Ominous numbers–666– the APA internship imbalance continues to burn
Ominous numbers–666– the APA internship imbalance continues to burn The system used to train new psychologists in the United States is on fire and has […]
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The American Psychological Association once again fails the country
Two days after the NY Times published the article ‘Nobody Has Openings’: Mental Health Providers Struggle to Meet Demand this year’s APPIC internship match took place […]
APA Monitor Article Buries the Lead
APA Monitor Article Buries the Lead …and the Spin Machine whirred On October 3, 2016 I wrote this blog post: APA still hasn’t told APA […]
Some welcome changes in how the VA hires psychologists
It looks like some long-anticipated potential changes are finally being instituted at the Department of Veterans Affairs. For example, some psychologists who didn’t have APA-accredited […]
APA should stop pulling the rug out from under grad students
The American Psychological Association should stop pulling the rug out from under graduate students. I had a chance to talk with two graduates of the […]
Post Follow Up: Finding a Psychologist in the Middle of the Desert
This post is a quick follow up to my recent post here. I just wanted to let you know that I’ll stick with this map […]
There are too many Psychologists in the Desert
Important work has been done by APA’s Center for Workforce Studies; I don’t want to take that away from them– just offer a perspective on […]
Stuff Hitting the Fan at the American Psychological Association (and APAPO)
According to a 2/20/2016 PowerPoint presentation from Dr. Katherine Nordal, “2016 APAPO annual report to the APA Council,” things haven’t really been getting better on […]
Movie Review of “The Purge: Match Day Massacre” #APPIC
First, there was The Purge, then the sequels were The Purge: Anarchy and also The Purge: Election Year (incidentally don’t click on those YouTube trailers […]
Are we the good guys? APA and Guild Ethics
A recent NY Review of Books titled “The Psychologists Take Power” offered the following conclusion: No psychologist has yet developed a method that can be substituted for […]