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Dondi Browner

Alumni Networking & Business Card Exchange

As clinicians, we quite often expend all our energy on developing clinical skills and fashioning an empathetic and compassionate relationship with our clients, while paying very little attention to developing the knowledge and skills required for a financially successful practice. On January 24, 2014 twenty-six º£½ÇÂÒÂ× alumni and students gathered

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Alzheimer’s Disease and Caregiver Recommendations

Alzheimer’s disease is a progressive and degenerative disorder that affects brain cells, or neurons, in ways that result in loss of memory, compromised intellectual and physical functioning, and changes in mood and behavior.  The most common type of dementia, Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is not a normal part of the aging

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Volunteering at the Annual HAVEN Gift Giveaway

There is one holiday invitation I wait for each year. It’s not the gift exchange kind or the cookie baking type of invite. Instead it’s an invitation to help a survivor of domestic abuse or sexual assault to complete her Christmas shopping. December is a busy month and it’s not

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Holidays and Divorce: Do’s and Don’ts

Several months ago I wrote an article, The Do’s and Don’ts of Helping Children Adjust to a Divorce, for BCBSM to include in Metro Parent and various other publications. Now that it is December, I’d like to revisit the article and apply the information in the context of co-parenting during

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A beautiful golden retreiver puppy face.

Children and Pet Loss: A Very Special Grief

Pets are our children’s companions, playmates, exercise motivators, and a means by which children learn responsibility and experience a source of comfort when no words are needed. The love of a pet is an initial foundation for the child’s experience of unconditional, unselfish love. Grieving the loss of a pet

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Couples Therapy: A Personal Journey

When I was asked to write an article about “marriage counseling†two things immediately came to mind. First of all, we are generally more inclined to refer to it as “couples therapy†these days, particularly in the world of clinical psychology and also in deference to the growing body of

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Dustin Shepler, PhD

Coming Out in a Social Media World

National Coming Out Day (NCOD) commemorates the second March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights (for more history).  As October 11th (NCOD) approaches, I find myself thinking about my own coming out process, as well as the thousands of people across the country who will celebrate NCOD.  I wonder

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Diane Blau, PhD psychology associate

Why Humanistic Psychology is a Specialty to Consider

Humanistic psychology is one of many orientations to psychology.  It is one that considers the whole person and looks at the positive resources each individual possesses to live life fully. I did not know I was a humanistic psychologist until I began to study the concepts and values inherent in

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Breaking Addiction

One of the problems with addiction is that it comes with its own built-in denial system. Every now and then, an addict/alcoholic will have a moment of clarity, a moment where the denial fades away for just a short time. These are usually based around events that are painful, or

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