The Psychologists Podcast

Trigger Warning: Extensive discussion of suicideToday we talk with one of the most knowledgeable, compassionate psychology doctoral candidates (and professional writers) we’ve had the pleasure of meeting. Andrew schools us on what “stigma” actually means, helpful stats on depression and mental health, mental health literacy, and (warning) suicide. We’re all mental health professionals here, but this episode will show you just how hard it (still) is to talk about these tough topics.Andrew Devendorf, M.A., is a PhD candidate in clinical psychology at the University of South Florida. He is also about to embark on his one-year clinical psychology internship/residency at the Seattle, Puget Sound Veteran's Affairs Healthcare System. Andrew studies depression, suicide, and mental health stigma toward these experiences. He is passionate about communicating science to increase mental health awareness and reduce stigma. His freelance work has appeared in outlet like the HuffPost, the Conversation, Psyche Magazine, and the APS Observer. You can follow him on Twitter at @AndrewDevendorf.Links from Andrew:Here's a link to my brother's Tumblr page with some of his comics:https://mathew-comics.tumblr.com/page/5 Here's a link to a water carafe he designed for CB2 during his Master's Program at SAIC, which is still being sold:https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/shop/product/saic-watering-carafe-154108Here's a video in memory of him: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1dZR04W41SU&ab_channel=AndrewDevendorfMy personal website: https://sites.google.com/view/andrewdevendorf Welcome to The Psychologists Podcast, where we talk about all things psychology through a very personal lens. Gill Strait PhD and Julia Strait PhD are both Licensed Psychologists (TX) and Licensed Specialists in School Psychology (LSSPs, TX). They are alumni of The University of South Carolina School Psychology Doctoral Program (Go Gamecocks). Gill is a teacher, researcher, and supervisor at a university graduate psychology training program. Julia is owner and therapist at Ocean Therapy in Houston, TX, offering telehealth therapy to young adults in their 20s and 30s who are struggling with anxiety. Check it out here: https://www.oceantherapy.net/

Here’s your rare chance to peek behind the scenes at how an experienced psychological researcher develops a new theoretical model. Its Vygotsky meets Paul Meehl meets John Muir in this episode of TPP, as we explore a new theory focused on the 4 types of fun. Let’s get serious, but not solemn, in the scientific discussion of one of the most commonly overlooked and understudied elements of human experience: having fun.PS: Dr Smith has been Gill’s research mentor since undergrad, and he taught Julia graduate research methods. We are honored to host him today!Honorable Mentions:Mindfuluh.orgbsmith5@uh.edu (Email Dr. Smith at UH) Welcome to The Psychologists Podcast, where we talk about all things psychology through a very personal lens. Gill Strait PhD and Julia Strait PhD are both Licensed Psychologists (TX) and Licensed Specialists in School Psychology (LSSPs, TX). They are alumni of The University of South Carolina School Psychology Doctoral Program (Go Gamecocks). Gill is a teacher, researcher, and supervisor at a university graduate psychology training program. Julia is owner and therapist at Ocean Therapy in Houston, TX, offering telehealth therapy to young adults in their 20s and 30s who are struggling with anxiety. Check it out here: https://www.oceantherapy.net/

Dr. Raja David spent his infancy in a residential treatment center--seriously! Today we learn from Dr. David about Therapeutic Assessment or TA, which is totally different from the usual psychological testing and diagnosis methods you learn in graduate school (AKA Your IQ is X, your diagnosis is Y, and we recommend CBT; mk, thanks, bye.) TA offers a much appreciated humanistic, experiential perspective. It's a process for helping people figure out what's going on in their lives, and "hand[ing[ that info back to them in a digestible way", so that "insight is LIVED, not just cognitively grasped".It just so happens that this approach to evaluating humans is evidence-based, too. It's a win-win for everyone, really, and we hope you'll appreciate the shift in perspective, even if you're in a setting where committing to a full TA model is hard.Bio:Dr. Raja David is the founder and owner of the Minnesota Center for Collaborative/Therapeutic Assessment, where he conducts Therapeutic Assessments with adolescents and adults. He is a former assistant professor and has taught doctoral level courses and professional workshops, and co-wrote what is essentially the adult TA manual. He consults with others about TA and conducting psychological assessments, and is a member of the Therapeutic Assessment Institute board of directors.Honorable Mentions:Dr. David's private practice web site: https://www.mnccta.com/What is TA? (from Dr. David's site): https://www.mnccta.com/therapeutic-assessmentTherapeutic Assessment Institute (TAI; includes trainings for professionals): https://therapeuticassessment.com/Society for Personality Assessment (SPA): https://www.personality.org/ Welcome to The Psychologists Podcast, where we talk about all things psychology through a very personal lens. Gill Strait PhD and Julia Strait PhD are both Licensed Psychologists (TX) and Licensed Specialists in School Psychology (LSSPs, TX). They are alumni of The University of South Carolina School Psychology Doctoral Program (Go Gamecocks). Gill is a teacher, researcher, and supervisor at a university graduate psychology training program. Julia is owner and therapist at Ocean Therapy in Houston, TX, offering telehealth therapy to young adults in their 20s and 30s who are struggling with anxiety. Check it out here: https://www.oceantherapy.net/

