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Using The Arts To Enhance Your Life

• By Yousef AlAjarma, PhD, REAT, Program Director - MA in Counseling Psychology in Expressive Arts Therapy; Core Faculty in the Counseling Psychology Department
• October 5, 2015

All of us look for ways of staying well in mind and body, and the arts can be a wonderful means of connecting our body with our mind. Art forms such as

Managing Loss

• By Richard Reilly
• October 5, 2015

The experience of loss, and its frequent companion, grief, have perhaps always been captured most poignantly by poets and lyricists, yet mental health care providers are often left with the daunting task of trying to help those who have suffered a loss comprehend it, work through it and eventually come...

Managing Learning Disabilities

• By Bob Lichtenstein
• October 5, 2015

Learning disabilities are common among children and adults, affecting an estimated 5 to 10% of the population with varying levels of severity. Learning disabilities are characterized by specific difficulties with aspects of formal learning, such as reading, math, and writing, despite otherwise normal...

Caregiving

• By Shellee Robbins
• October 5, 2015

Many of us provide help to older, ill or disabled friends or family members, thereby becoming caregivers. While we are often authentically willing to help out

Managing Anxiety

• By Staff Report
• October 5, 2015

Anxiety is a common experience. Mild amounts are adaptive in that anxiety is the body’s way of alerting us to possible environmental danger. Anxiety can motivate positive action such as preparing for a presentation or even avoiding spiders. It only becomes problematic when experienced in excess, such...

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

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

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

Do What You Love, Love What You Do

• By Jessica Stahl
• October 5, 2015

As the quote from Confucius implies, finding an occupation that one loves has been linked to occupational satisfaction. But how does one find such an occupation

How Great Companies Innovate

• By Staff Report
• October 5, 2015