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Hey everyone! I am Dimitris, a 24 years old psychologist and neuroscientist. I've got my BA in Psychology two and a half years ago and my M.Sc. in Neuroscience just 6 months ago. I am curently serving my military service in the Greek Army as a psychologist. I just discovered this website(/& this group) and -since I consider myself a bookworm- I am totally excited about it! I would definitely read some of the books you are suggesting :)
Hi, Dimitris, and welcome. This is a good group, both for learning about books we may not have found on our own and just for shop talk and other conversation.I'm curious, how does being a MH provider in the Greek Army work? My first career before getting into the counseling field was in my country's Marine Corps - 20 years, mostly in data systems and telecommunications - we had a pretty progressive system in place for substance abuse rehab, but for any other MH services we relied on the Navy medical corps.
Hi, I'm Caitlin. I'm currently getting my associates in science in psychology. I hope to transfer to a university and become a research psychologist. I'm very interested in people's experiences in psychiatric wards, past and present.<3
Hello, Caitlin - welcome to the field! With any luck, when you reach the stage in school when you'll be doing one or more internships, you might be able to intern in a psychiatric ward. I worked in the psychiatric hospital serving the New Mexico prison system, and we had interns that spent time with us there.
As for the work there, I loved it, for three reasons: first, I got to work with people who were dealing with major mental and emotional problems. Second, I was able to do really long-term and in-depth work with them, sometimes for years. Third, because it was part of state government, we didn't have to deal with the managed care system - that cut the paperwork in half and gave us more freedom to work in the ways that best fit each person and his situation.
My specialties there were PTSD, bipolar disorder, addictions, and borderline personality disorder, so I ended up with almost all the guys who had been the most terribly abused growing up and, as adults, tended to be the most self-destructive and often the most violent in general. I got all the self-injurers, who were mostly the same folks as the group diagnosed with severe borderline issues - I liked working with them, they made sense to me, and the rest of the staff were happy to let me have them, because they found them so frustrating. I just took the tack of helping them figure out what needs their actions were trying to meet, then find other ways to meet those needs that didn't carry such high price tags.
Hi, Gian, and welcome!Your interests are definitely applicable to the study of psychology, or rather psychology is applicable to those interests. Organizational psychology has been receiving more attention for quite a while now, basically since dealing with managed care has been making traditional mental health practice with individuals, couples, and families a bureaucratic mess. People looking to move in that direction tend to think in terms of coaching - there are some good books on the subject and the development of structure for the field of coaching is underway, though in its early years yet - but the fields of systems thinking and public health are at least as relevant.
Both the field and the level of degree to pursue depend on what you want to do. If you plan to teach and do research, go for a Ph.D., and if you plan to practice, go for the Master's in Public Health (M.P.H.), Master's in Social Work (M.S.W.), or an M.A. or M.S. in counseling or psychology. Of those four, the M.S.W. is probably the most versatile. My degree is an M.A. in counseling psych, but if I had it to do over again and the option were available, I'd pursue the M.S.W., because of that versatility in terms of what doors the degree and the L.M.S.W. license open, because the M.S.W. gets more exposure to systems theory than most M.A. programs give, and because the social work field does a better job of coordinating reciprocity among states so you can transfer your licensure if you move. My wife is a clinical social worker and I was able to observe her M.S.W. curriculum while she was in school, and it was stronger in some areas than my M.A. program, although my program was a very good one.
I did my B.S. in management and ran organizations as an officer in the military, and I worked as a program manager teaching systems theory to county and tribal health councils for a few years, so I got that exposure to systems theory and organizational functioning elsewhere, but my M.A. program was lacking in that area. You might also consider a double major of an M.P.H. and an M.A. in counseling or psychology.
Good luck!
Hi everyone.My name is Kevin, and my manuscript on schizophrenia has been recently published. Check it out at:
http://www.nup.com/product-details.as...Thanks for your time,
Kevin
My name is Morgan & I read psych. books for fun. I'm looking at my MA for Transpersonal Psychology: Art Thearpy with children.
My name is Donald Van de Mark. I published my first book this year, The Good Among the Great: 19 Traits of the Most Admirable, Creative and Joyous People, in which I look closely at the personality traits common to the very few, very successful people who also happen to very good people. I also explain how you can cultivate these traits, in yourself and in others.I invite anyone here who has read The Good Among the Great to let me know what you think! And if you know wonderful people who display some or all of the 19 Traits - please let me know by sharing your story in my website Forum or here on Goodreads.