Do your kids melt down, throw tantrums, engage in attention-seeking behaviors, or (gasp!) spit?! Then you'll probably want to learn about BCBAs, FBAs, BIPs, FCT, EATS, RBTs, functions of behavior, head-banging, elopement, and extinction bursts, oh my! Today we host power education couple Chris and Ashley Ponce to discuss how school psychs and behavior analysts can best work together (and separately!) in school settings to help kids with behavior issues...and how each of these pros' professional inclinations impact parenting their two young children. (Sound familiar? :))First, an ego-feeding story from Chris to Gill about a Texas Tech professor admiring his MI work. Then, the episode. (Scroll to 3:00 to skip the narcissism feed, or just stay for the feels)--Ashley, THE BCBA, Chris, THE LSSP, Two Individuals, Two Minds, One Goal - helping children and students in the education and clinic environment to be successful and functioning members of society! Also we have two kids.Ashley Ponce is a former special education teacher turned BCBA. She has worked in multiple different settings working with a variety of students who exhibit multiple different dysregulation concerns. On top of all of that, she is a badass mother to two children (three if you count Chris). What can't she do!?!--Honorable Mentions:-Chris's first appearance on The Psychologists Podcast (Season 1, Episode 18, 9/26/2021) -Gill and Julia's episodes are #s 38 (Gill and Julia together), 39 (Gill on MI), and 46 (Julia's personal therapy session ;))-TASP Talks Podcast (Chris is a host!) - on Apple Podcasts and Spotify- What is a BCBA and what can they do in schools? Welcome to The Psychologists Podcast, where we talk about all things psychology through a very personal lens. Gill Strait PhD and Julia Strait PhD are both Licensed Psychologists (TX) and Licensed Specialists in School Psychology (LSSPs, TX). They are alumni of The University of South Carolina School Psychology Doctoral Program (Go Gamecocks). Gill is a teacher, researcher, and supervisor at a university graduate psychology training program. Julia is owner and therapist at Ocean Therapy in Houston, TX, offering telehealth therapy to young adults in their 20s and 30s who are struggling with anxiety. Check it out here: https://www.oceantherapy.net/

For Dr. Tony Roberson, understanding data is NOT about being a math whiz; it’s about developing intuition, and turning your curiosity about the real world into answerable questions and systematic answers.Join us for a very grassy episode from the man who’s “in everyone’s backyard,” as we get “into the weeds” about every psych major’s (initially) least-favorite “weed-out class”: Statistics. Dr. Tony Roberson is an assistant professor in the school psychology specialist program and the combined clinical and school psychology doctoral program at the University of Houston-Clear Lake. He obtained his doctoral degree from Louisiana State University’s school psychology program and currently holds credentials as a licensed psychologist (LP) and licensed specialist in school psychology (LSSP) in the state of Texas and as a nationally certified school psychologist (NCSP).Dr. Roberson has worked as a school psychologist full-time in Cypress-Fairbanks ISD, where he was involved in assessment, intervention, and consultation work with early childhood, elementary, and secondary students and staff. Beyond schools, he also has experience delivering a variety of services in clinic and residential treatment settings.His research interests and expertise broadly concern applied research methodology, data analysis, and improving school-based psychological and behavioral measurement practices to make data more useful for efficiently monitoring risk and wellbeing at both the student and systems levels (e.g., whole classroom, whole school). His current work focuses on refining positively-oriented behavior rating scales for universal screening to help reduce systemic barriers to accessing quality care and promote student behavioral and mental health more equitably across diverse and resource-limited school systems.When Dr. Roberson is not professing, he can likely be found watching an old movie or playing music. He never learned how to ride a bike but has grown to accept that with self-compassion and kindness.Honorable Mentions:-Quantitude podcast https://quantitudepod.org/ or on Apple https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/quantitude/id1484406501 -Dr. Andy Field’s books on Discovering Statistics https://www.discoveringstatistics.com/books/discovering-statistics-using-r/-Discovr educational package for R (teach yourself to program!) https://www.discovr.rocks/discovr/ -Dr. James Guffey (Dr. Roberson’s stats professor): https://jguffey.sites.truman.edu/  Welcome to The Psychologists Podcast, where we talk about all things psychology through a very personal lens. Gill Strait PhD and Julia Strait PhD are both Licensed Psychologists (TX) and Licensed Specialists in School Psychology (LSSPs, TX). They are alumni of The University of South Carolina School Psychology Doctoral Program (Go Gamecocks). Gill is a teacher, researcher, and supervisor at a university graduate psychology training program. Julia is owner and therapist at Ocean Therapy in Houston, TX, offering telehealth therapy to young adults in their 20s and 30s who are struggling with anxiety. Check it out here: https://www.oceantherapy.net/

