Therese Borchard Email & Phone Number

Annapolis, Maryland, United States

I am a chaplain specializing in senior care. I also write for a few websites and publications on the topic of spirituality and health. I write a blog called "The Second Pilgrimage" on thereseborchard.com about the themes of surrender, hope, and new beginnings.

I am the Founder of Project Hope & Beyond, an online community offering support for persons with chronic depression and anxiety. We have 27,000 members and 60 small groups dedicated to a variety of topics such as nutrition and mood, panic and anxiety, being highly sensitive, learning self-compassion, practicing mindfulness, living with chronic illness, and faith and spirituality. I also created a depression support group on Facebook, Group Beyond Blue, that has over 6,000 members and is one of the most active Facebook mental health groups.

Annapolis, Md

Therese Borchard, LLC combines the skills of a seasoned communications professional with her knowledge of mental health challenges to help organizations create and disseminate content that resonates with readers and engages consumers in initiatives to advance their health and wellbeing. Blending her expertise of powerful storytelling with a passion for advocacy work, she helps businesses, nonprofit companies, and government agencies craft messages of hope and facilitates meaningful connections with their audience. Clients include large pharmaceutical companies, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Remedy Health Media, Psych Central, Guideposts, and National Network of Depression Centers.

Baltimore, Maryland, United States

Provided emotional and spiritual support to patients in six intensive care units, the emergency department, burn trauma centers, surgical floor, and other units in this academic medical center. Assessed spiritual needs of all patients and healthcare staff in six units during the weekday. Was responsible for responding to all pages and covering all ICU units as on-call chaplain every other weekend. Communicated concerns and collaborated closely with the healthcare team to optimize emotional wellness.

Arlington, Va

As Senior and Consulting Editor at HealthCentral, I covered Mental Health & Wellness, Brain & Nerve Health, and Skin Health. I was part of a motivated team of editors committed to connecting the tens of millions of Americans living with chronic illness with empowering, educational, entertaining, and accurate information to help them navigate the phases of life to come, including treatment options, relationships, self-advocacy, overcoming stigma, and more. My responsibilities included collaborating with the editorial, marketing, and sales teams to assign or craft on-demand content, optimizing existing content based on current industry best practices, designing and supporting strategic content plans that advance the brand, working closely with contributors and editing content, and writing a regular feature about trends in mental health.

Baltimore, Maryland Area

As Senior Writer, I crafted digital and traditional content and copy for external clients. As part of an editorial team, I generated short form copywriting to longer form – website, newsletter, collateral and multimedia content development -- and worked closely with the Editorial Director to support projects and align content with client initiatives.

New York, New York

As Emotional Health Columnist, I covered a variety of topics for Everyday Health, the leading health and wellness digital property, with 50 million monthly unique users and a social audience of 5 million plus, the largest in the health space: from nutrition and gut health to new brain stimulation technology, from mindfulness and new trends in psychology to managing stress and chronic illness. I drew from cutting-edge research, stories and insights from other people-- experts and others with diagnoses of depression and anxiety—and personal anecdotes.

As Associate Editor, I contributed blogs to the award-winning “World of Psychology” blog. Psych Central is the Internet's largest and oldest independent mental health and psychology network. Since 1995, it has been run by mental health professionals offering information and over 160 support groups to consumers, reaching over 1.5 million people every month. Named a top 10 website by Time magazine in 2008, it has been noted in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Los Angeles Times, Newsweek, TIME, U.S. News & World Report, The Washington Post, USA Today, USA Weekend, The Village Voice, Business Week, Forbes Magazine, and dozens of other publications.

Annapolis, Maryland

I led the strategic communications efforts for the company and performed a variety of communications tasks: PR and marketing, editing, research, and technical writing. I designed and developed the content for the website, edited white papers and PowerPoint presentations, and contributed to all stages of proposal work. I placed articles and blogs by the leadership team in prominent publications and on popular websites, as well as developed relationships with editors and writers in the semantic technology market.

I wrote Beliefnet's popular mental health blog "Beyond Blue," as well as crafted freelance pieces, developed videos and galleries for the site, and moderated Beliefnet's Top Support Group, "Group Beyond Blue," a depression support group of 2200 members. I coordinated syndications and partnerships between Beliefnet and other sites like PsychCentral, PBS's This Emotional Life, The Huffington Post/AOL, Intent.com, and other media outlets, and appeared on numerous television and radio programs to represent the site, especially regarding seasonal and emotional health topics. During my tenure at Beliefnet, I published my memoir "Beyond Blue: Surviving Depression & Anxiety and Making the Most of Bad Genes" (released in January 2010 by Hachette Book Group) and "The Pocket Therapist: An Emotional Survival Kit" (released by Hachette Book Group in April of 2010).

Mclean, Virginia

I served as the Strategic Communications Lead on a Booz Allen team of five consultants charged with providing support and change management advisory services to a government agency as they implemented a series of new programs and processes in order to transfer agency knowledge and to find ways to optimize its internal pool of talent. I designed and developed marketing and training materials to educate users, creating appropriate outreach to different audiences within the administration.

As Patient Advocate for the Depression and Bipolar Center at Revolution Health, I ran an online depression and bipolar support group and wrote a weekly blog. When the company was sold, the center was discontinued.

* Books include "Beyond Blue: Surviving Depression & Anxiety and Making the Most of Bad Genes" (Hachette Book Group, 2010); "The Pocket Therapist: An Emotional Survival Kit" (Hachette Book Group, 2010); "I Like Being Catholic" (Doubleday 2000); "A Celebration of a Married Life" (Doubleday, 2002); "I Love Being a Mom," (Doubleday, 2004) featured in Redbook, Parenting, BabyTalk, the Chicago Tribune, and the Detroit Free Press; and "The Imperfect Mom" (Broadway, 2006), featured in Real Simple, Parenting, More, Working Mother, Psychology Today, Fit Pregnancy, Salon.com, Beliefnet.com, and Pink Magazine.* A nationally syndicated column, "Our Turn," distributed by Catholic News Service. * Published articles in the Washington Post, Ladies' Home Journal, Parenting, Guideposts, Publishers Weekly, America, and on The Huffington Post, Health.com, and Yahoo!* Biweekly appearances on Sirius/XM Radio and featured regularly on other radio programs throughout the country.* Guest appearances on national television programs such as "Fox and Friends" (Fox News Channel) and "Politically Incorrect with Bill Maher" (ABC).* Public speaking and workshop presentions.

Clinical Pastoral Education (Cpe) Program, One Unit, Health And Wellness, General

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