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Guy Counseling
April 1, 2018
In addition, they also meet with criminals to assess the likelihood of recidivism; a $10.00 term used to describe someone who may commit the same illegal act in the future. When acting in this capacity, criminal psychologists offer a “best guess” because there is no way to guarantee an individual will not re-offend in the futureÃâà...
WGN Radio
March 31, 2018
Author and psychologist Nancy Segal says NASA's twin study on astronauts Scott and Mark Kelly came up with the idea themselves to test genetics in space travel. Segal describes this as a “simple and elegant experiment.” NASA's study concluded that space affects how genes are expressed. For exampleÃâà...
The Delta Discovery
March 31, 2018
The median salary for psychologists on the west coast, including Alaska was found to be between $65,000 and $90,000 per year. I remember one of my professors telling the class, “If you are going into the field of psychology to make a lot of money, you are in the wrong profession. Go into the business fieldÃâà...
The Oakland Press
March 30, 2018
Robert Fink, child psychologist and professor of counseling at Oakland University, says students who make threats against schools often feel powerless and isolated. Schools can do more to make every child feel included and discourage bullying, he said. Anne Runkle-The Oakland Press. By Anne RunkleÃâà...
KUOW News and Information
March 30, 2018
Pinker is a cognitive psychologist and so-called public intellectual. He teaches in the department of psychology at Harvard University. His latest book is “Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress.” This event, presented by University Book Store, took place on March 16 atÃâà...
Scientific American
March 20, 2018
To get a California license, a psychologist must complete six hours of education in suicide risk assessment and intervention. Nine other states have similar laws, and another four encourage this training but do not require it, according to the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. Washington State is the only one,Ãâà...
Live Science
March 20, 2018
The first sign that it was time for a reckoning, researchers told Live Science, was a single paper published by Cornell psychologist Daryl Bem in 2011 in the prestigious Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. The paper discussed nine studies that Bem had conducted over the course of 10 years, eightÃâà...
Patch.com
March 17, 2018
FOLSOM – A staff psychologist was recovering Friday after being attacked by an inmate who was admitted to the state prison from Contra Costa County, officials said. Sacramento state prison officials said Edjuan Scott repeatedly punched a psychologist in her mouth Thursday morning. The blows knockedÃâà...
The Inquisitr
March 16, 2018
Co-authored by Anton Gollwitzer and John Bargh, two Yale psychologists, the study titled “Social Psychological Skill and Its Correlates” explores and investigates social psychological skill; skill at predicting social psychological phenomena. The study was published in the journal Social Psychology,Ãâà...
Madison.com
March 16, 2018
Know Your Madisonian: West High psychologist helps kids cope ... As a school psychologist in the Madison School District, Von Saunders has privileged access to the fears, foibles, dreams and day-to-day heartbreaks ... There are (accepted) ratios for psychologists to students, and we're way off. We needÃâà...
ReliefWeb
March 16, 2018
Days before the grim 7-year mark of a conflict that has led to alarming levels of mental health problems, 21 Syrian social workers, psychologists and physicians gathered in Gaziantep, Turkey, near the Syrian border. They came together to learn skills and standardized approaches so that they can teach theÃâà...
KCRA Sacramento
March 16, 2018
A prison psychologist at a prison in Folsom was knocked unconscious after an inmate punched her repeatedly in the mouth, according to the California Department of Corrections. The inmate, identified as Edjuan Scott, 34, repeatedly punched the staff psychologist about 10:55 a.m. Thursday at theÃâà...
Sacramento Bee
March 15, 2018
A staff psychologist at California State Prison, Sacramento, in Folsom is reported recovering from an attack by an inmate Thursday. The incident occurred about 10:55 a.m in the Enhance Outpatient Treatment Center in the prison's Facility B. Inmate Edjuan Scott repeatedly punched the psychologist,Ãâà...
Yale News
March 15, 2018
So who are the best amateur social psychologists? Introverts prone to melancholy seem to be more astute at understanding how we behave in groups than their gregarious peers, the researchers found. “It seems to be a case of sadder but wiser,” said Anton Gollwitzer, Yale psychologist and co-author of theÃâà...
The Daily Progress
March 11, 2018
A gunman took at least three people hostage at a large veterans home in California on Friday and police locked down the sprawling grounds, Napa County Fire Capt. Chase Beckman said. (March 9). California gunman in veteran center killings was ex-patient. California Highway patrolmen arrive at theÃâà...
WFMY News 2
March 11, 2018
A psychologist who was killed by a former patient at a veterans treatment facility in California was seven months pregnant. ... Twenty-nine-year-old Jennifer Gonzales, a clinical psychologist with the San Francisco Department of Veterans Affairs Healthcare System, is being remembered by friends for herÃâà...
