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What steps can therapists take when treating all genders?
By Catherine Robertson Souter
As the debate around transgender rights in the United States grows more heated, an elevated need for psychological care in this population can be expected to follow. Beyond respecting pronouns and names, what steps must be taken for therapists to create a safe landing space for clients of all genders? A basic internet search will bring up preliminary suggestions, like asking for pronouns and gender identity on intake forms; including inclusive artwork or reading materials in the waiting room; integrating… Read more »
Leading Stories
What steps can therapists take when treating all genders?
Research looks at internalized racism, suicidal ideation in U.S. Asians
Maine to be freed from court oversight
Tax, record keeping advice offered by strategist
Judge rules Meta must face Massachusetts social media lawsuit
Union: CT staff shortage is ‘full-blown catastrophe’
Massachusetts and Vermont nix legalized psychedelics for now
ME program designed to help Afghan refugees heal
Ysabel Garcia brings cultural experiences to training
Has Massachusetts fallen behind in adopting PSYPACT initiative?
NH redesigns rapid response
Exploring the power of shared decision making to improve care
Legal considerations offered for early career psychologists
Federal government tries again to ensure insurers pay for mental health care
Practical Practice
Tips for developing a thriving health psychology practice
By Ellen Anderson, Ph.D
While many clinical health psychologists work in health care settings, there is a need for outpatient clinicians in the private sector. The demand for ongoing outpatient psychotherapy services for people with medical problems far exceeds the supply. Despite this, therapists who are interested in developing a health psychology practice can find it challenging to navigate the challenges specific to this type of practice. Clinical health psychology is its own specialty with increasingly specialized subdivisions. For example, psycho-oncology is a specialty… Read more »
How does name change impact professional identity?
By Ellen Anderson, Ph.D
Our surname can be an important link to our cultural identity, family heritage, and connection with earlier generations. So, it is a bit surprising, that 80% of American women in opposite sex relationships still take their husband’s name according to a recent Pew Research report. The topic is important for mental health professionals in training because three out of four psychology graduate students are female and half are in their late 20s, which overlaps with the median age of first… Read more »
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Psychotherapy Business & Marketing
Building your private practice from the inside-out
By Liz Varney, LICSW
Feeling insecure, overwhelmed, and confused are common experiences when starting a private practice. When you are unsure about how to progress forward, you are probably inclined to seek outside information and consultation. After all, much of your training has taught you to seek supervision, read research, and review evidence-based practices to ensure success for your clients. So, it makes sense that you would apply this process to your private practice development as well. It is typical to want to gather… Read more »
Finding your “why” for private practice
By Liz Varney, LICSW
Deciding to start a private practice can be exciting as well as overwhelming and confusing. Many clinicians get stuck contemplating the idea of a private practice and become paralyzed on where to begin. As a clinician, you know all too well the ambivalence that can happen when thinking about making a change in one’s life. The allure to stay safe in the known can be strong, and yet the idea of starting self-employment, a place where you can design exactly… Read more »
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Interview of the Month
Q&A: Machine learning, mathematical modeling used as tools to predict suicide ideation
By Catherine Robertson Souter
Modern psychology may be about to experience a sea change. While the practice has certainly evolved over the past 100 years, the introduction of machine learning, a form of artificial intelligence that uses large data sets to look at human behavior, may vastly alter the way mental illness is understood and treated. At Yale University, Shirley Wang, Ph.D., who joined the psychology department in July as an assistant professor, is using machine learning and mathematical modeling to attempt to predict… Read more »
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In Person with Alan Bodnar, Ph.D.
O Christmas Tree
As I write these words in early December, what is left of our small Thanksgiving turkey sits in the fridge holding one more meal for two. Our Christmas tree, artificial this year, stands in the corner of the living room waiting for the ornaments that will turn it into the story of our family life. When this column appears in January, the tree will be packed away, the holidays over, a brand new year begun. Time moves on, children grow… Read more »
When we knew for certain
Remember when we knew for certain that the moon would always follow us if we kept looking at it through the side window of the car? “Keep looking,” Mom said, “and it will always be there.” How did it know, we wondered, where we were. And why was it looking at us in the first place? Of course, the moon looks at everyone wherever we are, wherever we are going. How it does that to all the billions of people… Read more »