PsyD News

Dr. Martha Straus, Professor in the PsyD in Clinical Psychology program in New England, and Kevin McKenzie, a doctoral candidate in the Clinical Psychology program, co-authored the article “You’ve Got to Be Kidding The Power of Humor in Therapy” for the Psychotherapy Networker Magazine. Using de-identified case material, they wrote about the many advantages (and some of the challenges)...CONTINUE READING The post PsyD Faculty and Doctoral Candidate Publish Article on The Power of Humor in Therapy first appeared on Common Thread.

Antioch New England Professor of Clinical Psychology Dr. Lorraine Mangione chaired the Massachusetts Psychological Association (MPA) Training Committee’s Conference on Clinical Supervision. Held on June 8, 2022, in Marlborough, Massachusetts, the conference was entitled Competency-Based Approaches and Social Justice Contexts. As Director of Practica and past Chair of the MPA’s Training Committee, Mangione spearheaded the...CONTINUE READING The post Dr. Mangione Chairs Conference on Clinical Supervision and Advanced Student Contributes to Everyone’s Learning first appeared on Common Thread.

When Jennifer Hylton was a student at an all-girls school in Jamaica in the 1960’s, she was a ringleader, bringing people together and listening to everyone’s problems. At the same time, she loved spending time alone in the school’s little library, paging through the encyclopedia—the analog equivalent of falling down a Google hole. It was...CONTINUE READING The post Antioch Alum Changes Mental Health Landscape in Massachusetts first appeared on Common Thread.

For over forty years Roxy Wolfe and Roger Peterson have been close friends. Wolfe, a longtime psychologist, met Peterson in the Doctor of Psychology program at Antioch New England in the early 1980s. She was a student, and he was a co-developer of the program and a professor in it. The two hit it off,...CONTINUE READING The post Leaving Farming to Become a Psychologist—and Making Lasting Friendships first appeared on Common Thread.

Faculty and students from Antioch PsyD programs on both coasts recently attended the virtual National Council of Schools and Programs in Professional Psychology (NCSPP) Conference in January. NCSPP, an organization composed of delegates from many professional psychology programs and schools, aims to seed cutting-edge research and practices across psych grad programs and institutions and to...CONTINUE READING The post Antioch PsyD at 2022 NCSPP Conference first appeared on Common Thread.

Kathi Borden, PhD, wears two hats (that we know of). While this makes her a very busy individual, her two primary professional roles, Professor of Clinical Psychology at AUNE and Editor of the APA (American Psychological Association) Journal Professional Psychology: Research and Practice, complement each other beautifully. Each institution benefits from her work with and...CONTINUE READING The post AUNE Psychology Professor Serving Six-Year Term as Editor of APA Journal first appeared on Common Thread.

Peace and justice activism and spirituality are the core of Dr. Dean Hammer’s clinical psychology practice and teachings. In his private practice in South Londonderry Vermont, Hammer takes an integrative approach to counseling, combining traditional psychodynamic methods with existential and cognitive-narrative perspectives and techniques. The courses he teaches at Antioch reflect a similar blend. Since...CONTINUE READING The post The Roles of Activism & Spirituality in Psychology first appeared on Common Thread.

Psychology has been elevating attention to racism and has the opportunity to counter the pervasive and damaging effects of racism. Gargi Roysircar-Sodowsky, Professor Emerita of the New England PsyD in Clinical Psychology program, has recently co-authored the book Anti-Black Racism in Contemporary America (Cognella Academic Publishing) with Sam Steen, Kaye W. Cole. Featuring chapters written by...CONTINUE READING The post Professor Emerita Gargi Roysircar-Sodowsky Co-Authors “Anti-Black Racism in Contemporary America” first appeared on Common Thread.

“It’s part of our job description as parents to remain reasonable—to have access to a rational adult brain—when our kids start falling apart,” writes Dr. Martha Straus in her latest publication. But, she says, “It’s a job that appears to take a lifetime of practice to get better at.” That’s precisely why Straus, a Professor...CONTINUE READING The post With New Workbook, Martha Straus Helps Parents and Children Manage Big Emotions first appeared on Common Thread.

A therapist’s capacity to empathize and relate to a patient’s emotional state is one of many core skills needed to provide in-depth psychological care. Some of these skills can be learned during training, while others may be reared in other areas of the therapist’s life. Listening, mutual respect, allyship, and other aspects of empathy might...CONTINUE READING The post Dr. Shannon McIntyre Publishes Article in the “Journal of Contemporary Psychology” first appeared on Common Thread.

Antioch University New England PsyD in Clinical Psychology faculty Dr. Lorraine Mangione and Dr. Katherine (Kate) Evarts, and student Casey Buonocore, presented at the American Psychological Association’s (APA) 2021 Annual Convention. The title of their symposium was “The #MeToo Movement: Using Technology and Creativity in Healing.” The presentations included: “Women, #MeToo, & Creativity: Healing Interactions”...CONTINUE READING The post AUNE PsyD Faculty and Student Present at the APA’s Annual Convention first appeared on Common Thread.

Dr. Martha Straus, Professor in the PsyD in Clinical Psychology program at Antioch University New England, and Kevin McKenzie, a doctoral candidate in the Clinical Psychology program, published a relevant and interesting article on adolescents “You Can Do Anything, The Outsized Dreams of Adolescents” in the Psychotherapy Networker. “In this piece, we suggest that some...CONTINUE READING The post PsyD Professor and Doctoral Candidate Publish Article first appeared on Common Thread.