WKYC-TV
March 11, 2018
A psychologist who was killed by a former patient at a veterans treatment facility in California was seven months pregnant. ... Twenty-nine-year-old Jennifer Gonzales, a clinical psychologist with the San Francisco Department of Veterans Affairs Healthcare System, is being remembered by friends for herÃâà...
KABC-TV
March 11, 2018
Investigators were still trying to determine when and why Wong killed two executives and a psychologist at The Pathway Home, a nonprofit ... 42; and Jennifer Gonzales, 32, a clinical psychologist with the San Francisco Department of Veterans Affairs Healthcare System who was seven months pregnant.
NBC Bay Area
March 11, 2018
A psychologist who was killed by a former patient at a veterans treatment facility in California was seven months pregnant. Twenty-nine-year-old Jennifer Gonzales, a clinical psychologist with the San Francisco Department of Veterans Affairs Healthcare System, is being remembered by friends for herÃâà...
KVUE
March 11, 2018
A psychologist who was killed by a former patient at a veterans treatment facility in California was seven months pregnant. ... Twenty-nine-year-old Jennifer Gonzales, a clinical psychologist with the San Francisco Department of Veterans Affairs Healthcare System, is being remembered by friends for herÃâà...
Page Six
March 9, 2018
A Manhattan judge Thursday said he wants Bethenny Frankel's daughter to see a psychologist, but he won't change the custody agreement she has with her ex-husband — for now. The decision came following yet another fiery court appearance for the estranged couple, in which lawyers for the “RealÃâà...
Buffalo News
March 9, 2018
Jay A. Supnick, who conducted psychological exams for men and women hoping to become Buffalo police officers and firefighters, has terminated his contract with the city because he said he was not being treated fairly by the Common Council. Supnick, who founded Law Enforcement PsychologicalÃâà...
Smoky Mountain News
March 7, 2018
I was in the process of writing about the need for school nurses when the Parkland school shooting happened on Valentine's Day. As the President of the North Carolina Parent Teacher Association and an educator, I know that we have too few nurses per students — leaving many schools with a nurse oneÃâà...
SFGate
March 7, 2018
For example, psychologist Elinor Greenberg told Business Insider that people tend to follow patterns, and whatever they have done in previous relationships they are likely to do again. "If you listen carefully to how your new lover describes his or her important previous relationships and how he or sheÃâà...
wivb.com
March 7, 2018
BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB)- The Buffalo Common Council agreed Tuesday to put Dr. Jay Supnick on a 30-day notice, moving one step closer to cutting ties with him. Dr. Supnick is a city paid psychologist who evaluates applicants for the Buffalo Police Department and the Buffalo Fire Department. Supnick wasÃâà...
Newser
March 7, 2018
(Newser) – Heard of Jordan Peterson? If not, it seems inevitable that will happen soon, given his viral videos and headlines referring to the "Jordan Peterson Moment" and the "Jordan Peterson Phenomenon." Peterson is a 55-year-old psychologist at the University of Toronto whose latest book, 12 Rules forÃâà...
The Advocate
March 6, 2018
If things do seem to go well, there's no guarantee they'll even respond to your texts afterwards. In several countries around the world, bringing up an ex on a first date is considered to be a bad idea. However, according to psychologist Susan Krauss Whitbourne from the University of Massachusetts, avoidingÃâà...
kfor.com
March 5, 2018
CHANDLER, Okla. – A psychologist said a 14-year-old boy charged with first-degree murder in the crossbow killing of a 10-year-old friend in Oklahoma can be rehabilitated if his case is diverted to juvenile court. The death happened last fall in the small town of Chandler, about 40 miles (65 kilometers)Ãâà...
wivb.com
March 4, 2018
BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Common Council members in Buffalo want a new doctor to do psychological exams for Buffalo police and fire applicants. There have been several complaints against the current psychologist, contracted with the city. As dozens of people take the final step in becoming a buffaloÃâà...
mindbodygreen.com
March 3, 2018
... a difference—and a pretty big one, at that. But knowing how to talk to your kids about making an impact can be difficult. How can you help your children form their own opinions while also encouraging them to take action when that time is right? Here's what clinical psychologist Bobbi Wegner has to say.
Manhattan Mercury
March 3, 2018
At the center of this dual biography are Israeli-American psychologists Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky. Kahneman received the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences in 2002 for his role in creating the field of behavioral economics. Tversky was winner of a MacArthur Award and might also have receivedÃâà...
East Bay Times
March 3, 2018
OAKLAND — It was a plea federal prosecutors were expecting months ago — until they discovered the defendant had continued to download child pornography after bailing out of federal custody on similar charges. Kenneth Breslin, 69, pleaded guilty to two counts of possessing child porn and one count ofÃâà...
