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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

How Great Companies Innovate

• By Staff Report
• October 5, 2015

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...

Parenting Advice and Support

• By Margaret Hannah
• October 5, 2015

Parenthood can bring joy and sorrow. It can make one feel proud, tired, bored, and overwhelmed - sometimes all at once. It is the most important, most wonderful, and most difficult job ever.

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

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

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...

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

Using Relaxation to Manage Stress

• By Staff Report
• October 5, 2015

Stress is something familiar to all of us. If affects us both physically and psychologically. Although the human body is designed to withstand stress,