UCSC PSYCHOLOGY DEPARTMENT

Welcome to Systems of Psychotherapy

Winter, 2012; Instructor: Veronica Tonay, PhD; site last updated: 3/30/12

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

A colleague of mine, Dr. Ernest Hartmann, is doing research on dreams. To access his survey, visit this link.

Concerned about what you don't know? Read this (the comments are particularly funny). ~:)

More on the DSM-V revision.

Freud's Three Essays on the Theory of Sexuality (p.184).

Lives Restored (NY Times): inspiring stories of mental illness and recovery, including that of Marsha Linehan, the developer of Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, used with borderline personality disorder (she recently revealed she had the disorder, herself).

One in five adults in US mentally ill in 2010, according to this article

Suicides down amongst returning vets; domestic violence and child abuse up

In the news: New Generation Affected by Narcissism

Few Americans Aware of Mental Health Parity Law

Tips for applying for grad school and psychotherapy licensure: please scroll down for links.

COURSE INFORMATION:

What is plagiarism? part one

What is plagiarism? part two, with examples

UC policy on academic integrity
COURSE HANDOUTS:

APA Article on Ethics

How College Papers Are Graded

CAREER INFORMATION:

Various Psychotherapy Licenses and What They Require

What Graduate School Should I Apply To?

Tips for Preparing for and Applying to Graduate School

A Comprehensive Page on Careers, from Dr. Suler at Rider University in NJ

OTHER USEFUL LINKS:

National Institute of Mental Health

Mental Health Net: Info. regarding diagnosis and treatment of most emotional problems psychotherapists treat; different systems of therapy; links; newsgroups; etc.

Article from the perspective of a medicating psychiatrist

Timely article: "Empathy: College Students Don't Have as Much as They Used To, Study Finds" Includes the test used and suggestions for improving empathy (I'm sure psych majors score higher on empathy!)

American Psychological Association Home Page

California Psychological Association Home Page

REBT Information: Albert Ellis Association

International Association for Cognitive Psychotherapy: Links

The American Psychoanalytic Association

Object Relations Psychotherapy information

C.G. Jung Institute, San Francisco

Association for Humanistic Psychology

www.drtonay.com: info on psychotherapy topics

Blog: Creative Dreamers, an educative blog about dreams.


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