Tribune-Review
March 3, 2018
The National Association of School Psychologists recommends a ratio of one psychologist for every 500 to 700 students in places where a psychologist provides day-to-day services such as counseling, crisis response or behavior interventions. In the wake of a crisis, a higher volume of students could needÃâà...
Tulsa World
March 3, 2018
CHANDLER — A 14-year-old boy charged in a deadly crossbow shooting of a younger playmate told a psychologist, “I wish I could trade places with ... The psychologist concluded that the teenager, Shane Edward Brooks, could be rehabilitated, despite his history of violence, if diverted to juvenile court.
ABC News
March 3, 2018
A psychologist says a 14-year-old boy charged with first-degree murder in the crossbow killing of a 10-year-old friend in Oklahoma can be rehabilitated if his case is diverted to juvenile court. The death happened last fall in the small town of Chandler, about 40 miles (65 kilometers) northeast of OklahomaÃâà...
Rappler
March 2, 2018
The context: On Tuesday, February 27, clinical psychologist Geraldine Tria stated categorically before House lawmakers that she would not have recommended Sereno for Chief Justice of the Supreme Court "based on the findings" and her assessment of Sereno's personality. Tria based her evaluation andÃâà...
The Two River Times
March 2, 2018
Daniel J. Tomasulo, Ph.D., is a psychologist, professor, speaker and author, in that order. And none of it was planned. Not one thing in his incredibly successful professional life was on a to-do list. The son of an Italian electrician father and Irish homemaker mother, he was raised in northern New Jersey withÃâà...
Community News Service
March 1, 2018
Sarah Seung-McFarland, a Lawrence resident, operates Trulery, a wardrobe and interior design psychology business. Sarah Seung-McFarland grew up with an interest in human behavior. Unsurprising, she says, based on her upbringing. Both of her parents are Jamaican—her father is also halfÃâà...
Fox17
March 1, 2018
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — For many people, mental health is the core issue when it comes to the gun control debate. A psychologist in Grand Rapids says the debate over school shootings seems to fall along political lines. “One of the most frustrating things is that this has been overly politicized,” says Dr.
MyStateline.com
March 1, 2018
WTVO/WQRF - "We always want to take it seriously and that's the concern and maybe perhaps a student isn't aware that something that may be a joke will be taken seriously," said Rockford University Assistant Professor of Psychology Onna Brewer, on the high volume or threats made against statelineÃâà...
New York Magazine
March 1, 2018
To see how these top winners and the 17 other best toys placed in the eyes of a child psychologist, we reached out to Roberta Golinkoff, co-author of Becoming Brilliant: What Science Tells Us About Raising Successful Children (and who helped us find the best toys for 1-year-olds, 2-year-olds, 3-year-olds,Ãâà...
Clemson Newsstand
March 1, 2018
CLEMSON — The stress on survivors and the families of victims of mass shootings is obvious to anyone who listens to the many firsthand accounts that come to light in the days that follow these incidents. But as each new mass shooting brings a wave of media attention, the people watching and reading theÃâà...
Buffalo News
February 28, 2018
The doctor who conducts psychological exams for men and women who want to become Buffalo police officers and firefighters may be on his way out, after complaints of racial bias and inappropriate questions probing applicants' sexual histories. And the entire system for how candidates are hired for theÃâà...
Psychology Today (blog)
February 13, 2018
Although people of color are nearly 40 (link is external) percent of the United States population, they are only 16 (link is external) percent of psychologists. This percentage of psychologists of color has changed little in the past decade. Most of the time, people of color will not find a psychologist who looksÃâà...
The Diamondback
December 31, 1999
The University of Maryland's Counseling Center will hire four full-time psychologists to address a demand for more mental health resources on the campus, a university official said. Three of the positions were newly created and the fourth fills a vacancy, Student Affairs Vice President Linda Clement said onÃâà...
Inc.com
December 31, 1999
In a recent episode of his podcast WorkLife, organizational psychologist Adam Grant discusses the art and science of giving and receiving negative feedback with leaders and coaches who have established and experienced cultures of extreme feedback. For example, Silicon Valley-based executive coachÃâà...
KGO-TV
December 31, 1999
"She had just announced last week that she was pregnant," said a somber Lynette Cortes, who worked side by side with psychologist Jennifer Gonzales Shushereba, at the campus veteran's service center at Napa Valley College. Those who worked with her there knew her by her maiden name, Gonzales.
NBCNews.com
December 31, 1999
That dream ended on Friday when Gonzales, a 32-year-old clinical psychologist at a California center for veterans, became one of the three victims of a troubled soldier named Albert Wong, who police said killed them before ending his own life. “Our guts have been ripped out,” Gonzales' grieving dad, MikeÃâà...
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