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Diversity Spotlight: Beverly Greene, PhD

Society of Clinical Psychology

Beverly Greene , board-certified (ABPP) in Clinical Psychology and tenured Professor of psychology at St. in Psychology from New York University in 1973 and received her M.A. in Clinical Psychology from the Derner Institute of Adelphi University in 1977 and 1983, respectively. John’s University. John’s University.

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Diversity Spotlight: Dr. Nita Tewari

Society of Clinical Psychology

Diversity Spotlight The current spotlight is on Dr. Nita Tewari whose work focuses on Indian American, South Asian, and Asian American mental health. in Psychology from the University of California, Irvine (UCI) in 1992. In 2000, she completed her doctoral degree in Counseling Psychology at Southern Illinois University.

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Addressing Access in Ethnoracially Diverse Populations: Lessons from a University-Based Community Mental Health Center

Society of Clinical Psychology

Systemic racism in the economy, the healthcare system, and the field of clinical psychology perpetuates the disparities in access, retention, and effectiveness of mental health services. The FSU Psychology Clinic is a training clinic staffed by doctoral students and housed within the university’s clinical psychology PhD program.

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Harnessing cultural identity as a protective factor in minority mental health: Applications to children and families

Society of Clinical Psychology

Often times the field of clinical psychology assumes a “deficit-based” approach to minority mental health. Rosa specifically reports significant worries about her Spanish accent in her predominately English-speaking school (e.g., “my Rosa responds and shares “it helps me talk to my grandparents and classmates at school.

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Prescriptive Authority for Clinical Psychologists

Society of Clinical Psychology

All prescribing professions, other than psychology, require undergraduate scientific coursework including biology, and organic and inorganic chemistry. Clinical Psychology: Science & Practice. [link]. diverse functions of the human body, morbidities, and about other types of medications) affect clinical care and outcomes?

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Comparing psychotherapies for gay and bisexual men’s mental health

Society of Clinical Psychology

Psychological science has advanced knowledge on sexual minority (e.g., Based on this knowledge, our team at Yale created an identity-affirming psychotherapy to reduce the cognitive, affective, and behavioral mechanisms through which stigma erodes sexual minority men’s mental health. Psychological distress. Depression symptoms.

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19 Essential Social Work Practice Skills You Should Work on Refining Now

Social Work Haven

Communication Skills Social workers must be able to effectively communicate in various settings with diverse groups of people. Clinician – this involves providing direct clinical services such as counseling, psychotherapy and crisis intervention. What are the challenges of social work practice?