clinical psychologist and professor @SVSU; here to learn; tweets about psychotherapy, existential psych research, and undergrad teaching; my views only; he/him
Michigan, USA
Joined June 2019
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If you're a real human and aren't pushing some hateful regressive agenda (especially if you're interested in my morbid existential psych / therapy / teaching kinds of stuff), then let's go mingle in a web space less doomed than this one. See you there!
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Probably mostly done with this chirper app and will instead be migrating over to the cloudless atmosphere app. Same name over there.
Thanks for hanging out y'all.
Does religious belief protect people from death anxiety?
Are secular folks more prone to existential concerns?
How do such factors relate to mental health?
If these questions intrigue you, then I am stoked to share this paper!
dx.doi.org/10.1037/hum000036…
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Hey thanks @ProfJoeWeaver for hosting me on your podcast! We had a great conversation about existential psychotherapy, terror management theory, and applications of existentialism to motivation science. Check out the "Why We Struggle" episode here:
themotivation.foundation/mot…
“Fall Back” is stupid. No rational person wants more morning light and less evening light. Gimme DST all year.
Don’t @ me about the kids waiting for morning school busses in the dark, farmer’s needs, etc. I’m a father of three who lives in the rural midwest. It’s all bologna.
Seems like a great time to remind people that sugar DOES NOT cause hyperactivity.
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Your kid is jazzed because of parties, costumes, staying up late, lots of extra socializing, etc.
Have a wonderful night and don’t demonize treats!
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If depression = brain disease because it is mediated by the brain, i.e.
1.stuff -> 2.brain mediator -> 3.depression
does that imply that depression is also a stress disease or exercise or social support disease, because these also mediate
1.stuff -> 2.mediator -> 3.depression
?
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Nothing worse than going to submit a letter of recommendation only to learn that there are 10 ranking questions and 20 specific text boxes to fill out. Please, please, please just let me upload a letter of recommendation. I am begging you. No one has time for this.
omg. it’s real. it’s all done. speechless. no more student debt.
#PSLF
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Existential Psychology Conference on Feb 20, 2025! Keynotes by Arie Kruglanski & Sandra Murray; Research Talks by Peter Helm, Kate Sweeny, Daryl Van Tongeren, & Catalina Enestrom. Funded awards! Submit abstract by Oct 17 for posters or data blitz!
issep.org/conference
If your feline friend has graduated from the prior formulas of “precontemplative cat,” “contemplative cat,” “preparation cat,” and “action cat,” then they may be ready for…
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Do you know what my client said to me today?
Nothing. Don’t fucking talk about clients online
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In every successful therapy, there is a period when the patient feels more lost than ever. They are relinquishing old ways of being & have not yet consolidated new ways
We are changing life patterns. There is no path from point A to point B that does not pass through the unknown
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If you want to make a dent into rates of mental health problems, make sure people have a roof over their heads, health insurance coverage, enough food to eat. Let's start there.
And let's not forget Kendler: "You would not explain hypertension at the level of quarks".
Dear @Minecraft,
Thank you for the calming background music.
Sincerely,
-All The Parents, All Of Us-
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“In psychotherapy, many of the things which the patient discovers about himself are things which he may say that he has known all along but never clearly recognised. Such insights, especially when unflattering, may have occurred to him before, but in so fleeting a fashion
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It’s August! Many people are making decisions about applying to programs after undergrad.
If concerns about competitiveness are coloring your process, give this thread a read for some data on clinical psych grad admissions.
Might not be as bad as you assume! Good luck to all :)
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Y'all, I am so proud of this paper! ⬇️ Where we live can influence our likelihood of developing PTSD! But research on resilience after trauma has often focused on individual 🧍 factors and overlooked influential neighborhood 📷factors that may help mitigate the PTSD development
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Psychiatric Diagnosis: A Clinical Guide to Navigating Diagnostic Pluralism
New publication by me, @Castalia1981, @MarkLRuffalo, & @AllenFrancesMD! Focus is on helping clinicians navigate the current plurality of diagnostic frameworks (pdf 🔗in posts 👇)
journals.lww.com/jonmd/abstr…
