Wheeler’s Jessica Smith, LMFT, senior director, Adult Outpatient Services, and Stephanie Almada, peer recovery specialist, were part of an NBC 30 Connecticut story that aired last night about the opioid crisis and the suburbs and paths to treatment and recovery.

Wheeler’s Sabrina Trocchi, Ph.D. Candidate, MPA, chief operating officer, and Melissa Mendez, LCSW, IMH-E , director of Early Childhood Programs, received Women in Leadership awards from the YWCA of New Britain on May 11 at the Aqua Turf in Southington.

Wheeler is sponsoring and participating in Fox61's “Faces of the Opioid Crisis,” a half-hour special examining the growing epidemic in Connecticut.

The complete video of an April 6 community forum “Working Women: The New Face of Addiction,” is available here.

The New Britain Museum of American Art set the stage for a community forum entitled “Working Women: The New Face of Addiction” which explored the unique challenges facing women who use and misuse opioids, and strategies to prevent, identify and treat their addiction.