Cheers,
Donald Van de Mark
www.donaldvandemark.com
My name is Donald Van de Mark. I published my first book this year, The Good Among the Great: 19 Traits of the Most Admirable, Creative and Joyous People, in which I look closely at the personality traits common to the very few, very successful people who also happen to very good people. I also explain how you can cultivate these traits, in yourself and in others.I invite anyone here who has read The Good Among the Great to let me know what you think! And if you know wonderful people who display some or all of the 19 Traits - please let me know by sharing your story in my website Forum or here on Goodreads.
Cheers,
Donald Van de Mark
www.donaldvandemark.com
Any generous souls out there? Fancy sponsoring me?I'm planning on exhausting myself climbing 3 mountains in 24 hours, Ben Nevis in Scotland, Scarfel Pike in England and Snowdon in Wales, in order to raise money for the charity Mind and in memory of my Uncle John.
Pennies or pounds, it all makes a difference! :)
Hello all, Any pointers would be much appreciated. I have to take my Child Psych boards.... Are there any good review books you can recommend. Lewis is tooooooo big and difficult to retain. I have done the PRITES. Any recommendations for orals will also be great. Thanks
Julie wrote: "Hi, To be honest, I don't read other books on bipolar disorder as I have to be careful to keep my work my own! It's easy to hear a great idea and let it creep into your own writing! I know that peo..."Any works in progress focused on clinicians specifically and the management of bipolar in that scenario. I think that is one topic that I have failed to find any resources for. Everybody seems to be flying by the seats of their pants on this one.
Hello! My name is Daira and I'm a first year PhD student (Clinical Psych) from Puerto Rico.
hi! my name's matt. been blessed with bipolar ii.
Hi, I am Julie, a clinical psychologist.
I am Michael, a behavioral cognitive lab rat and clinical psychology intake coordinator turned into a psychology educator in an urban school. I have a Masters in psychology and teach Intro to Psych and IB Psych.
Hi! I'm Mike, 21 and from the West Midlands (UK). I was always interested in psychology although I just recently started to get into it by buying "The Interpretation of Dreams" by Freud, S.I am particularly interested in how memory is affected when talking about psyco-analysis and was wondering if anyone could give me some pointers on where to start?
Hello!My name is Lauren. I have always had an interest in psychology. I was recently diagnosed with dissociative identity disorder and PTSD, so I am trying to gather a lot of information on those subjects. I am an English and Creative Writing undergraduate, but I may switch to psychology.
Lauren wrote: "Hello!My name is Lauren. I have always had an interest in psychology. I was recently diagnosed with dissociative identity disorder and PTSD, so I am trying to gather a lot of information on those..."
Oh my! I hope you are doing well. You may want to read this for information, however this is about children and adolescents basically. Dissociation in Traumatized Children and Adolescents
Hi! I am Pragya from India. I have done my Bachelors and Masters in Psychology, M.Phil in Clinical Psychology (2 years supervised working and learning in hospital/clinical setting). I am currently awaiting my Clinical Psychologist Degree and have applied for Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology.
Hi, I'm a newbie. Just finished a great book called A Life Lived Ridiculously.Everyone must read it, especially if you are interested in mental illness
Hello. I'm Paul Komarek, author of Defying Mental Illness. It's aimed at general audiences, newcomers to mental illness, family caregivers. Our approach is strengths-based, focused on planning and building alliances.
Hi, I'm a Filipino researcher (ethnomethodology/consumer psychology) and a clinical psychologist-in-training with CBT/narrative leanings. This seems a great crowd to shoot ideas with; see you all around!
Hello, I'm Sudha doing my graduation in Psychology Honours, from Delhi University. I aim to do my masters next and go for organisational psychology.I love books on psychology, spirituality, self-help and classics as well.
well, I've just joined the group. let me introduce myself. I'm Farzaneh. My internship will be started in 1 month from now. I'm a real fan of psychology and psychiatry & I'm gonna start researching in our university's psychiatry search unit.I'm really interested in developmental theories. also in personality disorders. the other fields of interest of mine is neuropsychiatry, mind, dreams, ...
Hi, I'm Lilac and I'm 14 so clearly I'm not studying psychology in university but I'd like to know more about this stuff because of three reasons:1. My mum is doing a degree in psychology and neuro psychology and then she's going to do a post-grad so I can learn what sort of books to get her that she will enjoy and that she'll be able to reference in her essays.
2. My dad is schizophrenic so I'm sure people on here would be able to give me some more information on that and tell me if it can be genetic (I really hope not!!!)
3. My half brother (different dad) who is 9 has got mild asperges and looses him temper all the time so it would be handy if I could get some suggestions on books to read so that I'll be able to learn more about that.