If you don’t know who Peg Dawson is, you will in 58 minutes…And if you or your child struggle with procrastination, organization, planning, time management, attention, or any other “executive skill,” you’ll definitely want to. Come along for this (I must say, very organized—for us) ride through Dr. Dawson’s origin story, how she and her colleague Dr. Richard Guare came up with “ESs” and the idea for their book series Smart But Scattered, her Perfect Intervention for everyone, and most tantalizingly (cheap plug!) her thoughts on Chat GPT and how technology can both help and harm executive skill development.Dr. Dawson’s web site, Smart But Scattered Kids (one-stop shop for all things executive skills!)https://www.smartbutscatteredkids.comPeg Dawson, Ed.D., NCSP, received her doctorate in school/child clinical psychology from the University of Virginia. She worked as a school psychologist for 16 years in Maine and New Hampshire, and since 1992 has worked at the Center for Learning and Attention Disorders in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, where she specializes in the assessment of children and adults with learning and attention disorders. She has many years of organizational experience at the state, national, and international level, and served in many capacities, including president, of the New Hampshire Association of School Psychologists, the National Association of School Psychologists, and the International School Psychology Association. She is the author of numerous articles and book chapters on a variety of topics, including retention, ability grouping, reading disorders, attention disorders, the sleep problems of adolescents, the use of interviews in the assessment process, and homework. Along with her colleague, Dr. Richard Guare, she has written several books for parents and professionals on the topic of executive skills, including Smart but Scattered and Smart but Scattered Teens. Peg is the 2006 recipient of the National Association of School Psychologists’ Lifetime Achievement Award. Welcome to The Psychologists Podcast, where we talk about all things psychology through a very personal lens. Gill Strait PhD and Julia Strait PhD are both Licensed Psychologists (TX) and Licensed Specialists in School Psychology (LSSPs, TX). They are alumni of The University of South Carolina School Psychology Doctoral Program (Go Gamecocks). Gill is a teacher, researcher, and supervisor at a university graduate psychology training program. Julia is owner and therapist at Ocean Therapy in Houston, TX, offering telehealth therapy to young adults in their 20s and 30s who are struggling with anxiety. Check it out here: https://www.oceantherapy.net/

For our kickoff episode of our 3rd season, we’re honored to present this touching, illuminating, and entertaining dialogue with 40-year veteran therapist Bob Edelstein, LMFT, in which he guides us through life’s big questions (AKA existential themes) through an Existential-Humanistic lens. Bob shares his amazing story of coming of age as a human and therapist in the 1960s during the modern-to-postmodern shift. Highlights include his life-changing reading of Carl Rogers’ Freedom to Learn as a teacher-in-training, being ripped apart by primal therapy, becoming a therapist through “the paraprofessional route”, working in the Haight, making space around the need to achieve, training with Jim Bugental and LSD researcher Stan Grof, and being ok with the idea of dying. Bob is such an authentic human being in every interaction, and you’ll feel that come through as he teaches us about E-H through his own transforming views. If you’re a fan of Carl Rogers, Maslow, Jim Bugental, Viktor Frankl, Kirk Schneider, Rollo May, and/or Irvin Yalom, this is the episode for you.Bob Edelstein, LMFT has been a therapist and consultant since 1973, practicing in Oregon since 1984. He is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in the states of Oregon and California, a certified Clinical Supervisor through Lutheran Family Services, a clinical member of the American Association of Marriage and Family Therapy, a professional member and former Board member of The Association for Humanistic Psychology, and a founding member of both the Association for Humanistic Psychology – Oregon Community and the Existential-Humanistic Northwest professional organization.Resources:-Bob’s web site: www.BobEdelstein.com-Bob is also the executive director for the Association for Humanistic Psychology. Their website is ahpweb.org-The website for EHI (existential humanistic institute) is ehinstitute.org-The website for EHNW (existential humanistic northwest professional organization) is ehnwpdx.org-Books mentioned include Carl Rogers’ Freedom to Learn, Jim Bugental’s The Search for Existential Identity and The Art of the Psychotherapist, and more Welcome to The Psychologists Podcast, where we talk about all things psychology through a very personal lens. Gill Strait PhD and Julia Strait PhD are both Licensed Psychologists (TX) and Licensed Specialists in School Psychology (LSSPs, TX). They are alumni of The University of South Carolina School Psychology Doctoral Program (Go Gamecocks). Gill is a teacher, researcher, and supervisor at a university graduate psychology training program. Julia is owner and therapist at Ocean Therapy in Houston, TX, offering telehealth therapy to young adults in their 20s and 30s who are struggling with anxiety. Check it out here: https://www.oceantherapy.net/

If you're down for some navel-gazing and raw self-disclosure, tune in to this brief mini-episode from me (Julia Strait PhD) on why, given stigma, limited utility, and personal disappointment, I am moving away from diagnosis and assessment as a psychological practice. If you are seeking diagnostic testing, please see resources such as the following*:-Low cost autism testing services online: https://grasp.org/assessment-services/-Completely online, form-driven ADHD assessment (does include a face to face interview with a doctor): https://adhdonline.com/*not necessarily an endorsement of these places--just helpful info.

