A Special Honor from World Psychology Forum, Prague, CZ

THANK YOU World Psychology Forum for voting mine the ‘best’ of Cross Cultural presentations this year, 2015 in Prague. It was unexpected, and the crystal plaque appreciated. I am looking forward to Yokohama 2016 and Bruno CZ 2017. It was also a pleasure to meet the ‘best of the best’ panel presenters in Prague thisContinue reading A Special Honor from World Psychology Forum, Prague, CZ

Next: Stanford U Grand Rounds Presentation in November

Stanford University Psychiatry in Forensics on November 12th in Palo Alto, I am presenting on my involvement as a forensic psychologist in cases where I am called to evaluate and render expert opinion. In successfully working collaborative cases with psychiatry, I’ve learned the importance of multiple expertise in evaluating behavioral health from a medical perspective.Continue reading Next: Stanford U Grand Rounds Presentation in November

APA 2015 Toronto: New Perspectives

Barry Anton (left and below center), APA President  spoke of the ‘painful’ yet ‘necessary’ changes within APA in response to the recent outside consultant evaluation of the APA relationships with Washington DC. Fortunately, the blemish doesn’t overshadow the terrific work APA continues to do in setting up scholarship and training for doctoral students in accreditedContinue reading APA 2015 Toronto: New Perspectives

Expert Territory

This is a local news story that only brings sadness and pain to the reader, until one reads the part of the victim’s mother who doesn’t blame the accused, and suggests her daughter death is not ‘in vain’; rather, a loss that will promote awareness of teenage mental health issues. Now, regardless of what you may think of the accused’sContinue reading Expert Territory

XXXIV IALMH Vienna: A Talk that would make Freud Proud!

The child’s voice is an important consideration in the separating and divorcing families; however, what does that mean in pragmatics? The right to an appropriate and individualized education is both pragmatic and fundamental to the intellectual, social, and developmental growth of a child. In fact, the schooling of the child is likely a volatile subjectContinue reading XXXIV IALMH Vienna: A Talk that would make Freud Proud!