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March 2008
Forgiveness
Stress
February 2008
Psychology:
What and When
Critiquing
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April
2008
~ To Your Psychological Health &
Wellness !
These are links that I think
are helpful. As with all online
information, use prudence and your personal
good judgment.
Note: Use the back arrow <=
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The Psychology of Change
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Spring! |
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What a magnificent
time for change.
One of the joys of teaching is mentoring younger teachers.
Over my 25 years I've mentored (and been mentored by) many.
One of my mentoring treasures, however, is a colleague Dr. Peggy
Norwood (Dr. Peg). With degrees from Brown and Virginia U, she
is a clinical psychologist, a teacher and a mom. She does a television show
for the college; a radio show and online podcasts. Her newly
published book is on the psychology of change and is our focus
article this month. Click below for an excerpt from Dr. Peg's book.
I'm sure you will enjoy it and find it, dare I say
J
life changing!
Our secondary topic this month is Careers in Psychology. Ever
think you'd like to be a psychologist
or counselor ? It may not be as difficult as you think. True,
becoming a psychologist requires a PhD but many counseling
positions, teen pregnancy counselors, substance abuse counselors and
such, can be acquired with a four year bachelor's degree (and it's
almost never too late, I didn't complete my PhD until I was 55).
Local college courses and programs are linked below; and the Department of Labor link provides
information on: the nature of the work, education and training,
salaries and projected outlook for employment in the field. It's a
great place to begin if you think it might be time for a career change!
Happy spring and as always... good psychology to you!
Dr. B.
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Do
Something Different….For a
Change:
An Insider’s Guide to What Your Therapist
Knows
(But May Not Tell You)
By
Peggy Mitchell Norwood, Ph.D.
[click
here to read and excerpt]
Have you
ever found yourself wishing things could be
different but you weren’t sure how to make
it happen? What if a psychologist with years
of clinical and teaching experience wrote a
book revealing secrets that therapists know
but usually don’t share? And what if this
book supplied the keys to producing lasting
change in life?
That is exactly what you get with Dr. Peg’s
new book, Do Something Different…For a
Change: An Insider’s Guide to What Your
Therapist Knows (But May Not Tell You).
Combining insights from her own experience
as a therapist with careful observations
from psychology, education, and religion,
this book compassionately communicates
fundamental principles to help you heal the
emotional pain and emptiness that keeps you
from changing.
This book
is for people who (1) are stuck in
self-defeating patterns of thinking,
feeling, and behaving, (2) have been in
therapy unsuccessfully and are frustrated,
or (3) have considered but never entered
therapy. The Surgeon General’s 1999 report
on mental health tells us that “ almost
everyone” has experienced distressing mental
health problems that affect their thinking,
mood, or behavior.
What
readers are saying about Do Something
Different… For a Change
“Do
Something Different… For a Change provides practical principles when it comes
to making a commitment to changing our lives
for the better.”
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Additional Spring Links
Change Psychology
The
Elements of Change
In order to succeed, according to this article, you need to
understand the three most important elements in changing a behavior:
http://psychology.about.com/od/behavioralpsychology/ss/behaviorchange_2.htm
Six Principles of Change
Do you believe in change? Believing you can change encourages
commitment to the process and enhances the likelihood of success:
http://www.psychologytoday.com/rss/pto-20040712-000002.html
Life Changing Tips
A listing of psychology articles that explain motivation,
personality traits, and the law of attraction in action
http://psychology.suite101.com/article.cfm/mind_body_soul
Attitudes
and Attitude Change
For those that are interested in a more scholarly discussion, this
article discusses change as influenced by cognitive dissonance,
classical conditioning, operant conditioning, fear and intelligence;
as explored by Dr. Phillip Zimbardo’s The Psychology of Attitude
Change and Social Influence.
http://psychology.jrank.org/pages/53/Attitudes-Attitude-Change.html
Careers in Psychology
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Education and
training, employment, job outlook, earnings, nature of the
work and related occupations! Checkout this great site for
information on careers in psychology:
Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor,
Occupational Outlook Handbook, 2008-09 Edition,
Psychologists, on the Internet at
http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos056.htm
Careers in Psychology.
APA (American Psychological Association) Career site
http://www.apa.org/topics/psychologycareer.html |
Local Psychology Courses and
Programs
West Kentucky Technical and Community College: offers introductory
psychology courses: http://human.westkentucky.kctcs.edu/
The University of Tennessee at Martin
offers full Psychology degree programs :http://www.utm.edu/departments/cebs/psych/
Most college now offer great psychology courses online and though I
teach great online psychology courses for my Colorado Community
College; my personal recommendation is classroom courses , when
possible.
United Way.
VOICES. RESOURCE. DIRECTORY. Of. Local and National Agencies.
Published by. Family Service Society, Inc. 827 Joe Clifton Drive, Paducah KY: Counseling pp 8-12.
Mental Health Assistance pp.
72-74. 
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Dr. Linda
Holderness Bradford, is a retired
professor who has taught university, college and
community college psychology courses for over
25 years.
She emphasizes that she is a teacher and not a therapist
and continues to teach Colorado Community College intro
psych online courses while living here in Fulton |
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Psychology is the study of behavior and mental
processes. One of its primary goals is to increase
understanding of self and others for the improvement of our daily
lives.
EVERYDAY
PSYCHOLOGY AND WELLNESS:
A monthly listing of Psych & Wellness
sites for your everyday pleasure.
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