Ohhhhh yes, we’ve invited some heavy hitters this season. Listen to this quick update to find out who’s getting the Psychologists Podcast treatment this spring and summer! :) Welcome to The Psychologists Podcast, where we talk about all things psychology through a very personal lens. Gill Strait PhD and Julia Strait PhD are both Licensed Psychologists (TX) and Licensed Specialists in School Psychology (LSSPs, TX). They are alumni of The University of South Carolina School Psychology Doctoral Program (Go Gamecocks). Gill is a teacher, researcher, and supervisor at a university graduate psychology training program. Julia is owner and therapist at Ocean Therapy in Houston, TX, offering telehealth therapy to young adults in their 20s and 30s who are struggling with anxiety. Check it out here: https://www.oceantherapy.net/

We’re baaaaaaack! Welcome to The Psychologists Podcasts, where we talk about everything psychology through a very personal lens.—-Hosted by Gill Strait PhD and Julia Strait PhD, psychologists, parents, married people, humans. —-We're psychologists, we're married, and we're trying to figure out how to keep two small children alive. Join us as we explore psychology research and practice through a very personal lens. *** https://tinyurl.com/Thepsychologists *** Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thepsychologists *** Twitter @psychspodcast Welcome to The Psychologists Podcast, where we talk about all things psychology through a very personal lens. Gill Strait PhD and Julia Strait PhD are both Licensed Psychologists (TX) and Licensed Specialists in School Psychology (LSSPs, TX). They are alumni of The University of South Carolina School Psychology Doctoral Program (Go Gamecocks). Gill is a teacher, researcher, and supervisor at a university graduate psychology training program. Julia is owner and therapist at Ocean Therapy in Houston, TX, offering telehealth therapy to young adults in their 20s and 30s who are struggling with anxiety. Check it out here: https://www.oceantherapy.net/

Dr. Amy Izuno-Garcia is an autism expert who was "literally birthed into it". We have just enough time today to scratch the surface of one of the biggest discussions in psychology right now: how to characterize the autism spectrum. Come on down into our rabbit hole for some myth busting, empathizing, and light philosophical quandary into the nature of humanity–both autistic and allistic.Honorable Mentions:-Dr. Izuno-Garcia’s personal and professional journey to her current autism work-challenges…and STRENGTHS (examples: social difficulties, directness, masking/camoflauging, anxiety/internalizing difficulties, intense–but not necessarily “restricted”--interests, perspective taking [cognitive and empathetic and regulation and scope thereof], taking things literally, synesthesia, sensory differences)-”disorder” vs. difference; (how) could we help without labels?-why might it be offensive to say “We’re all a little autistic”?-conflating “severity” with “functioning”-building awareness and acceptance without creating “token” or stereotypical characters-self-diagnosis (especially for adults and women); pros and cons of getting a “label”; recommendations and the journey beyond the diagnosis-overemphasis on individual therapy (pssst: there’s no therapy “FOR autism”, only for associated distress and challenges) and underemphasis on re-examining society-wide attitudes/environments; ensuring help and support at all levels, not just individual-neurodiversity perspective ~ our *working* description is this: Neurodevelopmental differences/traits/features are scattered across the population, “autism” represents a constellation of those traits (where “they all line up”), and “ASD” or “Autism Spectrum Disorder” is when the traits line up AND are impacting your functioning/causing significant distress; see https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/978-981-13-8437-0.pdf and https://lnkd.in/gBMxzWcX , for critique, see https://lnkd.in/gGEZF7_F)Resources:Autistic Women & Nonbinary Network: https://awnnetwork.org Autistic Self-Advocacy Network (ASAN) https://autisticadvocacy.org AANE (includes volunteer-supported concierge service  https://www.aane.org Kate Loveland, PhD and the CLASS Clinic at UT Health https://med.uth.edu/psychiatry/autism-spectrum-disorder/ https://www.utphysicians.com/provider/katherine-a-loveland/ Amy Izuno-Garcia earned her PhD in school psychology from the University of Houston and completed her doctoral internship at the Marcus Autism Center in the clinical assessment and diagnostics track. She currently works at the CLASS Clinic with Dr. Kate Loveland in Houston, TX. Her research and clinical interests surround improving outcomes for individuals o Welcome to The Psychologists Podcast, where we talk about all things psychology through a very personal lens. Gill Strait PhD and Julia Strait PhD are both Licensed Psychologists (TX) and Licensed Specialists in School Psychology (LSSPs, TX). They are alumni of The University of South Carolina School Psychology Doctoral Program (Go Gamecocks). Gill is a teacher, researcher, and supervisor at a university graduate psychology training program. Julia is owner and therapist at Ocean Therapy in Houston, TX, offering telehealth therapy to young adults in their 20s and 30s who are struggling with anxiety. Check it out here: https://www.oceantherapy.net/

