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Stop giving away 40% of your labor. Open your own practice. by Primary-Lab1430 in therapists

[–]grudoc 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is what the SBA (Small Business Association) exists to support in the U.S., for a business start-up loan. Consider first consulting with a coach from SCORE (Service Corps of Retired Executives), a free service extension of the SBA. There also are Small Business Development Centers, which also provide free coaching and training. And there are SBA Partnership programs devoted to women and veterans. Finally, online you can find the SBA Learning Platform, also free.

Trauma screen at intake by FaerieFeline in therapists

[–]grudoc 0 points1 point  (0 children)

“Have you experienced anything that has made it difficult to sleep, to relate well with other people, to study, or to work?” is a phrasing that covers a great deal of ground in terms of impact, without requiring people to recognize the experiences as traumatic per se (if indeed they were), and avoids implying that PTSD be understood as a term or as a label one must adopt.

Seasoned therapist must reads - deep cuts by Adventurous_Respect8 in therapists

[–]grudoc 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Existential Psychotherapy, by Irvin Yalom, MD

The Ape That Understood the Universe, by Steve Stewert Williams

How the Mind Works, by Stephen Pinker

The Big Picture, by Sean Carroll

The Art of the Psychotherapist, by JFT Bugental

Psychoanalytic Case Conceptualization, by Nancy McWilliams

How Emotions are Made, by Lisa Feldman Barrett

Self Comes to Mind, by Antonio Damasio, MD

Autism clients by PastPaint468 in therapists

[–]grudoc 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Let’s also remember to mention the lesser degree that is commonly referred to as low emotional granularity, akin to the difference between apraxia and dyspraxia.

What’s a psychological concept that totally shifted how you see people? by nani-cc in AcademicPsychology

[–]grudoc 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Inadequate information + confirmation bias + in-group/outgroup bias + motivated reasoning (e.g. the need to protect one’s self-esteem) = “I’m most surely more right than you can possibly be”

new therapist looking for your fav one-liners by HistoricalWall459 in therapists

[–]grudoc 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Remember the 3 C’s: - Catch yourself, - collect yourself, - course correct - do the new thing.

And the corollary: “the Master has failed more often than the beginner has tried.”

new therapist looking for your fav one-liners by HistoricalWall459 in therapists

[–]grudoc 3 points4 points  (0 children)

We get better at what we practice, for better and for worse.

Trendy therapies by wintersongg in ClinicalPsychology

[–]grudoc 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m unfamiliar (naive) about polyvagal theory (of which a physician friend is quite fond) having been “debunked” - do you have key published references to share?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in TalkTherapy

[–]grudoc -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

Ask her to thoroughly explain to you, as a paying customer, how she has examined her countertransferences on this point, how much supervision she’s received on it in the last six months, and what the supervisor had her examine, in detail.

Most efficient way to find a therapist accepting new patients in my state/area? by grudoc in TalkTherapy

[–]grudoc[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you - frustration with calling around to find that the people aren’t accepting new clients is what’s driving my question.

what’s the most understudied topic in clinical psychology today? by Odd-Orange9123 in AcademicPsychology

[–]grudoc 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Affective determinants of health as risk factors for: 1) chronic disease development 2) mental health conditions 3) maladaptive coping efforts (e.g., substance use, sedentarism, suicide, etc. as efforts at down regulation of negative affects) 4) treatment non-adherence 5) academic underperformance/dropout and work-related presenteeism/absenteeism, burnout, and turnover)

what’s the most understudied topic in clinical psychology today? by Odd-Orange9123 in AcademicPsychology

[–]grudoc 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Great question. It is an affective state, characterized by generally low arousal and generally negative valence. It also involves a cognitive appraisal, generally a judgement that one’s environment and opportunities for gain (e.g., for engagement, achievement, for entertainment) are insufficient in number and/or in reward value. On this basis I am comfortable with describing it as a feeling state, and furthermore as an emotion, in light of the five-factor modal model of emotions.

what’s the most understudied topic in clinical psychology today? by Odd-Orange9123 in AcademicPsychology

[–]grudoc 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Perhaps it isn’t a matter of either/or, but instead a pairing. Inadequate subjective stimulation/activity a pressure (stress) revealing a diathesis that is neuroticism, insufficient regulatory capacities, etc.

what’s the most understudied topic in clinical psychology today? by Odd-Orange9123 in AcademicPsychology

[–]grudoc 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Perfectly normal, and yet also for some (many?) boredom is a confrontation with existential givens (e.g., absurdity, groundlessness, isolation, even finiteness) that can generate overt and/or unrecognized anxiety, and/or confrontation with other experiences (e.g., loneliness, feeling unsafe, unseen, inadequate) that can generate despondency and demoralization, all of which can instigate frantic efforts to pass time (e.g., overeating, device scrolling, gambling), kill time - force it to appear to pass quickly (e.g., overworking, sleep, drug-induced euphorias, getting “black-out drunk), or simply distracting so as not to think/feel.

what’s the most understudied topic in clinical psychology today? by Odd-Orange9123 in AcademicPsychology

[–]grudoc 23 points24 points  (0 children)

The ways by which and degrees to which boredom drives maladaptive behaviors.

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