Sentences with phrase «health psychologist for»

I am getting my license as a Clinical Psychologist, although I have a certification as a Health Psychologist for nearly 20 years.

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«Psychologists and other mental health experts often advise people to set low expectations for their life to ensure they are not disappointed,» Siebold writes.

but fortunately there are psychologists, mental health practitioners and others who do and I have benefitted greatly from their work, personal testimonies and the various articles / publications which they have produced --(for example, The Journal of Transpersonal Psychology; The Religious & Spiritual Problems category in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 4th Edition (DSM - IV) published by the American Psychiatric Association; The US National Library of Medicine National Institutes of Health PubMed.gov database of healthcare and scientific literature)-- about the adverse psychological effects which can arise when persons engage in intense / deep spiritual practices such as intense / deep prayer, fasting and meditation which alter their state of consciouhealth practitioners and others who do and I have benefitted greatly from their work, personal testimonies and the various articles / publications which they have produced --(for example, The Journal of Transpersonal Psychology; The Religious & Spiritual Problems category in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 4th Edition (DSM - IV) published by the American Psychiatric Association; The US National Library of Medicine National Institutes of Health PubMed.gov database of healthcare and scientific literature)-- about the adverse psychological effects which can arise when persons engage in intense / deep spiritual practices such as intense / deep prayer, fasting and meditation which alter their state of consciouHealth PubMed.gov database of healthcare and scientific literature)-- about the adverse psychological effects which can arise when persons engage in intense / deep spiritual practices such as intense / deep prayer, fasting and meditation which alter their state of consciousness.

During the last three decades, for example, organizations representing 1.5 million U.S. health professionals (doctors, psychiatrists, psychologists, counselors, and educators) have stated definitively that homosexual orientation is as natural as heterosexual orientation; that sexual orientation is determined by a combination of yet unknown pre - and post — natal influences, and that it is dangerous and inappropriate to tell a homosexual that he or she could or should attempt to change his or her sexual orientation.

These questions are the same as those to which we have addressed ourselves in a five - year National Institute of Mental Health Research and Training Project for the training of clergymen in the field of alcoholism conducted at the Georgian Clinic (1964 - 69)(«Pilot Project for Clinical Training of Clergymen in The Field of Alcoholism» NIMH Grant # 8589, staffed by: George P. Dominick, Co-Director; John M. Crow, Coordinator of Training; Melvin B. Drurker, Clinical Psychologist for Evaluation.)

Dr. Brian Wansink, a food psychologist at Cornell University and author of Slim by Design: Mindless Eating Solutions for Everyday Life, says, «People who are attracted to meat - shaped veggie foods are vegetarian for health reasons, not animal - rights reasons, and they're the biggest growing part of that market.»

His mother went further, encouraging her son to get professional help for his mental health and arranging an appointment with a Miami area psychologist.

Psychologists offer some suggestions for mothers who want to encourage their children to succeed, but not at the expense of their mental and emotional health.

Kathleen Kendall - Tackett, PhD, IBCLC, FAPA is a health psychologist, board - certified lactation consultant, member of the LLLI Health Advisory Council, and was a La Leche League Leader for 20 health psychologist, board - certified lactation consultant, member of the LLLI Health Advisory Council, and was a La Leche League Leader for 20 Health Advisory Council, and was a La Leche League Leader for 20 years.

Try these energy - boosting tips from psychologist Hendrie Weisinger, author of The Genius of Instinct: Reclaim Mother Nature's Tools for Enhancing Your Health, Happiness, Family, and Work.

«When considering feeding options, it's important for you both to assess, in an ongoing way, what you each expect to do, and, ultimately, what is realistic for you and your new baby,» says Shara Marrero Brofman, PsyD, a reproductive and perinatal psychologist at the Seleni Institute, a nonprofit organization that specializes in women's maternal and reproductive mental health.

