Staff Profile – Melissa Marcus

Interview
Written By Ellen Hallsworth, Director

Q: What do you love most about Bradley REACH? 

This is a team of incredible clinicians and direct care staff. I love how this team celebrates all the victories – big and small. They are wonderful at giving praise (to both our teens and each other) and celebrating even the smallest breakthroughs. Even though we only get to see the teens for a few weeks and may never see the full extent of the impact of our work on a teen’s life, they make the most of these few weeks, knowing how important their work is.

Q: What’s the best thing about virtual care?

Providing a virtual treatment option allows us to reach populations that may not otherwise receive this intensive treatment by combatting transportation difficulties and busy schedules. Virtual treatment may also be more appealing to some patients and having that option encourages help-seeking attitudes. Having choices in how to pursue one’s mental health care is a part of accessibility. 

Q: What can we all do to improve teenagers’ mental health? 

Try to remember what it was like when you were a teenager! It can be easy to dismiss the highs and lows of adolescence as “just a phase,” but as we all remember, the feelings are still very real. Furthermore, “adolescence” can have a negative connotation in America – I think we could all stand to shift our focus to the positive, exciting aspects of this formative period in life.

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Ellen Hallsworth, Director

Ellen Hallsworth is Director of the REACH Program at Bradley Hospital. Before joining Bradley in 2022, Hallsworth led a major telehealth project at the Peterson Center of Health Care in New York and managed major grants to a range of organizations including Ariadne Labs at Harvard University, Northwestern University, and the Clinical Excellence Research Center at Stanford University.  Before joining the Peterson Center, she consulted on a major research project comparing models of care for high-need, high-cost patients internationally, funded by the Commonwealth Fund.

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