Oral history interview with Donald Cuerdon

Oral history interview with Donald Cuerdon

Donald Cuerdon discusses his experiences as a mental health counselor in Windham County, Vermont, during the COVID-19 pandemic. He was a program coordinator at the Turning Point of Windham County Recovery and Wellness Center in Brattleboro, Vermont, when the pandemic began and explains their response to the pandemic. He also talks more broadly their collaborations and initiatives, including the Project C.A.R.E. (Community Approach to Recovery and Engagement) partnership that was formed in response to the opioid crisis. More personally, he shares the story around his transition to the field of clinical mental health counseling as a fifth career.

Donald Cuerdon of Putney, Vermont, completed a master's degree in clinical mental health counseling in his late fifties. Following graduate school, he briefly worked for the Trauma Institute in Northampton, Massachusetts. He then went into private practice, specializing in treating trauma, PTSD, anxiety, and substance use disorder. Starting around 2018, he was the program coordinator at the Turning Point of Windham County Recovery and Wellness Center in Brattleboro, Vermont, for about four years.

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2024-08-08

Collecting COVID-19: A Vermont Story Project

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Wingerson, Amber

Cuerdon, Donald, 1959-

1 hr., 30 sec.

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