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Clinical Psychology

The Christmas Presents They Will Never Get

Ben Michaelis, Ph.D. | Posted 02.22.2013 | Politics
Read More: Gun Violence, Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting, Newtown, Christmas Presents, Sandy Hook, Clinical Psychology, Newtown School Shooting, Hurricane Sandy, Newtown Elementary School Shooting, Christmas, Gun Control, Sandy Hook Shooting, Nra, Guns, Ben Michaelis, Politics News
Ben Michaelis, Ph.D.

Let us do something different this time. Let us craft a plan that reduces, not increases, the numbers of guns in our schools. Let us open a discussion about better awareness of, and less fear and stigma of, mental illness, so that we don't isolate individuals who have the potential for this kind of violence.

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Be In The Present By Learning From (But Not Dwelling On) Your Past

Ben Michaelis, Ph.D. | Posted 01.02.2013 | Healthy Living
Read More: Clinical Psychology, Positive Psychology, Memory, Ben Michaelis, Emotional Wellness, Self Help Tips, Self-Help, Self Help Advice, Personal Growth, Emotional Health, Self Help, Self-Improvement, Healthy Living News
Ben Michaelis, Ph.D.

"Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it." This well-worn expression seems, at first, to make sense. I mean how can you grow and develop as a person if you don't learn from your mistakes?

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The 4-Letter Word That Will Change Your Life

Ben Michaelis, Ph.D. | Posted 09.26.2012 | Healthy Living
Read More: Play, Life Changes, GPS for the Soul, Clinical Psychology, Commitment to Change, Life Change, Change in Life, Change Your Life, Ben Michaelis, Positive Thinking, Emotional Intelligence, Creativity, Emotional Wellness, Spirit, Fostering Creativity, Healthy Living News
Ben Michaelis, Ph.D.

How does something that is so vital at one point in life suddenly become considered irrelevant at another?

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What Can A Toddler Teach You About Getting A New Job?

Ben Michaelis, Ph.D. | Posted 09.08.2012 | Healthy Living
Read More: Clinical Psychology, Gps-Soul, Change, Life Changes, Change in Life, Changes, Change Your Life, Emotional Intelligence, Ben Michaelis, Change Life, Help Yourself, Self Help, Self Help Tips, Success and Motivation, Healthy Living News
Ben Michaelis, Ph.D.

I started thinking about this during brunch this past weekend when my friend Heidi talked to me about the trials and tribulations of trying to potty-train her 3-year-old son.

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Rescuing the Kid in the Closet: Taking the Emotional Health of Kids Seriously

Rev. Romal J. Tune | Posted 07.08.2012 | Home
Read More: School Attendance, At-Risk Youth, Education, Poverty, Dropout Prevention, Clinical Psychology, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Emotional Wellness, Education Reform, Parental Involvement, Home News
Rev. Romal J. Tune

Too often, little is said about the emotional story of children in poor communities trying to make sense of life circumstances that even a balanced adult would find difficult to manage.

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Are You Trading Now For Then?

Ben Michaelis, Ph.D. | Posted 07.04.2012 | Healthy Living
Read More: Life Changes, Now vs Then, Live in the Now, Clinical Psychology, Creativity, Life Change, Change in Life, Change, Change Your Life, Ben Michaelis, Creative Process, Be Creative, Mindfulness, Being Creative, Creativity and Inspiration, Healthy Living News
Ben Michaelis, Ph.D.

The anxiety of indecision and indecision of anxiety is far more cumbersome to your spirit than the process of revising, reworking, and rebuilding.

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Want To Change Your Life? Don't Get Involved, Get Committed

Ben Michaelis, Ph.D. | Posted 06.20.2012 | Healthy Living
Read More: Clinical Psychology, Commitment, Positive Psychology, Change, Positive Thinking, Emotional Intelligence, Ben Michaelis, Overcoming Change, Life Changes, Life Change, Change in Life, Gps-Soul, Changes, Change Your Life, Commitment to Change, Healthy Living News
Ben Michaelis, Ph.D.

Feelings and thoughts are not changed quickly, and anyone that tells you differently is a huckster. Lasting and meaningful personal change is not like having your oil changed at JiffyLube, as much as we might want it to be.

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9 Ways Twentysomethings Screw Up Their Lives

Meg Jay | Posted 06.19.2012 | Books
Read More: Book News, Twentysomething, 20s Career, 20s Age, 20s Life, Clinical Psychology, 20s, Slidepollajax, Psychology Book, Twentysomethings, Psychology, 20s Decade, 20s Salary, Books News
Meg Jay

Your 20s are a time when the things you do -- and the things you don't do -- will have an enormous effect across years and even generations to come. Here are 9 things that so many twentysomethings do that mess up their lives.

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Nearly Quarter Of Global Workforce Is Depressed, Study Finds

The Huffington Post | Harry Bradford | Posted 01.11.2012 | Business
Read More: Industry Week, Video, Depression, Unemployment, Mental Health, Clinical Psychology, Pessimism, Rogensi, Misery Index, Gallup, Forbes, Mental Wellness, Business News

It's tough to find a job these days. And even getting one far from ensures happiness. Almost a quarter of the global workforce is depressed, accord...

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Dr. Judy on the Trauma of Disasters - like Haitian Earthquake

Jim Luce | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York
Read More: Earthquake, Petites Desdunes, Clinical Psychology, Children, United Nations, Sri Lanka, Peking University Health Science Center, Mathato Mosisili, Leogane, 9/11, U.N. Committee on Mental Health, Summit for the First Ladies of Africa, Fordham University, Father Wismick Jean-Charles, AIDS Orphans, Disaster Relief, Beyond Bullets and Bombs: Grassroots Peacebuilding Between Israelis and Palestinians, Pakalitha Mosisili, U.S. Doctors for Africa, South Africa, Webster Hall, Dr. Judy Kuriansky, Port-Au-Prince, Hurricane Katrina, American Psychiatric Association, Long Island, Lesotho, Bill Clinton, Red Cross, Roman Catholic Church, Quarterly Arts Soiree, Global Citizenship Award for Leadership in Helping Humanity, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, Nicolas Neidhardt, New York City, Haiti, Columbia University Teachers College, Doctors Without Borders, Tsunami, Haitian Boy Scouts, Orphans International Worldwide, Jacmel, L'Hopital De La Communaute Haïtienne, International Association of Applied Psychology Israel, New York News
Jim Luce

New York clinical psychologist and well-known TV and radio personality Judy Kuriansky, Ph.D. just returned from Haiti where she trained "comforters" -...

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