clinical psychologist and professor @SVSU; here to learn; tweets about psychotherapy, existential psych research, and undergrad teaching; my views only; he/him
Michigan, USA
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Travis J. Pashak retweeted
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
?
Travis J. Pashak retweeted
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.
Travis J. Pashak retweeted
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
Travis J. Pashak retweeted
Do you know what my client said to me today?
Nothing. Don’t fucking talk about clients online
Travis J. Pashak retweeted
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
Travis J. Pashak retweeted
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".
Travis J. Pashak retweeted
“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
Travis J. Pashak retweeted
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 :)
Travis J. Pashak retweeted
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
Travis J. Pashak retweeted
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…
Travis J. Pashak retweeted
I hope the next trend in clinical psych is a focus on creating a more sustainable field for psychologists.
For years, we’ve been ⬆️ing the credentials needed (hours, pubs, exps) in psych without ⬆️ing incentives like well being/money,
Hope we correct this culture of overwork
Travis J. Pashak retweeted
June 17: received manuscript proofs
June 18: proof reminder
June 21: proof return *request*
Pressuring authors when they haven't had sufficient time threatens scientific quality & rigor. Also, time from submission to proofs is often 6-12 months, & you can't wait for a few days?
Travis J. Pashak retweeted
Help my student collect data on a project for me! Share broadly for a representative sample after you participate.
uark.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/…
Travis J. Pashak retweeted
If anyone in the next year or two is planning to run an online study in the broad context of #MentalHealth in n≥1000 (preferably representative sample, no prob if not), please reach out, I'd like to sneak 1 single item into your survey. DM or email ([email protected])
Travis J. Pashak retweeted
Maybe be sort of quiet in your own way. Don’t DO anything. Listen. Feel. Think. Maybe say a thought to see what thoughts come up for the pt. Let the situation unfold instead of mauling it with interventions, helpful advice, suggestions, questions, homework.
Travis J. Pashak retweeted
Lots of fun to be back at ABC Studios this week, this time for a @RadioNational interview on Life Matters! 📻🎙️
You can listen to the segment on #TerrorManagementTheory and how death anxiety impacts our behavior here:
abc.net.au/listen/programs/l…
Travis J. Pashak retweeted
Revised Poll 🧵: Psychotherapists, what’s your primary orientation & approximately how many *sessions* of personal therapy have you had?
Please RT; trying to get a broader response, although I’m sure there will continue be a psychodynamic bias… 1/
46%CBT/DBT/ACT: 0-50
15%CBT/DBT/ACT: 51-150
24%CBT/DBT/ACT: 151-400
15%CBT/DBT/ACT: 400+
112 votes • Final results Travis J. Pashak retweeted
Therapy tweeps, especially the well-established folks:
**What do you wish you would have known before starting grad school?**
Let’s hear some of your favorite life/career lessons for the people earlier in the training pipeline!
#therapy
#counseling
#mentalhealth
#psychotherapy
Travis J. Pashak retweeted
“The ‘medical model’ is conflated with the idea that all medical conditions are discrete biological disease entities, an assumption that isn’t even true for much of general medicine, let alone psychiatry.” (@awaisaftab)
psychiatrymargins.com/p/peop…
