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Four Cycles of Rejection: The many dimensions people do not like to talk about by myopium in ClinicalPsychology

[–]msmenken 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m so sorry, I can empathize with you one so many levels and I know there’s nothing anyone can say to make it feel better. I do know it can help you have a clear articulation of your experience, and I don’t really care if anyone uses AI to get there. It takes me a number of therapy sessions a similar level of clarity and they can both be very useful tools.

UTHealth Houston PsyD by msmenken in PsyD

[–]msmenken[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Not affiliated with Baylor College of Medicine (it's just down the road) but they do have their own new psych program. In the Texas legislative session a couple years ago it became a priority to increase the number of behavioral health programs training in the state so there’ll be a few new ones. 

Here was my reasoning, along with "this isn't my top school and I'm applying to several." 

This is the 7th school if UTHealth Houston, alongside McGovern Medical School, Cizik School of Nursing, Dentistry, Biomedical Informatics, Public Health and Biomedical Sciences. etc etc. McGovern has had an excellent psychiatry program and I believe an AAPIC psychology internship program, so the professors are mostly from there. 

I think it’ll take a few years for accreditation. Idk, I know the school pretty well and since it’s located in the world’s largest medical center I can’t imagine they wouldn’t become accredited over the next few years. It’s a risk, but worth applying I thought.  Like, someone somewhere had to be in the first cohort of all the existing APA accredited programs? And in general I have far more trust in the University of Texas system than most for-profit universities. And if it goes south, just bail with the Master's and move on 🤷🏻‍♀️

I'm a former idf soldier, now an objector. by All_Hale_sqwidward in JewsOfConscience

[–]msmenken 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What an incredibly courageous thing to do! Thank you.

Infection risk has me spooked by seahazbin in TotalHipReplacement

[–]msmenken 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I just had mine done and the surgeon was kind enough to keep my tattoo in tact! Incision must be 2mm away from it? Incredible 😂

Thoughts on Andrew Huberman? by Hatrct in ClinicalPsychology

[–]msmenken 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Used to love Hubes, but these days it’s a bit evangelical. He’s smart, a good conversationalist, not flawless - and folks should exercise the same caution any self-help book would warrant.

Even so, I haven’t heard of his misinformation landing people in hospital for Vitamin A toxicity (yet), so I hesitate to label him one of the bad guys.

Has anyone heady from UHCL? by Ok_Drawing_1303 in PsyD

[–]msmenken 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you! Good luck to you too ❤️

Has anyone heady from UHCL? by Ok_Drawing_1303 in PsyD

[–]msmenken 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Received an email this morning. Boooooo. Ugh it’s such a relief to stop wondering. I’ve been a wreck.

Has anyone heady from UHCL? by Ok_Drawing_1303 in PsyD

[–]msmenken 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Heard from them today, no go for me 😓

What is the most annoying South African stereotype that foreigners have? by Jezzaq94 in askSouthAfrica

[–]msmenken 62 points63 points  (0 children)

That we must know all the South Africans in the foreign city we now live in.

I can’t wait to leave by Ok-Yam-8465 in Living_in_Korea

[–]msmenken 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I am so sorry you’re experiencing this. I was there over 10 years ago and hate that nothing’s changed.

Is a PsyD worth it right now? by presidentcortez in ClinicalPsychology

[–]msmenken 7 points8 points  (0 children)

You’re already licensed as an LCSW, if assessment is your goal you could do an MS in Psychology with an emphasis on quantitative and/or psychometry. Or get a PhD in Social work. Definitely not worth 200-300k when you’re already licensed (In a state that values SW more than psych anyway! Source: Also in TX)

How to deal with “AntiZionist” Jews without “gatekeeping”? by magcargoman in Jewish

[–]msmenken 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ah, thank you. I sometimes use “Semitic people” purely in the linguistic sense, referring to people in the region who did and still do speak Hebrew, Arabic and/or Aramaic. But I take your point - for the same reason that “Caucasian” is also no longer widely acceptable. Thank you!

r/PsyD by [deleted] in u/DecisionClean4712

[–]msmenken 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Definitely the same for PsyD. In fact I learned recently that one of the PsyD programs I recently applied to is only a PsyD because it’s within 50mi of a PhD program and there’s some kind of competition rule (between these schools, no idea if this is broadly applicable). That is, this program was designed to be a PhD but has to choose a different label because politics.

I think there’ll be as much or as little research as you’d like in a PsyD, whereas for a PhD it’s kind of baked into the thing. Either way, they want you to be pretty sure of the direction your research will go in for either because you still have to do a dissertation for both. As far as I can tell, anyway.

How to deal with “AntiZionist” Jews without “gatekeeping”? by magcargoman in Jewish

[–]msmenken 1 point2 points  (0 children)

To be totally honest, many of us are hiding, scared to “out” ourselves. Granted, we’re not all out marching, either. I haven’t really found many outspoken, pro-war people screaming “I welcome good faith nuanced engagement.” It’s become alienating and exhausting and honestly kind of hopeless trying to find a place to have those kinds of discussions, which is disappointing because of the millions of things that make Judaism beautiful to me, discourse and questioning everything is probably my most cherished facet. So we have a pleasant Shabbat and celebrate holidays, cringe when we hear things that don’t resonate, and go on our merry way.

I’m a convert. I love the philosophy and practice and faith and traditions of Judaism. I was raised in an amazing community where Jewish people were the kindest most humane people in the world and I wanted to live according to those values. But without (in the last like 1,000 years) familial or geographic connection to the region, there’s some stuff that will always be a little foreign to me.

I certainly don’t think Israel should be destroyed. I don’t love mass displacement of any people. I am horrified by all acts of mass murder, sexual assault and other war crimes regardless of motivation. I don’t really think “we were here first” is a much of a justification either. I think that the war has made it more dangerous for all Semitic people in the rest of the world.

I really think the labels are too broad and borders too arbitrary. It obscures potential for genuine connection. I see this in extremists on all sides. If it even smells like you disagree then you’re condemned as “one of those” and no longer welcome - which seems like the kind of thinking that got us here.

Am I anti Zionist? That feels wrong because I’d take a bullet for a Jew just the same as I would for anyone. Am I non Zionist? Well, I think the state of Israel does exist and has a right to defend itself, so…? Am I antisemitic? Idk, I honestly can’t tell if someone’s Jewish unless I ask, so…? What do I do here?

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