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, [...]
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 [...]
Medical advances have empowered patients to survive cancer and chronic illness decades beyond what was previously possible. As a result of medical advances the purpose of treatment is no longer limited to surviving alone. Rather, the goal is to survive, thrive and to live a deeply fulfilling life thereafter. Even if there isn’t a complete [...]
It is hard to ignore the extent and lethality of the current opiate problem. Opiate addiction (including heroin and prescription opiates) has been steadily rising - US drug death rates increased from 64,000 drug-related deaths in 2016 to about 71,000 deaths in 2017. The major driver of this increase (about half of all deaths) was [...]
We all have ways we are unique and different from others, and all have areas of relative weakness. However, some of us experience, and may struggle with, more intrusive differences, with differences that are more obvious to ourselves and others, and with differences that we develop that are inconsistent with how we see ourselves. So, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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? [...]
