Given the diversity of education and training options in sport and exercise psychology, as well as in kinesiology and sport sciences, there is often confusion about which professional titles are appropriate to use. Currently, a group of colleagues, led by Dr. John Silva, is in the early stages of developing more explicit recommendations for the educational pathways to a [...]
There are many routes to becoming a mental health practitioner and there is no one "right" route. The most important thing is to consider what you ultimately want to do professionally, and then to engage in goal-setting for your training to get there. I will briefly discuss four credentials and related training routes. A licensed psychologist is someone with [...]
"Shopping" for a psychotherapist can be a tricky endeavor. It's one of those things for which there is no guidebook or clear-cut path. And it sounds funny to use the word "shopping," but that's basically what this selection process is. Wouldn't it be nice if a therapist could tell potential clients how to go about looking and what to [...]
Do you find certain emotions surrounding your grief to be unacceptable? This is usually the biggest block to grief. We often think that grief is simply experiencing sadness, but it often encompasses much more than sadness. For instance, people often seal themselves off from anger. Explosive behaviors may be unacceptable in many contexts, but anger is just another emotion. [...]
Tim tends to conceptualize problems and solutions using components of Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy as a basic structure. As you can see in the diagram below, these interactive components consist of Cognitions, Emotions, Physiology, and Behaviors. Working with many kinds of clients on many kinds of issues, Tim has found it extremely beneficial to strategically integrate theory and intervention from other [...]