Dr. Amy Izuno-Garcia is an autism expert–And she’s been in the autism field since she was in diapers. We have just enough time today to scratch the surface of one of the biggest discussions in psychology right now: the autism spectrum.Honorable Mentions:-career/grad school journey to autism work-self-diagnosis vs. clinical diagnosis -parents seeking diagnosis after their child is diagnosed-late diagnosis (adults)-the secret social rule book-why is it not ok to say “We’re all a little autistic”?-diagnosing, overidentifying, and overidentifying WITH, clients-neurodiversity, vs. disability/disorder-what’s the best way to “test for autism”?-masking, camouflaging-what is the “core” of autism?Resources:ASAN https://autisticadvocacy.org AANE https://www.aane.org Kate Loveland, PhD and the CLASS Clinic at UT Health https://med.uth.edu/psychiatry/autism-spectrum-disorder/ https://www.utphysicians.com/provider/katherine-a-loveland/ Bridgette Kelleher, PhD and the Neurodevelopmental Family Lab at Purdue https://nddfamilylab.weebly.com/dr-kelleher.html Dr. Christine Henry (therapist specializing in therapy for neurodiverse women/adults) https://therapyforpetpeople.com Self-diagnosis help sheet: https://depts.washington.edu/uwautism/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Self-Diagnosed-Adult-Autism-Resources-handout-04.05.21.pdfAmy Izuno-Garcia is currently finishing her PhD in school psychology from the University of Houston and her doctoral internship at Marcus Autism Center in the clinical assessment and diagnostics track. Her research and clinical interests surround improving outcomes for individuals on the autism spectrum through the provision of high-quality assessment, intervention, and consultative services. Her passion for this work is inspired by her experience growing up with family members on the spectrum. In her free time, she enjoys buying too many clothes at thrift stores, playing video games, and trying new restaurants with her husband.

We're back on the Motivational Interviewing (MI) horse today with Gill's doctoral student, Qi Te, cohosting. We get into the spirit, processes, and roadblocks (i.e., "Don't's") of MI; listener questions about what makes MI different from regular counseling or common sense; debates about using overstatements in MI; and ideas for teachers who want to use MI--or at least its spirit--in interactions with students and parents.Honorable Mentions:William Miller's book for regular people, Listening Well: https://www.amazon.com/Listening-Well-Art-Empathic-Understanding/dp/1532634846 Alison Gopnik's parenting book, The Gardener and the Carpenter: https://www.amazon.com/Gardener-Carpenter-Development-Relationship-Children/dp/1536617830 CrossFit interview with Stephen Rollnick: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKwmjYDIa98Qi Te is a first-year PsyD student at UH Clear Lake. He worked as a high school counselor in Beijing and had a professional background in student leadership development. In his spare time, Qite loves to sweat doing crossfit and washing dishes while listening to his favorite podcasts. His goal this year is to finish his thesis and to find out who makes the best BBQ in Houston.---Welcome to the Psychologists Podcast, hosted by Drs. Gill and Julia Strait. We're psychologists, we're married, and we're trying to figure out how to keep two small children alive. Join us as we explore psychology research and practice through a very personal lens. ***https://tinyurl.com/Thepsychologists  ***Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thepsychologists ***Twitter @psychspodcast Welcome to The Psychologists Podcast, where we talk about all things psychology through a very personal lens. Gill Strait PhD and Julia Strait PhD are both Licensed Psychologists (TX) and Licensed Specialists in School Psychology (LSSPs, TX). They are alumni of The University of South Carolina School Psychology Doctoral Program (Go Gamecocks). Gill is a teacher, researcher, and supervisor at a university graduate psychology training program. Julia is owner and therapist at Ocean Therapy in Houston, TX, offering telehealth therapy to young adults in their 20s and 30s who are struggling with anxiety. Check it out here: https://www.oceantherapy.net/

