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Student Scholarship Award Winners 2016/17

MSP is committed to contributing annually to assist in student scholarships and aid. Scholarship and financial assistance funding is supported by gifts from alumni, family, and friends. Generally, funds are disbursed in the form of tuition credit. This academic year Jessica Dluzynksi (PsyD 4), was awarded the Jill Benton Humanistic

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Cynthia Ransley, MA, LLP

Empathy First

“School staff today are under enormous pressure to show progress for every student every year. Yet they are in a bind. One disruptive child can effectively derail an entire lesson.” An article[i] tweeted from the Child Mind Institute offers strategies for teachers to cope with students who may have mental

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Student Reflection: First Days at MSP

Having been in school for my undergrad, I thought I had a pretty good idea of what the school environment was like from a student’s perspective.  MSP blew that out of the water. My first experience was at the Open House.  I have worked in a paramilitary type of organization

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President Diane Blau

Reflections from President Blau: Holding Hope

Our monthly blog feature from MSP President, Dr. Diane Blau, discussing what’s on her mind and in her heart regarding MSP and the field of professional psychology.  There would be several areas to explore this month if the election was not the major topic of conversations, TV news reports, internet

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DIA @ MSP: Visual Thinking Strategies

On September 29, MSP was pleased to host Rebekka Parker of the DIA for a workshop on how to use Visual Thinking Strategies in clinical psychology. A few weeks ago, I had the opportunity to visit the Michigan School for Professional Psychology (MSP) and share some of the work we

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President Diane Blau

Play in Everyday Life

MSP is beginning a new chapter in student engagement that will take a clinical approach to programming.  Each month, students will have the opportunity to engage in activities on campus to deepen their understanding of one of the key Humanistic values to compliment and deepen their academic experience.  September’s theme

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Reflections from President Blau: Reunion and Celebration

Our monthly blog feature from MSP President, Dr. Diane Blau, discussing what’s on her mind and in her heart regarding MSP and the field of professional psychology. It was a beautiful fall Saturday in downtown Detroit.  Upon entering the Guardian Building, graduates from more than 35 years of the school’s

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Cynthia Ransley, MA, LLP

Do the work so you know what it looks like

“You look miserable.” Dr. Blackstock smiles at me as I walk into his afternoon class. I think I may have glared at him.  And he kept on smiling cheerfully and looking at me with his trademark “I accept you unconditionally” look. You get a lot of that at MSP.  The

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Roxanne Christensen, PsyD III

Student Reflection: Research collaboration using qualitative analysis

Over the past few years I have had the remarkable opportunity to work with an excellent team of practitioners, scholars, and researchers toward the publication of “Surviving Sudden Cardiac Arrest: A Pilot Qualitative Survey Study of Survivors” in the Journal of Therapeutic Hypothermia and Temperature Management. This collaboration between me,

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