When the word “play” comes to mind, many recall childhood memories of games with friends, days of outside exploration, or time spent in imaginative worlds. As we become adults, however, the idea of spending time just playing often morphs into a forgotten activity we are too busy and too serious to engage in.
Amber N. Peterson, a 2024 graduate of the PsyD in Clinical Psychology on Antioch’s Seattle campus, recently published her dissertation titled, The Lived Experience of the Covid-19 Pandemic among Mandate-Resistant Adults in Washington State Authors.
Douglas Valdez grew up familiar with curandería, the traditional healing practices that his mother had learned as a child in Mexico. When he was sick, she would pull out an array of herbal tinctures and dapple his tongue with their bitter, dark liquid. When his skin got irritated, his mother spread tangerine peels on it—their aroma delicious and lingering.
A conversation with Cary McAdams Hamilton about play therapy and how it can offer alternative ways to work through deep feelings and strengthen their mental health.
The Bruce Springsteen Archives and Center for American Music (BSACAM) recently hosted an online conversation featuring Lorraine Mangione, Professor of Clinical Psychology at Antioch University in New England, and writer…
A conversation with Syntia Santos-Dietz about what school counselors need to work on in order to better serve diverse students around the world.
Katie Eastman ‘97 (New England, PsyD) published the book UPLIFTING: Inspiring Stories of Loss, Change, and Growth Inspirited by the work of Dr. Elisabeth Kübler-Ross (Balboa Press). In UPLIFTING, she…
Each year, the Minority Fellowship Program awards $20,000 fellowships to roughly 40 doctoral and graduate students from around the country with the aim of increasing diversity in the counseling practice. This year, three of those fellowships went to students from the PhD in Counselor Education and Supervision based out of Antioch University’s Seattle campus.
A conversation with Taqueena Quintana about how much school counselors do to support students and schools—and how short staffing and mission creep impact their ability to do this key job.
Associate Chair and Core Faculty for Seattle’s Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology Dana Waters, PsyD, released her second book, Bite-Sized Autism 2: A Deeper Dive. After being diagnosed as Autistic…
The PsyD programs based on Antioch’s New England and Seattle campuses sent six faculty and one student to the midwinter conference of the National Council of Schools and Programs of Professional Psychology (NCSPP), the premier conference for professional psychological training programs. The conference was held on January 15-18 in Denver, Colorado. In a special honor, third-year doctoral student Emerald Ralston was one of only six student delegates chosen to attend the conference nationwide.
Emily Emerson, a student in the Couple and Family Therapy program in Seattle, was awarded the World Family Therapy Congress Student Scholarship for her proposed presentation to the International Family…