The state of psychoanalysis, currently portrayed.
Some interesting articles in the New York Times this past Sunday. One on the status of psychoanalysis in universities. A little misleading, but highlights the current vogue of empirical findings to the gradual exclusion of all else. What’s missing is that there has been a fair body of research based [...]
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Insurance in the news.
This is from Slate’s Today’s Papers feature. I’ll be examining some of the issues surrounding managed care, how they effect mental health practitioners of all stripes, sometime [in the next weeks].
The Los Angeles Times, USA Today, and the Wall Street Journal’s world-wide newsbox lead with new census figures that show the number [...]
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The hazards of parenting books.
If you’ve ever sat down in your local bookstore and started reading parenting books, you find that there’s one for just about every point of view. If you are looking for definitive answers you will be disappointed and confused. Authors take stances as varied as “spare the rod, spoil the child” [...]
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Doctorates in Psychology
A Psy.D. is a doctorate in psychology. The emphasis is on clinical practice, as opposed to research. In many university psychology programs one way they screen applicants is by something like this statement: “If you are interested in becoming a therapist then this is not the right program for you. Please don’t waste [...]
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