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Honoring Dr. Sid Berkowitz

A message from President Brown: The MSP Community is mourning the loss of our dear friend, Dr. Sid Berkowitz, who passed away on July 31, 2022 at age 97. His funeral arrangements are private. All who knew Sid loved him; he modeled what it means to be a humanistic psychologist

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President’s Perspective: End of Year

Congratulations to our 2022 Graduates! American writer Bernard Edmonds once wrote, “To dream anything that you want to dream. That is the beauty of the mind. To do anything that you want to do. That is the strength of the human will. To trust yourself to test your limits. That

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2022 PsyD Graduates & Dissertation Titles

Congratulations to our 2022 PsyD graduates! Dissertations will soon be available on ProQuest for students, faculty, and staff. Bernadine Bishop The Impact of Attempted Suicide on the Family Brian Burgoyne How College Music Majors Experience Perfectionism Within Their Scholastic Concentration Christopher Corbin Psychosocial Predictors of Chronic Pain Perception Among Military Combat

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What MSP Means to Me

This spring, students were given the opportunity to share what their experience at MSP means to them. We’re so excited to get to share how the MSP community has helped students grow not only academically, but professionally, and personally as well. “I am sure that the world would definitely be

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Nathan Hayrynen: What MSP Means to Me

Nathan Hayrynen (MA ’16, PsyD 4) shares what his experience at MSP has meant.  On my first day of school at MSP, I was afraid of not fitting in. Paradoxically, I was also afraid of fitting in. Not fitting in feels familiar and safe, floating freely on the periphery just

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Jasmyn Irvin: What MSP Means to Me

Jasmyn Irvin (MA ’19, PsyD 2) shares what her experience at MSP has meant.  My time at MSP began in the Master’s program. For about five years after I finished undergrad, I waffled about whether I would pursue my dream of becoming a Clinical Psychologist. By waffling, I mean I

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Kari Eidnes: What MSP Means to Me

Kari Eidnes (PsyD 1) shares what her experience at MSP has meant.  It is difficult to express how much MSP means to me. There are few places, whether that means organizations, schools, or communities, like MSP. It is a place of support, care, and growth and sets itself apart due

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Alyse Dietz: What MSP Means to Me

Alyse Dietz (MA with ABA Concentration) shares what her experience at MSP has meant.  There are often times in life when we as humans feel compelled to keep going, pushing, working, achieving, and most importantly, to make sure that we are doing all of those things at the same time,

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Courtney Cabell: What MSP Means to Me

Courtney Cabell (MA ’21, PsyD 1) shares what her experience at MSP has meant.  If you would have asked me what my career plans were prior to starting the master’s program at MSP, my answer would have sounded something like, “Starting a private practice to do therapy using my degrees

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Fernanda Berganza: What MSP Means to Me

Fernanda Berganza (MA) shares what her experience at MSP has meant.  If the world were a little more like MSP everything would have more color. I am sure that there would be no place for racism or sexism. There would be no place for disrespect or power differences. If you

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