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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
By Julie Radico PsyD ABPP The National Center for Health Workforce Analysis projected that by 2025 there will be a 45,000 or 250,000 shortage in mental health professionals. This includes a projected shortage of psychologists between 8,220 to 57,490.1 Collaborative care models for primary care, including integrated and colocated models, can reduce costs and improve clinical outcomes for [...]
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 [...]
