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outside of that, i really enjoy fiction and books about serial killers. :)

Outside of the field, I love to read about history and politics and I recently had a major interest in HIV and AIDS, having read "And the Band Played On."





My current research is getting into cultural anthropology, art history, ekphrasis, oral theory, etc, so if anyone knows of relevant reading, let me know!


I hope that helps a bit-- probably a bit tangled, what with my excessive interdisciplinarianism (is that a word?)-- jack of all trades, I guess. What is your interest in Anthropology, Melinda?
one last note-- apparently there is a book called "Social and Cultural Anthropology: The Key Concepts", by Overing and Rapport. Looks good, though I haven't read it yet.

I've just set up an author profile here. Please take a look to find out why I've joined this group. I look forward to participating in your discussions and promise to post more books and info in due course.
In haste,
R.

I'm a writer, journalist and teacher, with a new author profile on goodreads. I've been a foreign correspondent and editor for the last 20 years and have recently branched out into fiction, with a suspense thriller inspired by alchemy, riddles, Jung and esoteric religious traditions. I hoped it might be of interest to some of you.
It's not intended to be a run-of-the-mill thriller but rather a genre-busting, fresh reading experience for those who enjoy puzzles, games and a dab of strangeness with their entertainment. Psychologist and counsellor friends have told me it has a very Jungian resonance,which I was delighted to hear. It is called The Malice Box. If you are interested, an article on the origins and sources of the book can be found here: http://www.penguin.co.uk/nf/Author/Au...
I look forward to taking part in the group's discussions whenever I can usefully contribute, and would be glad to talk about The Malice Box if anyone would like to.
Thanks
M


My name is Michelle and I am STILL working on my Ph.D. in Clinical Health Psychology. I got my BA in Psych, my MA in Clinical Psych, and hope to have my Ph.D. within the next two years. My research interests fall within the realm of coping with chronic illness/diseases and the implications of social support. I recently completed a position at a cancer center and am now at the VA.

Good to hear that a fellow Virginian is going to be doing research in the field of coping with chronic illness. People like myself need people like you in the field. I have an interest in studying psychology but I am chronically ill and do not know if I can handle going back to grad school with all that I deal with on a daily basis. Good for you!

I'm not a psychologist; however, I'm the mother of a psychology/industrial organization student. Also, I'm a follower of Aldous Huxley's wisdom: "If you want to be a psychological novelist and write about human beings, the best thing you can do is keep a pair of cats." How about a houseful? The history of medicine and psychology is one of my interests, and I found the book WOMEN OF THE ASYLUM especially helpful while writing my newly published novel set in a fictional 19th century asylum (WOMEN OF MAGDALENE). I hope to learn a thing or two more about the workings of the mind by reading your posts. Thanks.
Rosemary



I just joined the group and have decided that even though this is an old thread I'd introduce myself. I have an Associates Degree in Human Services and am currently working on my Bachelors in Human Services after a six year break. I have worked in residential settings with the mentally challenged and developmentally disabled. However, I am highly burnt out on that field. I eventually want to work with teenagers. I plan on going on to get my Master's in Clinical Psychology. I have a high interest in Mood and Personality Disorders and love reading memoirs about people with these disorders. I, also, have an interest in true crime books as well especially those about serial killers. Lately, my out of the field interests have been crime dramas, feminism, and chick literature. I'm sure I could go on and on here, but I'll stop while I'm ahead. However, I'm really interested in making new friends.

I just wanted to say hi because we have a lot in common. I love reading the same types of memoirs, my favorite class was one where my professor had dissected the personality disorders of all the psychologists that we had spent so much time studying in other classes. I dig reading about serial killers too. My friend is going to law school and turned me on to some of the craziest web sites if you are interested.
I made a life shift after getting my undergrad in Clinical Psychology though. I was on a similar track as you, only working with teen drug addicts. The shift came when I realized that I could make three times as much money bar tending. It was still dealing with personality disorders, but at least these were adults.
I never did go back into psychology though, I ended up in Marketing and later digital media. I am now half way through my MBA focusing on information systems.
I should get back to work, I have a ton of research to do today.
Have a great day,
Kelly

You can always go back to school, it's never too late! Take one class at a time, take online classes if you are not near a university. You can also get into the field by being a volunteer, there are a million groups that need volunteers!! Never say regret!

I look forward to getting some different perspectives from this group!

My name is Geri & I have a BS in Psycholoy & Social Work. I currently work at a mental health crisis line which is part of an integrated mental health support network with area hospitals, mental health clinics & Mental Health Professionals, as well as taking calls from the public.
My professional interests in the area of Psychology, Social Work & Mental Health include the mood & anxiety disorders, personality disorders, CBT, Veterans with PTSD, child welfare & foster care, to name but a few.
Some of my personal interests in this field also include: crime victims, psychopathology & criminal justice; biographies & autobiographies of people with mental illness; and history of psychology & the mental health systerm.
I look forward to learning about others in the field, increasing my suggested reading list, & sharing with others my own "good reads".
~Geri~


~Geri~


Im a Cognitive Neuropsychologist studying at Oxford Brookes University, Oxford, UK. Its a great group... keep posting guys...