I'm sure you think I've got a really mad family now then lol :)
Hi, I'm Joanne and I've suffered from clinical depression for over 20 years, plus I've had two breakdowns one related to PTSD. I've joined this group as an amateur since I have no psychology background, I am marketer by trade, but I have finally found a way to overcome the darkness that visited me on a regular basis, which I wrote a book about My Walks With Alfie.I decided to leave my Freudian therapist and through reading and walking my dog Alfie, took a different approach to recovery which seems to have been successful for me. I would be interested in joining any conversations to give a patient's perspective.
Hi, everybody. My name is Brently. I'm an American expat in Taiwan. I love psychology, so I joined this group. I'm a psychotherapist (one of many hats), working with other expats in the greater Taipei City area. I look forward to some exciting stuff as part of this group.
Hi, my name is John. I am a first-year student intending to major in psychology. Since the age of 19, I have been diagnosed with schizoaffective disorder. I have spent significant amounts of time in both institutions and prisons due to my condition.
Thankfully, about two years ago, my doctor hit on the right combination of medications and I have started the process of rebuilding my life. I like to refer to the current period of my life as my second adolescence.
I like to read anything concerned with schizophrenia and also anything that explores the relationship between philosophy and psychology.
Mod
Welcome to My Country
Autobiography of a Schizophrenic Girl
Recovered, not Cured: A Journey Through Schizophrenia
The Center Cannot Hold: A Journey Through Madness
I hope this helps and I wish you the best of luck!
Thank you for the welcome and well wishes, Cristina! I will definitely check out your recommendations.
I'm Nic. I'm in high school, but have been fully immersed in the psych world for a little over a year now. I hope to study clinical psychology, specifically gender dysmorphia. I am also interested in mood and psychotic disorders that don't fit into the DSM's little boxes.
Hi I'm Tabatha. I'm a Staff Nurse on a Acute Psychiatric Ward in London. I'm fascinated by Psychiatry, especially the history. I'm presently doing my second Degree in Mental Health Studies, focusing on Psychological treatments on acute wards. Next I hope to complete my MSc in Mental Health at Kings College London.I love reading all aspects of mental health/psychology. I particularly interested in books by Irvin D Yalom and Elaine Showalter.
Hi to you all xxx
I just published a new book called Living with Bipolar DisorderLink: https://www.createspace.com/4294628
Hi, I'm David. I am a psychologist in private practice and have published a new book, A Chair with a View: Scenes of Heartbreak and Breakthrough in Psychotherapy. I am influenced by Yalom among others. If you would like to read the first few chapters, you can do so for free at docsabine.com.The goodreads link is
goodreads.com/book/show/12756072-a-ch...
It is also at Amazon, B&N, Kindle, etc.
Any thoughts or reviews of the book would be appreciated. I also am available to review new books in the field. Thanks!
Hello everyone, I'm Ruska from Finland, an illustrator and graphic designer who suffers from being interested in absolutely everything all of the time. At the moment I find myself reading about psychopathy. Partly because I just watched the new NBC show Hannibal and fell unhealthily in love with it. Also I'm fairly sure unhealthily is not a word. Any way, while I don't take my psychology studies (read: anything) seriously and probably won't be able to contribute much to the discussion, I'll be lurking about and picking up your recommendations, hopefully branching out from serial killers to less romantic areas... Before I suddenly get fascinated by pneumatic elevators or something and you'll never hear from me again. Just kidding. Once you go brain books you don't go back. You probably know.
Hello everyone, I am a co-author of the book The SharpBrains Guide to Brain Fitness: How to Optimize Brain Health and Performance at Any Age, and I'd love to engage in a good book conversation.Interesting to note, given how international how this group seems to be, is that 2 of the 3 co-authors live in the US (one originally from Russia, one from Spain-me!) and the third is a Frenchwoman who just moved back to France, from the US.
A couple recent book reviews:
- At SciAm: http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/b...
- Kirkus Reviews: http://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-rev...
PS: those of you who follow the great Brain Science Podcast with Ginger Campbell -- she's reading the book right now and will be interviewing me over the summer.
Hi everyone, I thought it was best for me to introduce myself. I'm Jackie, I am currently studding to become a psychologist. I'm not that far along in my studdies, but I am takeing it slowwly. I was asked to help out with the group, so here I am. If you need any help or have any questions, please just let me know! I'm sure there are many highly qualified people here to talk to, but if you need anything, just let me know! ☺
Hi, I just joined recently- I'm a doctoral psychology candidate who, after a lot of chronic illness including most recently a bilateral brain surgery, am looking forward to wrapping up my research (on women & pregnancy loss ) & starting internship in September! I like to read great books, and am interested in treatments like DBT, IPT, mindfulness-but not EDMR (just don't see much evidence/data) and go right to CBT usually.
