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Knowledge about adult development and aging for psychologists
Older adults experience changes in health, social functioning, personality, and emotional development that occur as part of the...
How to attune self-report measures for people with cognitive impairments
Recent articles by Havercamp et al. (2020) and Shogren (2021) emphasized the importance of using self-report measures to gain insight...
Treating Older Adults: What Do We Need to Know?
The 65 and older population is growing rapidly and is estimated to make up 30% of the nation’s population by 2030 (U.S. Census...
Suicide Among Black Young Adults: Self-Acceptance as a Protective Factor
There is a myth, which often exists across communities, that Black people do not die by suicide. Anecdotal explorations of suicide,...
Sexism Makes it Harder for Girls to Benefit from Therapy
Sexism exists in many forms and across different levels: internally (e.g., a girl believing she is not good at math simply because...
Predictors of veterans’ well-being after leaving service
Although many individuals do well after leaving the military, the transition from military to civilian life can be challenging for...
Targeting Anxiety Sensitivity in Prevention Treatments: A Meta-Analysis
Anxiety sensitivity refers to fears of anxiety-related sensations (e.g., your chest feeling tight) because of catastrophic beliefs...
Microaggressions towards LGBT individuals: what about clinical practice?
As clinicians and psychotherapists, we are called to care for the mental health and well-being of the people who come to us. When...
Observing therapist-patient interactions to predict dropout from psychotherapy
Over about the last 50 years, clinical research has proven without a doubt that psychotherapy significantly alleviates the symptoms...
A Framework to Test Emotion Regulation in the Lab and the Clinic
Emotion regulation is the process of influencing one’s emotional experiences, including how intense an emotion is, how long the...
Clinician and client political values in culturally-competent psychotherapy
The ways in which client and therapist political values affect the therapeutic process has been a neglected factor in clinical...