The PSCP Annual Event was held on Sunday, May 5, 2024 at the Valley Green Inn in Philadelphia. PSCP honored Tamar Chansky, Ph.D. for her accomplishments in the field of psychology. Robert Jann, Ph.D., was given the PSCP Past President award by PSCP President Christina Gallman Kemp, Psy.D. who also recognized PSCP board members, HSC [...]
PSCP FAMILY PICNIC Sunday, June 9, 2024 1pm to 4pm Rain date -June 30, 2024 Bala Cynwyd Park 398 Trevor Lane Bala Cynwyd PA 19004 This event is free, significant others and children are welcome for a fun day in the outdoors. RSVP is required! PSCP will provide hamburgers & hot dogs. Please bring a side [...]
The Art of Being a Failure as a Therapist—Haley Revisited Jay S. Efran Temple University It has been more than fifty years since Jay Haley published his sardonic essay, "The Art of Being a Failure as a Therapist." In that piece he argued that failing as a therapist was too important to be left entirely [...]
Written By: Harry J. Aponte, PhD (h.c.), MSW, LCSW, LMFT How can therapists be formally trained through their personal resonance with clients and through their personal vulnerabilities to walk in their clients' shoes - perceiving their clients' pains and struggles, feeling them, and being able to more actively and therapeutically relate to them and their [...]
PSCP: The Psychology Network held its Annual Banquet and Awards dinner on Sunday, October 2, 2022 at the Valley Green Inn. This was the first time PSCP members gathered in person since the beginning of the quarantine two years ago. PSCP honored Jay Efran, Ph.D., with its award for Distinguished Contributions to the Science and [...]
You are cordially invited to the PSCP: The Psychology Network 2022 Annual Banquet and Fundraiser Sunday, October 2, 2022 6:30pm to 9:30pm Valley Green Inn Valley Green Road Philadelphia, PA 19118 Please note the event will take place in a covered outdoor space We will be honoring our esteemed 2022 Awardee: Jay Efran, Ph.D. Full [...]
Written By: Emily D. Browning, M.Div., MSW, LCSW, ACHP-SW, CCTP Most of us have felt it – that heart-racing, palm-sweating, face-flushing response to witnessing an action that goes against everything we believe in – in the moment before we decide whether to speak up. In the best case scenario, we can use these feelings to [...]
Date: Wednesday, May 25, 2022 Time: 12:00 to 1:00pm Location: Zoom Topic: Maintaining Records in Clinical Practice Target audience: All Licensed Practitioners Cost: FREE Does maintaining records sometimes overwhelm you? What exactly must you record about each session? When and to whom can you release information in a patient’s records? When can you destroy records? What [...]
Date: Monday, May 9, 2022 Time: 12:00 to 1:00pm Location: Zoom Topic: Buddhist Perspectives on Clinical Work Target audience: All Licensed Practitioners Cost: FREE “Buddhism includes an analysis of human psychology, emotion, cognition, behavior and motivation along with therapeutic practices. . . Buddhism and the modern discipline of Psychology have multiple parallels and points of overlap” [...]
Suicide is a serious, growing, and multidimensional public health problem in the United States. It is particularly serious in children and adolescents, where it is the second leading cause of death for 15-to-24-year-olds, and the fourth leading cause of death for 5-to-14-year-olds (Hoyert, 2012). In 2011, an estimated 12.1% of adolescents contemplated suicide, 4.0% made [...]
