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My Use of Mindfulness in Clinical Practice
When I was a very busy doctoral student, our curriculum director decided to test-drive a one-credit course called “Mindfulness.” The entire cohort was rather chilly on the notion, given our already...
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Welcome New Psi Chi Members!
The Psi Chi Chapter of the Michigan School of Professional Psychology is proud to announce the induction of the following students into its chapter: Bridget Bienz Norman Gajowiak Brandy Bly Michael...
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Faculty Spotlight – Dr. Lee Bach
Dr. Bach has been with MiSPP since 1997 and the Program Director since 2008. With extensive experience as an educator she has held various teaching positions at the University of Detroit-Mercy,...
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The Importance of Birth Order
As a clinical psychologist, I am called upon to interview my clients and ask questions about the individual characteristics which rise to the surface during times and stress and strife. One question I...
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At MiSPP, students, faculty, and staff are encouraged to conduct various types of research and present their findings. Research may be independent or be conducted as part of a team and may result in...
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Sexuality in Later Life
During the month of June we are featuring a series of posts focusing on aging from our aging-certificate faculty and current doctoral students to celebrate our new Certificate in the Psychology of...
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Older Adults Are Coming of Age!
During the month of June we are featuring a series of posts focusing on aging from our aging-certificate faculty and current doctoral students to celebrate our new Certificate in the Psychology of...
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Ageism
During the month of June we are featuring a series of posts focusing on aging from our aging-certificate faculty and current doctoral students to celebrate our new Certificate in the Psychology of...
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Aging in Prison
During the month of June we are featuring a series of posts focusing on aging from our aging-certificate faculty and current doctoral students to celebrate our new Certificate in the Psychology of...
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Faculty Spotlight- Dr. La-Toya Gaines
As an adjunct faculty at MiSPP, Dr. Gaines teaches and supervises master’s level students. Dr. Gaines is in practice in Ann Arbor specializing in eating disorders in adults and adolescents. She also...
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Psi Chi Executive Board
This time last year, MiSPP had an Honor Society. The goal was to transform into a Psi Chi Chapter but there was a lot of work to be done in order for that to happen. Thanks to the Executive Board of...
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MA Program Synthesis
The MiSPP Master’s program has a long-standing tradition called ‘synthesis’, which challenges students to distill their learning of a phenomena into the purest essence possible. Most courses have a...
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Faculty Spotlight- Dr. Nicole Tacoma
Dr. Tacoma is an adjunct faculty member at MiSPP. She teaches Psychotherapy with Children in the MA Program. Hometown I grew up in Midland, MI. Favorite book (non-academic) I have an aversion to...
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Faculty Spotlight- Dr. Franklin Sollars
Dr. Sollars is a long time faculty member at the Michigan School of Professional Psychology. He recently decided to devote more time to his private practice and is now an adjunct faculty member in the...
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7 Things I Wish I Knew Before Starting Graduate School at MiSPP
As a recent PsyD graduate from the Michigan School of Professional Psychology, the start of the 2015-2016 academic year has given me pause to reflect on the five years I spent at MiSPP, what I learned,...
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Extracurricular scholarship? But…I already have so much to do!
Since joining the MiSPP faculty in 2012, I’ve had the privilege of working with and mentoring students through inviting them to collaborate on my research. But, with so many chapters and articles to...
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Steps Towards Student Research: Get Involved!
In a follow-up to Dr. Shepler’s recent blog post encouraging students to consider extracurricular research opportunities, current PsyD student, Timothy Franke, shares helpful tips for how to get...
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Faith and Skepticism in Science
The replication of research results is a cornerstone of science. If research findings can’t be reproduced by other researchers what confidence can we have in “scientific” findings? A large scale...
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Faculty Spotlight- Dr. Aaron Ceresnie
Dr. Ceresnie joins the MiSPP faculty as an adjunct professor in the Master’s program, teaching Research Foundations. Where did you grow up? I grew up in Farmington Hills, Michigan Where did you go to...
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Reflections from President Blau
October marks the first installment of a monthly blog feature from MiSPP President, Dr. Diane Blau, discussing what’s on her mind and in her heart regarding MiSPP and the field of professional...
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