Date: Tuesday, November 2, 2021 Time: 12:00 to 1:00pm Location: Zoom Topic: License Renewal Questions Target audience: Pennsylvania Licensed Psychologists Cost: FREE Facilitator: Julie Meranze-Levitt, Ph.D. Description: A PSCP Chat and Chew offers an hour of informal discussion about topics of interest to psychologists. PSCP schedules Chat and Chews at midday to allow participants to zoom-chat while eating lunch. [...]
While Divorce is a legal process, it does not work like other areas of the law. Unlike other areas of the law that aim to determine who was right and who was wrong, guilty or innocent, Family Law and the Divorce process work differently. Most states [including PA] are considered a ‘no fault divorce’ state, which [...]
Date: Monday, October 4, 2021 Time: 12:00 to 1:00pm Location: Zoom Topic: Starting a Private Practice Target audience: Student and Early Career Psychologists Cost: FREE Facilitator: Alishia Kalos, Psy.D. A PSCP Chat and Chew offers an hour of informal discussion about a specific topic of interest to psychologists. PSCP schedules Chat and Chews at midday to allow [...]
Superheroes, Take Off Your Masks, Embrace Authenticity, and Take Care of Yourself Christina Gallman Kemp, Psy.D. Before we are able to express our pain and heal from it, we must acknowledge the root cause. Long before police brutality made it onto the news and cell phone videos of racist incidents went viral, I was tired, fatigued [...]
Written By: Jay S. Efran, Ph.D., M.S., B.A. Psychotherapy is a rapidly evolving field with everchanging traditions. Not long ago, it was considered de rigueur for patients to recline on their analyst’s couch six times a week. Moreover, analysts avoided keeping personal artifacts in their offices for fear of inhibiting the proper development of the [...]
Written By: Jeffrey Hayes, Psy.D. Suicide represents a significant public health concern. More than 45,000 people in the United States die by suicide each year (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 2018). Approximately 7% of U.S. citizens have experienced the death of a friend or family member due to suicide (Berman, 2011). In addition to [...]
Arthur C. Evans, Jr, Ph.D., current CEO of the American Psychological Association chatted with the Shrinks on Third about part of his southern upbringing in Florida, his own growth as a leader, insights about leadership in general, and his vision for using psychology to promote social justice. Listen to Coloring Outside the Lines at Shrinks on [...]
The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends strict limits on screen time for kids, and many parents are deeply worried for good reason. In July 2018, the World Health Organization concluded that “gaming disorder” is a new form of addiction for individuals whose jobs, educations, family or social lives have been negatively impacted by video games. Screen time [...]
With the current political climate, many clients have difficulty dealing with different political leanings. Using bibliotherapy and examples from history may be very helpful to our clients, both during therapy and as a follow-up to therapy in the form of homework. How do we help clients get along with the significant others in their lives? One [...]
We talk about a number of concerns related to adolescence, such as obesity, drugs, sex, bullying, communication, among other issues. However, there are several recent issues that are adding to the list of factors that impact adolescents. First, social media adds to the above pressures with the expectation that one is always “on” for the outside [...]
