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Tips and Resources for First-Year Graduate Students in Clinical Psychology

Society of Clinical Psychology

I remember entering my first year as graduate student in clinical psychology full of questions: What materials would I need? I had found many resources and tips on navigating the graduate school application process but comparatively fewer on how to actually be a graduate student. What would the next six years look like ? Double Dip.

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Preventing school shootings

Stop Abuse Campaign

What do the experts know about school shootings, gun violence, and children? Gun violence is a public health problem, but it’s not all about school shootings. . It is essential to realize that school shootings make up a tiny percentage of youth firearms deaths. Of these youth, roughly half die from homicide (992).

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What to expect when seeing a clinical psychologist

Lawson Psychology

After the initial introductions, your psychologist will talk briefly about confidentiality. Many people already know that the conversations you have with your psychologist during your appointments are private and confidential. Copyright © 2024 Lawson Clinical Psychology. All Rights Reserved. Privacy Policy.

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What to expect when seeing a clinical psychologist with your child

Lawson Psychology

These difficulties often come up at times of transition (such as the start of a new school year), bullying, conflict in the family or illnesses. What to expect Most sessions will start with yourself and your child in the room for a conversation about confidentiality and what to expect from the appointment. All Rights Reserved.

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What is Childhood like for Nonbinary Youth?

Stop Abuse Campaign

When we think about what childhood for nonbinary youth may be like, we might think about bullying nonbinary youth in school, “coming out” to parents, and current political clashes about what schools are allowed to teach about gender and sexuality. ← Suicide among LGBTQ Youth: Risks and Prevention. Get help here. 800) 662-4357.

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Why We Oppose Gender-affirming Healthcare Bans

Stop Abuse Campaign

Research links involvement in foster care to adverse outcomes such as failure to graduate high school, homelessness , and prostitution. All of your conversations are confidential, and you can share as much or as little as you’d like. Answer these ten confidential questions developed with the CDC and understand your warning signs.

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Cognitive dissonance and gun safety

Stop Abuse Campaign

← Preventing school shootings. Bear with me, I’ll make this brief, and you can look it up if you want a detailed, scientific, psychological analysis. As we learn about and deal with yet another mass school shooting, we ponder what went wrong, why, and how we got here again? One more child dead at school is one too many.