The Therapy for Black Girls Podcast is a weekly conversation with Dr. Joy Harden Bradford, a licensed Psychologist in Atlanta, Georgia, about all things mental health, personal development, and all the small decisions we can make to become the best possible versions of ourselves.

In addition to helping parents make the best and most appropriate decision for themselves, the information provided here should also be of use to educators, health professionals, public health officials, the media, sleep researchers, child protective services, coroners, forensic pathologists, anthropologists, psychiatrists, psychologists and other social scientists, as well as researchers in a variety the developmental fields including human biology.

The Therapy for Black Girls Podcast is a weekly conversation with Dr. Joy Harden Bradford, a Licensed Psychologist in Atlanta, Georgia, about all things mental health, personal development, and all the small decisions we can make to become the best...

The Therapy for Black GirlsTM Podcast is a weekly conversation with Dr. Joy Harden Bradford, a licensed Psychologist in Atlanta, Georgia, about all things mental health, personal development, and all the small decisions we can make to become the best...

Dr. Kathleen Kendall - Tackett is a health psychologist and an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant and has been a La Leche League Leader for 19 years.

Attachment theory originated in the late 1960s when psychologist John Bowlby postulated that a warm, intimate relationship between caregiver and infant is necessary for optimal health as well as for basic survival.

A comprehensive evaluation by a mental health professional (e.g., a psychologist, psychiatrist, or clinical social worker) is important for confirming the presence of selective mutism (SM) and identifying other conditions that might contribute to impairments in functioning.

Your teen may be referred to a mental health professional, like a psychiatrist or a psychologist, for a further evaluation.

For example, if a person with diabetes feels they require emotional or psychological support to help them manage their diabetes, their health service should provide them with the opportunity to see a qualified psychologist or trained counsellor.

The health benefits of «water clubs» in care homes for the elderly, where residents gather together regularly to drink water, owe as least as much to the social nature of the activity as to the value of drinking water itself, an investigation by psychologists has shown.

For half a century, psychologists have studied how an individual's perception of control affects everything from health to relationships.

For example, in a 2008 study psychologist Kelley Drummond and her colleagues interviewed 25 adult women who were referred by their parents for assessment at a mental health clinic when they were between three and 12 years oFor example, in a 2008 study psychologist Kelley Drummond and her colleagues interviewed 25 adult women who were referred by their parents for assessment at a mental health clinic when they were between three and 12 years ofor assessment at a mental health clinic when they were between three and 12 years old.

The obvious choice for such experience is the NHS, which hires graduates as assistant psychologists, psychological well - being practitioners or primary care mental health workers.

Daydreaming seems to be bad for your mental health, say the psychologists who used an iPhone app to track the moods of more than 2000 people.

The HOPE intervention, led by psychologist Sean Young, Ph.D., associate professor of family medicine and executive director of the University of California Institute for Prediction Technology, aims to harness the immense power of social media to improve public health.

In addition to laying groundwork for accounting for personality traits in gamifying chronic illness management, the study «also shows the strength in multidisciplinary research that brings together clinicians, health IT researchers and psychologists,» Dugas says.

Those 140 character tweets, and not just the ones about health, have been a treasure chest for epidemiologists, computer scientists, psychologists, and many others to dig through.

«Locomotors, more than assessors, benefited from the app, as the relationship between locomotion and performance over time was a bit stronger,» says one of the researchers, Michelle Dugas, a social psychologist and post-doctoral researcher at UMD's Center for Health Information & Decision Systems (CHIDS).

Nadia Wager, a psychologist at Buckinghamshire Chilterns University College in England, finds that working for a boss you hate is not just hard on the psyche — it could also lead to serious health problems.

Jessie Gruman, social psychologist and president, Center for the Advancement of Health, Washington, D.C.: There was real reluctance on the part of the pharmaceutical industry to do research until they were sure that it would be worthwhile financially.

«It's important for students to hear a diversity of views,» says health psychologist Cathie Atkins, an associate dean at San Diego State University, who notes that the university's MARC program includes workshops that are open to non-MARC students.