Did you know it takes, on average, 17 years for ideas to get from scientific publication to actual real-world use? Dr. Jonathan Scaccia started out as one of those psychologists who sits in a chair and talks to people. Now he sits in a chair and thinks about how to bring science and experience closer together. Join us as we traverse the vast systems-level landscape of program evaluation and implementation science...and find out how evidence-based psychology practices and the iPhone aren't so different, after all.Jonathan P. Scaccia, PhD is the Principal of the Dawn Chorus Group https://dawnchorusgroup.com . He is a community psychologist and evaluator with 20+ years of experience working in community-based settings. His career began as a substance-abuse counselor in North Philadelphia. He has extensive experience helping organizations select, adapt, implement, and evaluate community-based improvement interventions. Dr. Scaccia also founded the research synthesis website PubTrawlr https://pubtrawlr.com .Honorable Mentions:-Evolution of substance abuse treatment-Carl Rogers-program evaluation (is it working?)-valuing science/EBTs/RCTs *and* lived experiences-efficacy (lab) vs. effectiveness (real world)-cultural adaptation vs. WEIRD-centric psychological science-the sunk cost fallacy---Thanks for listening to The Psychologists Podcast, where we look at all things psychology through a very personal lens. Welcome to The Psychologists Podcast, where we talk about all things psychology through a very personal lens. Gill Strait PhD and Julia Strait PhD are both Licensed Psychologists (TX) and Licensed Specialists in School Psychology (LSSPs, TX). They are alumni of The University of South Carolina School Psychology Doctoral Program (Go Gamecocks). Gill is a teacher, researcher, and supervisor at a university graduate psychology training program. Julia is owner and therapist at Ocean Therapy in Houston, TX, offering telehealth therapy to young adults in their 20s and 30s who are struggling with anxiety. Check it out here: https://www.oceantherapy.net/

!!! TRIGGER WARNING: Sensitive listeners, please be aware that strong emotional topics, like self-harm and hospitalization, are discussed in this episode. !!!We’re coloring outside the lines today with a life coach-comedian-author-and viral slam poet, and it’s one of the more interesting discussions we’ve had on the podcast. Justin Blackburn joins us to talk about connecting to source, purpose, and feeling good, rather than struggling to fit in, accepting a ready-made identity, and believing our own bullshit. We touch on everything, from Carl Rogers, psychiatric medications and mental institutions, spirituality, and negative self-talk, to creativity, fraternities, and the frustrating paradox of marketing oneself to help others. Justin Blackburn is a Life Coach https://creatingyourselfcoaching.com, Viral Slam Poet, Author, and Comedian https://www.youtube.com/user/JustinisBlackburn/videos . Always connected to his spiritual gifts, Justin began giving intuitive psychic readings at 22 years old at spiritual shops in the Southeast. From there Justin was hired at different spiritual businesses such as Kimah Healing Art Center, Costa Rica Yoga Spa, and Willow Dreams. From there Justin created his life coaching business, Creating Yourself Coaching, where he inspires people to deliberately create the life they desire.Honorable Mentions:Justin’s favorite authors and Books: Abraham Hicks https://www.abraham-hicks.comDr. Jonas Dispenza https://drjoedispenza.com Louise Hay https://www.louisehay.com Conversations with God https://www.amazon.com/Conversations-God-Uncommon-Dialogue-Book/dp/0399142789 The Power of Your Subconscious Mind https://read.amazon.com/kp/embed?asin=B07YJGS2VD&preview=newtab&linkCode=kpe&ref_=cm_sw_r_kb_dp_TPV8FD36Y4X6N1KVVVMG  The Rosenhan mental institution study (fact check: NOT Rosenberg/Rosenthal, as Julia mistakenly said!), “On Being Sane in Insane Places”: https://www.oulu.fi/sites/default/files/content/AOH%20Terveenä%20epäterveissä%20paikoissa.pdf Walt Whitman’s poem “Song of Myself” https://poets.org/poem/song-myself-51 and the Bob Dylan song that quotes it (another fact check for our source memory problems) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pgEP8teNXwY ---Welcome to the Psychologists Podcast. We're psyc Welcome to The Psychologists Podcast, where we talk about all things psychology through a very personal lens. Gill Strait PhD and Julia Strait PhD are both Licensed Psychologists (TX) and Licensed Specialists in School Psychology (LSSPs, TX). They are alumni of The University of South Carolina School Psychology Doctoral Program (Go Gamecocks). Gill is a teacher, researcher, and supervisor at a university graduate psychology training program. Julia is owner and therapist at Ocean Therapy in Houston, TX, offering telehealth therapy to young adults in their 20s and 30s who are struggling with anxiety. Check it out here: https://www.oceantherapy.net/

