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Surf Your Anxiety

  • By Brian Ott, PhD, Core Faculty in the Clinical Psychology Department
  • October 5, 2015

Our bodies have an emergency system that does a wonderful job helping us survive life- threatening situations. It works automatically and involves the

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Preventing Violence Among Adolescents and Young Adults

  • By Robert Kinscherff, PhD, JD, Associate Vice President for Community Engagement
  • October 5, 2015

Violent acts committed by youth are complex and often misunderstood phenomena. For example, many believe that rates of violent crime committed by youth

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Understanding and Interpreting Your Child's Behavior

  • By Craig Murphy, PhD, Core Faculty in the School Psychology Department
  • October 5, 2015

Young children are not always very good at telling us how they feel, but they often communicate very effectively through their behavior. Unfortunately,

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Soliciting and Using Feedback

  • By Michele Vitti, MA, Adjunct Faculty in the Organizational and Leadership Psychology Department
  • October 5, 2015

It’s really hard to see ourselves as others see us, and this can be a serious liability for individuals such as leaders, whose effectiveness depends on

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Facilitating Your Teen's Transition Into College

  • By Modesto Jesus Hevia, PsyD, Core Faculty in the Clinical Psychology Department
  • October 5, 2015

Few events are as poignant (and anxiety provoking) for parents as seeing a child off to college. Transitioning into college is a gradual process that

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Recognizing and Responding to Domestic Violence

  • By Robin Deutsch, PhD, Director of the Center of Excellence for Children, Families and the Law; Core Faculty in the Clinical Psychology Department
  • October 5, 2015

Domestic violence expresses itself in many ways. Among the most common are physical aggression, emotional or psychological threats or intimidation, and

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Spirituality in Daily Living

  • By Bob Childs, PsyD, Core Faculty in the Clinical Psychology Department
  • October 5, 2015

It is not uncommon for people to feel a lack of meaning in their lives, whether following a difficult life event, reaching middle age or just plain too

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Welcoming Our Vets Home

  • By Robert Dingman, EdD, Director of the Concentration on Military and Veterans Psychology; Core Faculty in the Clinical Psychology Department
  • October 5, 2015

Many veterans returning from Afghanistan, like those who served in Iraq and other wars, come home with invisible wounds. They often look the same, but

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Healthy Eating

  • By Allyson Cherkasky
  • October 5, 2015

Eating is an essential and everyday human function. Everyone knows how to eat; but not everyone knows how to eat well, that is, in a way that promotes health. Healthy eating requires taking into account not only on what we eat, but also on how we eat it - and why.

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Valuing Your Value

  • By David Haddad, EdD, Program Director, MA in Counseling Psychology in Community Mental Health; Core Faculty in the Counseling Psychology Department
  • October 5, 2015

Values determine the choices, actions and attitudes we bring to our lives. They determine what we care about and what gives our lives meaning. Research

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