I love all genres of books except sci-fi and fantasy. I am a terrible writer so if you read one of my reviews I apologize in adavance if it stinks. My current read is To Kill a Mocking Bird.

i'm stephanie and i have a BA in political science and modern european history. then i got bored being a paralegal, and went back to school for another BA in psych. i started working as a special ed teacher in new york city this past summer, to kind of get some hands on experience in the field before i jump into applying to clinical phd programs.
i'm a weirdo, in that i read books about the holocaust and other genocides in order to relax - i think it's all the work i did as an undergrad, focusing on the conflict war creates between history and memory.
anyway, i have a particular interest in DBT, and co-lead a group once a week, and i adore it. i am definitely NOT psychodynamic (in fact, this is making my search for schools quite difficult since i am being rather stubborn about this) though i enjoy reading books on the topic - mostly nancy mcwilliams, the author of Schopenhauer's Porcupines and plenty of others - i just don't want to practice it! i love behavior therapy too much. beck was my first god in psych, and then came marsha linehan. this past summer i was at the APA convention in SF, and almost died, because i met so many famous people. zimbardo! bandura! linehan! beck! judith beck! mcwilliams! the list goes on . . .
eventually i want to apply DBT to eating disorders - i'm interested to see if it can kind of work in reverse with anorexia (it's already proving quite effective with bulimia). i love reading any sort of memoir related to mental illness, i hate the word "psychopathology", and when i'm not reading psych or history, i'm reading YA books to figure out what to recommend to my kids (and also because some of the best books today are YA), trashy thrillers and NYC-based chick-lit, because i find it completely hilarious.


I'm also interested in neuropsychology, and neuropsychopharmacology, and autism, and child learning, etc.
Lastly, I'm interested very much in Jung and his works, especially synchronicity and the collective unconscious. Synchronicity somewhat intersects with physics, in a way, as some quantum mechanics theories thing the universe is a hologram, and everything is interconnected. Hence we sometimes see this connectedness as coincidences.
On the lighter side, I once visited Freud's apartment/office in Vienna, which inspired me to read some of his works.


I was wondering if in your reading on attachment theory you have come across any statistical analysis pro or con on interrelatedness of adoption and crime. As you will be practicing in Illinois soon I hope you will think about casuality when examining statistical information. I have a funny feeling that the statistics that have shown a relationship between adoption and violence, ie. murder rates has overlooked the prime cause of adoption, poverty. In essence, I believe many women either surrender their children for adoption of have the children taken by the state due to their economic situation. Some of these children do go on to commit crimes, including murders at higher rates than the general population. The media then hypes that "Adoptees Kill", better yet white adoptee males are at risk of being serial killers. The media, in my opinion overlooks the cause of the crimes, seperation from birthfamilies leading to attachment disorder, more specifically an institutionalized process that assures children do not bond with their birthmothers as evidenced by the birthmothers not being allowed to breast feed or imprint with their children. I hope this post has you thinking and presents as information that has been overlooked in your course work. I am an adoptee and an adoption reform advocate. I am also a free search angel for those in the adoption triad, as well as a fan of GoodReads!!!



I have thought about going into the field because there is such a lack of quality, nuanced care for people outside the "norm". Precious few folks are doing progressive and transgressive work that meets the needs of Transgender folks (namely teens) and there are still so many in the mental health field that pathologize sexual expression, lack cultural competancy or know was going on with people who exist outside their narrow life experience.
Alas, I haven't found any clinical programs in the US anyway that seem transgressive enough for the kind of work I'd like to do with clients, so it's to the policy stocks for me!

I've got three books in print on addictions (I"m listed as a Goodreads author) and am working on another.
This is my second career. I spent 20 years in the Marine Corps, from age 17 to 37, and retired in 1996 to start doing this. I had gone back to school nights and weekends my last few years in uniform and finished up my psych degree while I was on terminal leave.
My other reading interests are politics and history (I fall somewhere around Kucinich on the political spectrum), humor, science fiction, and computers (a lot of my time in the service I worked in computers and telecommunications, and I want to explore creating computer games that teach prosocial skills and values for my grandsons.)
My wife is now working in this field as well as an LMSW, having finished her MSW a bit over a year ago. We live with our very old cat in the same neighborhood as one of my brothers and his wife and my daughter and her two boys.