Ever tried to get someone else to change? It’s so freaking hard! How do we help people do things they want to do, but aren’t really doing (yet)? Dr. Gill Strait is an expert on this, and today he gets a reverse interview from his doctoral student, Qi Te, on his favorite topic besides Widespread Panic: Motivational Interviewing. (This is PART 1 of a multi-part series on MI with Gill and Qi Te.)Qi Te is a first-year PsyD student at UH Clear Lake. He worked as a high school counselor in Beijing and had a professional background in student leadership development. In his spare time, Qite loves to sweat doing crossfit and washing dishes while listening to his favorite podcasts. His goal this year is to finish his thesis and to find out who makes the best BBQ in Houston.Honorable Mentions:MI book by Miller and Rollnick Motivational Interviewing: Helping People Change, 3rd Edition (Applications of Motivational Interviewing)https://www.amazon.com/dp/1609182278/ref=cm_sw_r_awdo_A1Z9AW9GF5T7K3MYG2WX Paper we published on cognitive appropriateness of using MI with adolescents https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/1754730X.2012.736789 Student checkup https://studentcheckup.org Lao Tzu: Tao Te Ching: A Book about the Way and the Power of the Way https://www.amazon.com/dp/1611807247/ref=cm_sw_r_awdo_C2TP35TGPM5PDYEV80RW The Tao of Leadership: Lao Tzu's Tao Te Ching Adapted for a New Agehttps://www.amazon.com/dp/1623860199/ref=cm_sw_r_awdo_15X9GT58XB67SEYMGA77 Cultural implications for MI (eg Guilt vs shame in Eastern Asian thought)Spirit Vegetables-----Welcome to the Psychologists Podcast, hosted by Drs. Gill and Julia Strait. We're psychologists, we're married, and we're trying to figure out how to keep two small children alive. Join us as we explore psychology research and practice through a very personal lens. ***https://tinyurl.com/Thepsychologists  ***Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thepsychologists ***Twitter @psychspodcast Welcome to The Psychologists Podcast, where we talk about all things psychology through a very personal lens. Gill Strait PhD and Julia Strait PhD are both Licensed Psychologists (TX) and Licensed Specialists in School Psychology (LSSPs, TX). They are alumni of The University of South Carolina School Psychology Doctoral Program (Go Gamecocks). Gill is a teacher, researcher, and supervisor at a university graduate psychology training program. Julia is owner and therapist at Ocean Therapy in Houston, TX, offering telehealth therapy to young adults in their 20s and 30s who are struggling with anxiety. Check it out here: https://www.oceantherapy.net/

Funnest episode ever award goes to this one, in which we talk with Dr. Emily Fessler, sex therapist and marriage and family therapist/couples therapist and professor of MFT, about marriage and relationships, sex (yep, sex!), and the 5 Things she recommends for people looking to grow or maintain their romantic connection.Emily Kahumoku Fessler (therapy practice web site: http://Therapyco.net and Instagram: @thefullemilyexperience)  is a native Hawaiian/Irish professor of Marriage and family therapy and a private practitioner. She’s got a casual, laid-back approach to therapy (and life) and doesn’t sweat it when things get heated in session. She’s been described by one of her long-time clients as “the everyday people’s sex therapist” and can’t count on both hands how many times she been cornered at a party by someone that says, “Can I ask you a weird question?”Honorable Mentions:Barry MCarthy (sex researcher)“The 5 Things” you can do to maintain/build your romantic relationshipResponsive sexual desireRecommended Reading:The 80/80 Marriage, by Kaley Klemp and Nate Klemp PhDCome As You Are, by Emily Nagoski PhD (women-targeted)She Comes First, by Ian Kerner PhD (husband-targeted)—Welcome to the Psychologists Podcast, hosted by Drs. Gill and Julia Strait. We're psychologists, we're married, and we're trying to figure out how to keep two small children alive. Join us as we explore psychology research and practice through a very personal lens. ***https://tinyurl.com/Thepsychologists ***Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thepsychologists ***Twitter @psychspodcast Welcome to The Psychologists Podcast, where we talk about all things psychology through a very personal lens. Gill Strait PhD and Julia Strait PhD are both Licensed Psychologists (TX) and Licensed Specialists in School Psychology (LSSPs, TX). They are alumni of The University of South Carolina School Psychology Doctoral Program (Go Gamecocks). Gill is a teacher, researcher, and supervisor at a university graduate psychology training program. Julia is owner and therapist at Ocean Therapy in Houston, TX, offering telehealth therapy to young adults in their 20s and 30s who are struggling with anxiety. Check it out here: https://www.oceantherapy.net/

Welcome back to the Psychologists Podcast, where we talk about all things psychology through a very personal lens.In this instant smash hit episode, Gill and Julia interview their former student, 4-months-from-graduating doctoral candidate Jocelyn Gomez, about how growing up in hospitals with Osteogenesis Imperfecta (OI) and Spanish-speaking parents shaped her desire to connect, mentor, and help others through hospital- and primary-care-based clinical psychology services. Jocelyn is a doctoral candidate at the University of Houston-Clear Lake and is completing a psychology residency in pediatric psychology at Nemours Children's Health - Delaware. Starting this fall, she will be completing a pediatric psychology fellowship at Baylor College of Medicine/Texas Children's Hospital. Jocelyn identifies as a disabled Mexican-American and provides services in Spanish and English to children and their families.Honorable Mentions:Jocelyn on Twitter: jocelyngomez_03 (she's kind of a big deal)Jocelyn on Instagram: jocelyn_gomez03 Osteogenesis Imperfecta (OI) Foundation https://oif.orgNational Latinx Psychological Association https://www.nlpa.ws -----Hosted by Gill Strait PhD and Julia Englund Strait, PhD.We're psychologists, we're married, and we're trying to figure out how to keep two small children alive. Join us as we explore psychology research and practice through a very personal lens. ***https://tinyurl.com/Thepsychologists ***Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thepsychologists ***Twitter @psychspodcast Welcome to The Psychologists Podcast, where we talk about all things psychology through a very personal lens. Gill Strait PhD and Julia Strait PhD are both Licensed Psychologists (TX) and Licensed Specialists in School Psychology (LSSPs, TX). They are alumni of The University of South Carolina School Psychology Doctoral Program (Go Gamecocks). Gill is a teacher, researcher, and supervisor at a university graduate psychology training program. Julia is owner and therapist at Ocean Therapy in Houston, TX, offering telehealth therapy to young adults in their 20s and 30s who are struggling with anxiety. Check it out here: https://www.oceantherapy.net/

