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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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Can You Be a Social Worker with a Psychology Degree Easily?

Social Work Haven

You asked, can you be a social worker with a psychology degree? So, whether you’re considering a psychology program or an MSW program, or if you’re intrigued by the prospect of a bachelor’s degree in social work, join us on this enlightening journey as we uncover the depths of clinical social work and psychology.

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Toward a Positive Psychology of Immigrants

Society of Clinical Psychology

For the past 60 years, psychological research as a whole has been dominated by the deficit model of psychopathology that centers on disorder, damage, and mental illness. This phenomenon has been labeled the immigrant paradox.

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My Life’s Crooked Path

Gary Direnfeld

I smoked a lot of dope in high school. A girl I was dating at the time convinced me to return to school. While I found that program basic, I took a psychology course as an elective and fell in love with it. I graduated with a Specialized Honours BA in Psychology. I dropped out without completing my grade thirteen.

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With The World Teetering

Gary Direnfeld

In my elementary school there was only one non-Jewish student in all my classes from Kindergarten to sixth grade. Gary Direnfeld, MSW, RSW gary@yoursocialworker.com www.yoursocialworker.com for counseling and support www.garydirenfeld.com – to build your successful practice Gary Direnfeld is a social worker.

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Section 10 Graduate School Survival Guide and Tip Sheet

Society of Clinical Psychology

This SCP Student Blog piece by the SCP Section 10 Campus Reps is a useful resource to individuals who are preparing to apply to graduate schools in psychology. Applying to Graduate School? Set up one master essay as a template and change out select sections that should be sculpted for each particular school.

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Invisible Loss: What is Fertility Counseling?

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Our guests will speak about coming to terms with difficulties related to reproduction and the promise of reproductive counseling, hope, and experiences of success. ? Covington, LCSW-C , is an expert in fertility counseling with over 40 years of clinical experience in reproductive health. The National Infertility Association: [link].