtual classes and experience hundreds of hours of on-demand sessions. Talkspace: Learn more about self-guide.
employee assistance program
The MaineHealth Resources for Living Employee Assistance Program (EAP) is free and available to all MaineHealth care team members and household members, whether or not they participate in our health plans. A child living away from home is covered until her age of 26. The service is confidential and available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. This program is designed to support your health, wellbeing and daily living support, especially during difficult times.
Psychology and Psychiatry Support at Maine Medical Center
MMC is committed to ensuring that our residents and associates have access to confidential mental health care. There are several ways to establish such care in the Portland area, including MMC’s Employee Assistance Program, but our Department of Graduate Medical Education also offers free confidential care right here on campus .
- If you need access to services, doctors, or medicines, please contact us below. Dr. Daniel Price, Psychiatry Residency Training Director Please send to price@mmc.org.
peer to peer
MMC’s Peer Support Program is designed to pair a resident or fellow with one of our peer supporters to facilitate free, friendly, and confidential discussions. The program was launched in 2021 to support healthcare providers during times of psychological stress, including but not limited to adverse patient events, serious events, and personal or professional events. Ta. Individuals may refer themselves to the program or be referred by relevant colleagues. Several residents have completed training and are serving as peer-to-peer support volunteers.