Welcome back to The Psychologists Podcast, where we talk all things psychology through a very personal lens. It's Season 2, and we're dusting off the mics and re-subscribing to a pro Zoom account. Oh, and we are figuring out how to work Twitter this year! (judge our ridiculously bad social media savvy at @psychspodcast)Today, Gill and Julia talk with psychologist Cynthya Campbell Palmer, PhD about:starting a nonprofitculturally competent mental health serviceswork-life balance (including burnout red flags, passion vs. fit, individual vs. systemic responsibility)the importance of having CHOICES in work and in therapyDr. Cynthya Campbell Palmer ( https://drcampbellpalmer.com ) received her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from Loyola University Chicago. She has served as a director of a clinical psychology training clinic and as a clinical assistant professor. Dr. Palmer’s clinical experience includes working in medical settings as a pediatric psychologist and as a behavioral health consultant at a large federally qualified health center. In addition to providing clinical service, Dr. Palmer has worked as a researcher on various projects. Her current interests include researching mental health services among communities of color and help seeking through organizations of faith. She has published in peer-reviewed journals on topics related to mental health. She also trains, supervises and mentors pre-licensed professionals. Dr. Palmer currently owns a private practice providing therapy to youth and adults and conducts workshops and presentations on various topics related to mental health.Honorable Mentions:New Journey Counseling Center (Houston, TX metro area; coming soon!)LEAD (Letting Everyone Achieve Dreams) https://www.linkedin.com/company/letting-everyone-achieve-dreams/about/Dr. Palmer's private therapy practice: https://drcampbellpalmer.com-----Hosted by Gill Strait PhD and Julia Englund Strait, PhD.We're psychologists, we're married, and we're trying to figure out how to keep two small children alive. Join us as we explore psychology research and practice through a very personal lens. ***https://tinyurl.com/Thepsychologists ***Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thepsychologists ***Twitter @psychspodcast Welcome to The Psychologists Podcast, where we talk about all things psychology through a very personal lens. Gill Strait PhD and Julia Strait PhD are both Licensed Psychologists (TX) and Licensed Specialists in School Psychology (LSSPs, TX). They are alumni of The University of South Carolina School Psychology Doctoral Program (Go Gamecocks). Gill is a teacher, researcher, and supervisor at a university graduate psychology training program. Julia is owner and therapist at Ocean Therapy in Houston, TX, offering telehealth therapy to young adults in their 20s and 30s who are struggling with anxiety. Check it out here: https://www.oceantherapy.net/

…The final Miniseries episode (for now), In which my inner conflict about diagnosing people emerges :)—Some people call us “testers,” so what is a psychological test??? I’ll tell you about the pros and cons of three kinds of measures (scales, tests, whatever) that are commonly used in psychological evaluations (and research).---In this special Miss Diagnosis miniseries, we're looking behind the scenes at psychological assessment--the underused and little known but totally helpful psychological service that helps you answer questions like, "Am I normal?", and/or "Do I have ADHD...or PTSD, or Autism, or OCD, or Bipolar, or...?", and/or "What treatment(s) will be best for me?"Look for polls and comment on posts on my Instagram @drjuliatx as we go through the series. I want to know what you want to know!---I'm Julia Strait, and I'm a licensed psychologist specializing in comprehensive, trauma-informed, neurodiversity-inclusive, collaborative psychological assessment. You can find me...on Instagram @drjuliatxat the private practice where I work: https://steppingstonetherapy.org/strait/at Psychology Today: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/therapists/julia-strait-webster-tx/444237on the Psychology Today blog, This Emotional Mind: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/emotional-mindon Amazon, with an anxiety book for teens (adults can use it too :)): https://www.amazon.com/Panic-Attacks-Workbook-Teens-psychology/dp/1648766137 Welcome to The Psychologists Podcast, where we talk about all things psychology through a very personal lens. Gill Strait PhD and Julia Strait PhD are both Licensed Psychologists (TX) and Licensed Specialists in School Psychology (LSSPs, TX). They are alumni of The University of South Carolina School Psychology Doctoral Program (Go Gamecocks). Gill is a teacher, researcher, and supervisor at a university graduate psychology training program. Julia is owner and therapist at Ocean Therapy in Houston, TX, offering telehealth therapy to young adults in their 20s and 30s who are struggling with anxiety. Check it out here: https://www.oceantherapy.net/