As this year comes to a close, so too is my first semester at Michigan School of Professional Psychology. This program has been a gift in my life as well as in the lives of my cohorts. At the end of December I take time to think about the year
On November 29th, students from Psi Chi at MSP attended an outreach event at the United States Department of Veteran Affairs (VA) Hospital in Ann Arbor. The Veterans Health Administration is led by the United States Department of Veterans and implements the medical assistance program for military veterans. Kat Lewitzke
Radiolab[i] featured a program recently about words – or rather, about the absence of words. The program explores many questions: What happens when words are turned off in the brain? What would happen if somehow words never made their way into the brain in the first place? What comprises thought
Tools for healing outside of the therapy hour are something I’m always on the lookout for. The nytimes.com recently ran an article[i] that described a study pairing Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT) and Tai Chi (TC) to help treat patients who suffer from insomnia. The participants who received both treatments experienced
Here is the holiday edition of the 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. December has always struck me as an unusual month, especially if one is regulated by an academic
I am truly honored to have been voted into the position of President of the Psi Chi chapter at MSP for the 2015-2016 academic year. I am committed to carrying forth the visions of my preceding members, and upholding the mission of Psi Chi. I find it exciting that the
This month there is a lot of media coverage[1] on a Princeton University study[2] that documents the rising mortality rate among certain middle-aged white (non-Hispanic) Americans. This rising rate seems significant for two reasons: 1) rates of mortality across all other ethnicities have been on the decline and 2) the
October marked the first installment of a 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 has occurred to me that in order to be noticed, one must have something extraordinary to
Where did you grow up? I was born in Detroit and raised in Hampton, VA. Where did you go to school for your undergraduate and graduate degrees? I attended Morehouse College in Atlanta, GA where I earned my BA in Psychology. I earned my MA in Psychology and later my
APA is moving towards an Integrated Healthcare focus beginning in 2017. Understanding how to work within a medical setting or learning how to work with physicians is the future of graduate school training and clinical practice. There are many avenues for working as a health psychologist such as providing medical
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