UMSSW Alumna Leads National Effort to Provide Therapy for Displaced Federal Workers
When thousands of federal employees lost their jobs in early 2025 due to sweeping agency cuts, University of Maryland School of Social Work (UMSSW) alumna Rosalyn “Roz” Beroza, MSW ’78, LCSW-C, saw more than an employment crisis. She saw a looming mental health emergency — and she stepped in to meet it.
A clinician of more than 40 years, Beroza founded Therapy4Feds, a volunteer network offering free or low-cost mental health treatment to federal workers who have lost their jobs and were impacted by recent upheaval in government service.
Learn more about how an initiative that began with a small circle of clinicians rapidly expanded into a national effort.