The first weekend of August, students and faculty from the New England PsyD and the Seattle PsyD converged in Washington, DC for this year’s American Psychological Association’s annual convention.
Research Spotlight: Shirley Lo Wins Prize at APA Convention
For Shirley Lo, traveling to her first in-person APA Annual Convention proved to be exciting. That’s because Lo, a third-year student in the PsyD in Clinical Psychology offered on Antioch University’s Seattle campus, won an award for the research poster she submitted.
Research Spotlight: Reconciling the Principles of Forensic Psychology and Cultural Competency
A team of psychologists from the Clinical Psychology Department at Antioch’s Seattle campus has published their research on how forensic psychologists are taking into account cultural considerations in their pre-trial evaluations and how a failure to do that can perpetuate implicit biases
Cool Course: Communication and Counseling Skills
Every interaction we have with another person utilizes some kind of communication. From the coffee shop to the classroom, we’re constantly relaying our needs and thoughts in the hopes that another person will understand. But the process isn’t a given.
Jude Bergkamp ’98, ’10
Jude Bergkamp ’98, ’10 (Seattle, MA in Psychology, PsyD), Chair and Core Faculty of Seattle’s PsyD program, led an 11-member research team that recently published the article “Pathways to the…
The Students Healing Educational Trauma by Studying Literature, History, Art, and Philosophy
Higher education is not just about getting a job—and the Clemente program suggests that study of the humanities can be life-changing and empowering.
“Anxiety in Literature” Students Consider Trauma and the Human Condition
“We live in a difficult, destructive, and oftentimes very limited, oppressive society. So how are you supposed to be healthy?” asks Cece Briggs. This isn’t, however, a question Briggs is directly answering in “Anxiety in Literature,” a class she is teaching in the BA in Liberal Studies on Antioch’s Seattle campus.
Leveraging Her Identity and Experience, Marina Masaki Brings Mental Health Awareness to Asian-American Communities
When she was a kid, Marina Masaki’s family didn’t talk openly about sex. This wasn’t unusual for a young person growing up in the U.S., and in particular in Japanese-American families like the one she grew up in. Sexuality is a subject that many parents are uncomfortable discussing with their children—even if this reticence puts them at risk later on.
In Second Year, Social Justice Symposium Brings PsyD Students Together For Research Activism
“Social justice has been part of the Antioch mission since its inception,” says Lorraine Mangione, Professor of Clinical Psychology at Antioch University’s New England campus. But implementing that mission requires many different approaches. That’s why, on February 4, faculty and students from Antioch’s New England PsyD program and Seattle PsyD program came together for the second annual Social Justice Symposium, with the theme, “Liberation from Colonialism Now: Promoting Research Activism.”
Jude Bergkamp ’98, ’10
Seattle’s PsyD in Clinical Psychology Program Chair and Core Faculty Jude Bergkamp, PsyD, ’98, ‘10 (Seattle, MA in Psychology, PsyD) was invited last month by the Wright Institute to provide…
Taking Emotional Intelligence Seriously Helps Us Cultivate Great Places to Learn
“Emotions are neurohormones,” says Joshua Freedman. “And these little chains of chemicals affect every living cell in our brains and bodies.” But for as much power as emotions have over our lives and selves, too often, our educational systems emphasize subject area mastery over cultivating emotional intelligence.
PsyD Student Wins Veterans Affairs Health Professional Scholarship
Alayna Collins, a third-year doctoral candidate in the PsyD in Clinical Psychology at Antioch University’s Seattle campus, has been awarded a Veterans Affairs Health Professional Scholarship.