Here's a semi-long list of some of my favorite books in this area. Some are out of print, but you should be able to get them through bookfinder.com:
1. Beebe, Philip J: The Codependent Counselor: Guidelines for Self-Assessment and Change (this is useful for avoiding common pitfalls.)
2. Bosco, Monica Ramirez; Thase, Michael E.; and Wright, Jesse H.: Learning Cognitive-Behavior Therapy
3. Callanan, Maggie, and Kelley, Patricia: Final Gifts: Understanding the Special Awareness, Needs, and Communications of the Dying
4. Chase, Truddi: When Rabbit Howls (on Dissociative Identity Disorder, aka multiple personality disorder.)
5. Duncan, Barry L.; Hubble, Mark A.; and Miller, Scott D: Escape From Babel: Toward a Unifying Language for Psychotherapy Practice
6. Gardner, Howard: Frames of Mind: The Theory of Multiple Intelligences (a great book on the varied ways beyond math and English that people are gifted.)
7. Hare, Robert D.: Without Conscience: The Disturbing World of the Psychopaths Among Us
8. Hesley, Jan G. and John W.: Rent Two Films and Let's Talk in the Morning: Using Popular Movies in Psychotherapy (fun and useful.)
9. Hoffer, Eric: The True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements (on fanaticism.)
10. Hunt, Morton: The Story of Psychology (an overview of pioneers and theories.)
11. Jamison, Kay Redfield: An Unquiet Mind (on the experience of the author, a psychiatrist, with her own bipolar disorder.)
12. Koegel, Lynn Kern, and LaZebnik, Claire: Overcoming Autism: Finding the Answers, Strategies, and Hope That Can Transform a Child’s Life (great - Claire is also a Goodreads author, and the mother of a child with autism.)
13. Lane, Robert: A Solitary Dance (an inspiring novel about a new therapist working with a withdrawn and fearful child.)
14. Levine, Peter A.: Waking the Tiger: Healing Trauma
15. Linehan, Marsha M: Skills Training Manual for Treating Borderline Personality Disorder
16. Matsakis, Aphrodite: I Can't Get over It: A Handbook for Trauma Survivors
17. McGoldrick, Monica: Genograms in Family Assessment (a very useful tool.)
18. Miller, Scott D., and Berg, Insoo Kim: Working With the Problem Drinker: A Solution-Focused Approach (practical, positive, and refreshing.)
19. Miller, William R., and Rollnick, Stephen: Motivational Interviewing: Preparing People for Change
20. Napier, Nancy J.: Getting Through the Day: Strategies for Adults Hurt As Children
21. Osofsky, Joy D: Children in a Violent Society
22. Pipher, Mary: Reviving Ophelia: Saving the Selves of Adolescent Girls
23. Radclifff, Anthony: Pharmer's Almanac II (a handy reference on psychoactive chemicals.)
24. Restak, Richard M.: The Mind
25. Shay, Jonathan: Achilles in Vietnam: Combat Trauma and the Undoing of Character
26. Stout, Martha: The Paranoia Switch: How Terror Rewires Our Brains and Reshapes Our Behavior – And How We Can Reclaim Our Courage
27. Stout, Martha: The Sociopath Next Door
28. Tennov, Dorothy: Love and Limerance: The Experience of Being in Love (on infatuation.)
29. Thompson, Tracy: The Beast (on the experience of the author, a journalist, with her own depression.)
30. Yalom, Irvin D: Love’s Executioner (stories about the experiences of the author in his career as a psychiatrist.)
31. Yalom, Irvin D.: The Theory and Practice of Group Psychotherapy
32. Zimbardo, Philip G.: The Lucifer Effect: Understanding How Good People Turn Evil

Thanks a mill! Will defo find a few out of that selection!Can't wait to explore the mind, so interesting and challenging! Don't know what I'm interested in specialising in as of yet, but I'll keep you posted on what I'm finding most interesting! Was reading "the man who mistook his wife for a hat" there recently & found it very good but looking for something more scientific and technical. Thanks for your help! :D

Will defo try reading Jacques Lacan, heard
wonderful things about his writing. Really looking forward to it! :)


What kind of career path do you plan to follow with criminal psychology? A couple of very good books in that area, if you haven't already read them, are The Mask of Sanity by Hervey Cleckley and The Sociopath Next Door by Martha Stout. I liked the first part of People of the Lie by M. Scott Peck as well, but he went off the deep end
in the latter part of the book and started talking about possession and exorcism.
If you're contemplating working with inmates, I would also recommend learning everything you can about complex PTSD. When I was working in a prison psychiatric hospital, a surprisingly small proportion of the patients fit the criteria for antisocial personality disorder - maybe 15% or 20% - but at least two thirds had PTSD to varying degrees.
Anyway, it's an endlessly absorbing field to work in. Again, welcome.
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People of the Lie: The Hope for Healing Human Evil (other topics)Achilles in Vietnam: Combat Trauma and the Undoing of Character (other topics)
The Theory and Practice of Group Psychotherapy (other topics)
Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach (other topics)
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