«Our findings showed that an in increase in methylation of the SKA2 gene is associated with decreased cortical thickness in the prefrontal cortex, which may play a role in the development of PTSD and may explain why this gene predicts risk for mental health problems, like PTSD and suicide,» explained lead and corresponding author Naomi Samimi Sadeh, PhD, assistant professor of psychiatry at BUSM and a psychologist in the National Center for PTSD at VA Boston.

A special issue of American Psychologist, the flagship journal of the American Psychological Association, offers an overview of the science and makes the case for psychological scientists to work together to make close relationships a public health priority.

Clearer, but less dramatic, evidence for overdiagnosis comes from a 2012 study in which psychologist Katrin Bruchmüller of the University of Basel and her colleagues found that when given hypothetical vignettes of children who fell short of the DSM - IV diagnosis, about 17 percent of the 1,000 mental health professionals surveyed mistakenly diagnosed the kids with ADHD.

Many parents talk about rumored health risks from immunizations or their negative view of the pharmaceutical industry, for instance, but those may not be the true reasons, says psychologist Stephan Lewandowsky of the University of Bristol in the United Kingdom.

«When we think about quality of life for older adults, and improving quality of life, it seems like targeting the individual is only part of the story, and our findings suggests that for older adults, a larger part of individual well - being is defined by our partner's health and cognitive functioning as well,» said UA psychologist David Sbarra, a co-author of the paper, which will be published in Psychology and Aging, a journal of the American Psychological Association.

In The Telomere Effect: A Revolutionary Approach to Living Younger, Healthier, Longer, Blackburn — together with co-author Elissa Epel, a leading health psychologist at the University of California San Francisco who studies stress, aging, and obesity — outlines how the length and maintenance of one's telomeres provide a biological basis for bettering health.

The psychologist has shown that hotel maids» health improved — they lost weight, for example — when they realized that their jobs afforded them the physical exercise they needed.

Public health programs, for example, often rely on persuasion techniques identified by social psychologists to encourage people to engage in healthy behaviors while avoiding potentially dangerous ones.

LA JOLLA — In their powerful new road map for greater health throughout our lives, Salk President and Nobel laureate Elizabeth Blackburn and health psychologist Elissa Epel explain an important aspect of the aging process in humans at a fundamental level.

«It's not unusual for women — even if they are very excited about and empowered by pregnancy — to be frustrated by a shift in weight,» says Colorado - based psychologist Helen L. Coons, PhD, president and clinical director of Women's Mental Health Associates & Healthy Psychology Solutions, where she specializes in improving body image and sexual health in Health Associates & Healthy Psychology Solutions, where she specializes in improving body image and sexual health in health in women.

According to Dr. Elizabeth Lombardo, a psychologist and mbg mental health expert, «There are several reasons for the increase in depression.

Dr Genevieve von Lob is a British clinical psychologist who has worked with families from every type of background during a 10 - year career spanning private practice, NHS Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services and work for local authorities.

Psychologists have studied pleasure and recommend its benefits for our health, but you don't need to read a study or visit a therapist to know that pleasure is important.

«Our bodies exhibit a preference for habits because of efficiency,» says health psychologist Dr Helen Lindner from the Australian Psychological Society.

«With some couples where there is a large age difference, energy levels may differ,» says Rachel Needle, a psychologist at the Center for Marital and Sexual Health of South Florida in West Palm Beach.

She is a clinical health psychologist with 22 years of experience designing, implementing, and evaluating behavior change programs for medical patients and those at risk for chronic disease.

Cindy Schultz, MA, LP, University of Minnesota Center for Spirituality and Healing Cindy Schultz is a practicing holistic psychologist and health coach with more than 20 years of experience, helping people to connect with their passions, explore their deepest fears, and to find their own paths to healing.

Some patients may work with a Physical Therapist to keep moving, and may also see a psychologist or health coach for a positive mindset.