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Licensure Mobility as a Psychologist: Bank Your Credentials
Imagine these scenarios:
1. You are a practicing licensed psychologist, presented with the opportunity of a lifetime across the country.
2. You live on the border between two states and want to expand your practice into another state.
3. You have to move to a different state for your partner’s new job – or you’re just looking for a change of scenery.
Each of these scenarios requires you to obtain a license in a new jurisdiction.
If you read my previous article about becoming licensed, you know that the process is detailed. I was initially licensed in Virginia, two months before learning that I would soon move to South Carolina. Luckily, I was prepared for this; I knew that this would only be the first of many moves.
Wanting to ensure that my license was mobile, I took steps to meet potential training requirements a state may have (like completing a postdoc) and gathering certain information and “banking” it in one place.
Client Boundaries in a Forensic Setting
Imagine that you are in private practice. You are wrapping up your first session with a new client and he reaches out to shake your hand. What is your response?
Now imagine that you are doing clinical work in a correctional facility. Your client, a prisoner, reaches out to shake your hand at the end of a session. What is your response? Is there a difference between how you would respond in the first scenario versus this one?
Are there definitive right or wrong ways to respond to either scenario?
6 Ways to Develop a Better Reputation in Grad School
You work hard. It’s Friday, and here you sit in your last class of the day running at about 10% capacity. You begin to nod off as your professor blesses the class by turning off the lights to show a video clip. As you slide slowly off your seat and are rudely greeted by the cold floor, you realize that you might not be showing your best self.
Granted, humans have bad days. Although we can’t always prevent off-days from happening, we can work to improve the message we send.
5 Steps to Building Your Personal Self-Care Plan
Self-care. Everyone in our professional and personal lives talks about it, but it’s easier said than done, right?
It seems we all intend on going to the gym, spending valuable time with loved ones and enjoying those extra moments of our favorite television shows, but sometimes things get lost in translation. And we may find ourselves yet again buried underneath a mountain of work with little hope of accessing our original intent.
So, what’s the remedy? There are lots of resources available to us, but perhaps if we set aside some time to build our self-care plan, it is less likely to crumble under stress.
A Psychologist’s Honest Review of 7 Cups of Tea
A few weeks ago, I wrote an article discussing the problems with obtaining mental health care without insurance. One of the suggestions I included was using an online community, such as 7 Cups of Tea, for additional support when needed.
While this site has become fairly well known, I know many people who still are not aware of it or who do not know what an amazing resource it can be. The goal of this blog article, therefore, is to introduce readers to 7 Cups of Tea as well as provide an inside view of the site from a psychologist’s perspective.
How to Make a Great Therapist LinkedIn Profile in 3 Easy Steps
LinkedIn has the unfortunate distinction of being the most boring social network. Facebook allows you to stay in touch with friends, Pinterest helps you get inspired, Twitter gives you breaking news as it happens. But LinkedIn? It’s just not that much fun.
But that’s okay. LinkedIn isn’t there to entertain you. It’s there to get you a job. A good LinkedIn profile could mean the difference between landing your dream job or internship, and struggling to find a position.
And the good news is that creating a quality LinkedIn profile doesn’t take long at all. In fact, I’ll show you how to set up a killer profile in about an hour.
How to Start a Student Interest Group in Grad School
If you have settled into a graduate program, then you have likely heard of many different types of student groups. Committees, support, clubs, and interest groups are ways that graduate students can organize meetings and other events in the pursuit of a common goal. These goals may range from community-building to self-care to social justice. Although many programs already have established groups, grad students may have difficulty finding their particular niche.
Well, if you can’t join ‘em… why not start your own? My hope is that this article will give you a frame to work with as you nurture your idea into a thriving Student Interest Group.
How to Network as a Grad Student in Behavioral Health
Networking – we all know it’s necessary in our field. Particularly if you are in a smaller specialty area like neuropsychology, everyone knows everyone so you need to start networking as early as you possibly can.
But how do you network as a graduate student?
Forensic Psychology 101 for Grad Students: What’s Forensic Psychology?
In my early undergraduate years, the term “forensic psychology” always sounded so glamorous. Of course, this was just as televisions shows like CSI and NCIS started to become popular. Everyone thought that being a forensic psychologist meant you would be a criminal profiler or out in the field solving crimes.
How to Start a Private Practice on a Budget
Once you’ve gotten your license, you might be ready to take the next step in your career and move into private practice. This seems like an expensive proposition, and you may not be able to quit your day job to jump head first into this venture. However, the cost of opening your own practice doesn’t have to be out of reach.
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