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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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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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Technology, Children, and the Internet

  • By Nadja Lopez, PhD, Associate Director of the Richard I. and Joan L. Freedman Center for Child and Family Development
  • October 5, 2015

A recent national survey by the Kaiser Family Foundation found that 8-18 year-olds spend an average of 7 hours and 38 minutes using media across a typical

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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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Things to Know About Diversity

  • By Susan Powell, PhD, Core Faculty in the Counseling Psychology Department
  • October 5, 2015

Whether you're looking to build relationships with others from whom you differ, create a workplace that's inclusive of people from different backgrounds

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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,

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Successful Aging

  • By Erlene Rosowsky, PsyD, Director of the Center for Mental Health and Aging; Core Faculty in the Clinical Psychology Department
  • October 5, 2015

Getting older has its challenges. The iconic bumper sticker “Old age is not for sissies” had it right. It’s not. The good news is that older adults are

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I am getting divorced. Do I need a GAL, and what is that?Research & Advocacy

  • By Hon. Christina Harms
  • October 5, 2015

In Massachusetts, a “GAL” (Guardian ad Litem) is a person (in the past often an attorney but at present almost always a PhD/PsyD psychologist or LICSW) who is appointed by a court.

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Bullying

  • By Gayle Macklem, MA, NCSP, LEP, Adjunct Faculty in the School Psychology Department
  • October 5, 2015

Bullying is aggressive behavior that is usually repeated, involves a power imbalance, and occurs with a goal to cause harm.

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