Dr. Thomas DiBlasi is an associate professor at St. Joseph’s College in New York, where he teaches and writes about the history of psychology.  Tom completed his PhD at Hofstra where he received general and specialized training in treating anxiety, depression, anger, and crisis counseling. At St. Joseph’s College, he I teaches undergraduate students and research anger, aggression, and revenge.  I am lucky enough to have nearly ten publications and over 25 presentations on such topics. I consider myself fortunate to have a clinical and a teaching job, where people trust me to be vulnerable and allow me to help them carve their path.  You can read more, here.

You can reach Tom on Psychology Today and My OCD Care

You can follow Tom on Twitter @DiBlasiPhD.

Some Highlights:

• Psychology- is it really a science?


• Objectivity and history


• John Watson and Behaviorism


• Predict, Control, Describe, and Explain


• Associationalism, neobehaviorism, and sociobehaviorism


• Teaching undergraduates online during the spread of COVID-19


• Substance abuse, anger management, and the compassion of psychology


• Use of technology for the development of social skills and emotion


• Fire Emblem, Super Smash Bros., and the benefits of the Nintendo Switch


• Tools for online teaching: Watercooler dialogue, discussion posts and replies, and standard meeting times


• Creating To-Do lists and schedules to get through shelter-in-place days

Suggestions:

• Tom: Use behaviorism to change your behavior and live the life that you want to live. Make to-do lists the night before and set out to accomplish them the next day. Use positive reinforcement to help develop behaviors. Read some of the classics:
  
  
  
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• Steven: Play Football Manager 20 for free (Until April 1, 2020 on steam!)

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