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• 4 Facts About Teen Depression and How Parents Can Help
  Teens are known for being a moody, rebellious, egocentric and emotional bunch. But while this is ...
• Activities That Pay When There Are No Paying Jobs
  It’s June. Your 15- or 16- or 17-year-old has halfheartedly, or even wholeheartedly, looked for a summer job. The competition is fierce. In a weak economy, adults are taking jobs that once were the ...
• Choosing Between the PsyD and PhD Psychology Graduate Degrees
  Because clinical psychology programs are known for being competitive, most students don’t care so much where they get ...
• Teens with Intellectual Disability Have it Harder
  Trudy is 16 and attends the local high school. Her mother tells me she’s always been an affectionate, optimistic ...
• Hints To Help Kids Get Enough Sleep
  Setting healthy sleep habits when your child is young is key for their wellbeing. Here, Stephanie Silberman, Ph.D, clinical ...
• Better By Mistake: The Unexpected Benefits of Being Wrong
  Intellectually we know that making a mistake gives us the opportunity to learn and grow. Still, that usually does little to assuage our shame, embarrassment and guilt when making an error. Of course, it depends ...
• 7 Ways Parents Can Help Their Teens Get Enough Sleep
  You might be surprised to learn that teens actually need more sleep than adults. Unfortunately, they tend to be ...
• What I Wish I Knew in Grad School: Current and Former Students Share 16 Tips
  Graduate school is both an incredibly challenging and rewarding time in ...
• 8 Tips for a Successful Internship
  You’ve finally received word that you’ve scored an internship site — a process that’s taken tremendous amounts of work and ...
• 9 Ideas for Increasing Your Chances of Matching
  “The number of students seeking internships significantly outnumbers the availability of internship positions,” according to Sharon Berry, Ph.D, ...
• 8 Hints for Selecting an Internship Site
  With so many internship sites to choose from, it can be hard to narrow down your search. What criteria ...
• Making the Most of Your Clinical Practicum
  A practicum placement is a pivotal and exciting time in a student’s graduate school career. You’re finally putting all ...
• Turning Acquaintances Into Friends
  Lonely? Go on an Internet search for how to meet new people and you’ll find dozens of sites. You know the ...
• Tips for Keeping a Parent Emotionally Connected while Geographically Apart
  The 2006 Census reported that 3.6 million married Americans were not living with their spouses. ...
• Help Your Intellectually Disabled Child Handle Bullying
  “Sticks and stones will break my bones But words will never hurt me.” ~Children’s chant The chant is a lie! It may ...
• 12 Tips for Getting Organized for Adults with ADHD
  Organizing is a challenge and a chore ...
• Intelligence Linked to Bipolar Disorder
  Research has indicated that bipolar disorder may be up to four times more common in young people who were straight-A students. A link between high IQ and bipolar disorder has been proposed for many years, ...
• Getting Around To It: Causes and Cures for Student Procrastination
  I had to laugh at myself. While thinking about doing an article on procrastination, I looked like a classic ...
• When Your Son Thinks He Is Gay
  Jean and Bill sought a psychological consult regarding their youngest son, Lucas, a senior in high school. Bill described a text message ...
• The Second Half of the Semester
  Midterms are over and you are now confronted with the state of your grades. Maybe you did okay or even more than ...
• Girls Can Do Math: A Mathematical Memoir
  If a chicken and a half lays an egg and a half in a day and a half, how fast is the ...
• Having a Smooth “Breakup” with Your College-Bound Teen
  As fall approaches, many teenagers will be leaving home for the first time, headed to college. Families face many ...
• BRAVE: Be Ready and Victory’s Easy
  BRAVE: Be Ready and Victory's Easy is a 96-page, large-print, softcover book is a quick and easy read geared toward helping children and parents find solutions for those who suffer from social anxiety.  The story ...
• Money Matters: How To Make Allowances Work
  Functioning in today's world requires the ability to manage money. From my point of view, it’s a disservice to let ...
• Mistake Phobia
  Mistake phobia: No, it’s not a real diagnosis, although maybe it ought to be. I came up with the idea while listening to a mom talk about her 9-year-old ...