If I can make a suggestion, can u start the comment section with the newer comments vs comments that says "5 yrs ago-new!" It's somewhat confusing -although I enjoyed reading the comments so I kept working towards the most recent ones & will become more specific
once I catch up ( I flew through the comments not really reading things too specifically ) I'm also from central va. Cece!
Cecelia wrote: "Hi, I just joined recently- I'm a doctoral psychology candidate who, after a lot of chronic illness including most recently a bilateral brain surgery, am looking forward to wrapping up my research ..."Go DBT!
Hi im taeing social psychology an I am woring on completing a bachelor degree in psychology. I want to become a MFT someday who does trauma theapy an is trained in hypnosis an EMDR.
This is officially my new favourite thread on GRs. I can't believe how happy it makes me to find so many fascinating and like-minded people.My name is Rebecca. I have a completed Bachelor in Psych and am currently finishing off my Honours year with a research thesis looking at the motivation and types of non-suicidal self-harm content published and/or shared on Tumblr. My passion is mood disorders, partially fuelled by my own diagnosis of MDD. I haven't decided what I am aiming at with my study just yet, but am leaning towards research with a neuropsychology background (neuropsych will probably be my postgrad). I am only roughly aware of what psychology study and registration is like in other countries, but here in Aus it can be ling and brutal. But I will make it.
Would love to chat with anyone with similar interests!
I'm Jeff, a retired psychologist. I got my bachelor's in English at The Citadel, but took some psych courses and was hooked. After four years in the Army Medical Service Corps (during which time I attended the Defense Race Relations Institute & became a race relations education officer) I got my master's in psychology at West Georgia College (now a university). It was the only "humanistic psychology" department in the Southeast, and it prepared me well for a career as a psychotherapist/psychometrist in the public sector. Most of my career was spent in community mental health settings in AL and SC, but I've also worked in juvenile corrections (where I worked in a sex offender treatment program), in a maximum security prison, and (while serving in the Peace Corps)as ward psychologist on the Detox/Rehab Ward of the University Hospital of the West Indies, in Kingston Jamaica. For two years I worked in a Dialectical Behavior Therapy treatment program. I ran a housing program for homeless mentally ill folks in Columbia, SC, and served at Ground Zero as a Red Cross Disaster Mental Health Volunteer following the attack on the World Trade Centers. For most of my career I've served as a Designated Examiner in the Probate Court. For the last nine years of my career I worked as a ward psychologist on locked wards at SC's largest psychiatric hospital. I've had a fascinating and rewarding career. I've met Carl Rogers, Albert Ellis, and Marsha Linehan. Cognitive Behavior Therapy was anathema at my grad program, so I have a lot of client-centered and gestalt and transactional analysis techniques in my therapeutic bag of tricks; but I've come around to preaching the Gospel of Rational Thinking over the years. Another major influence has been Milton Erickson, and my wife (a retired psychiatric nurse practitioner)and I have been to all but the very first Evolution of Psychotherapy conferences. In terms of my basic orientation, I've long considered myself to be an existential therapist. Now I'm a full-time writer, and hope to start a blog soon.
Hello. My name is Leif Gregersen and I am an author of two books about my life with Bipolar Disorder. I currently work for the Schizophrenia Society giving public presentations to classes and other groups about mental illness and psychosis and I will be taking training to be a group coordinator for a mental health recovery program. I also teach writing in my community and volunteer for my community newspaper. My passions are writing, travel and public performance. I currently participate in story slams (ask me) and read poetry in public and am hoping to take a Toastmaster's course in the fall. More about me and my books can be found at my website, which I am slowly phasing over to be strictly on Goodreads. The web address is www.edmontonwriter.com and I would love to hear from anyone interested.Leif G.
William Jiang, MLS Mental Health Author and Advocate here. I speak Spanish, French, and Portuguese in addition to my native tongue, English. I've written 20 Kindle books so far, most notably my autobiography "A Schizophrenic Will: A Story of Madness, A Story of Hope" and "Guide to Natural Mental Health: Anxiety, Bipolar, Depression, Schizophrenia, and Digital Addiction: Nutrition, and Complementary Therapies", both books are available on Amazon.com in Kindle, print, and Audible audiobook formats.
Hey Everyone! My name is Naura and I'm in my first year of Masters in Clinical Psychology.
This seems to have been a great group- doesn't look all that active now though :(
I'm wondering if there are people willing to revive it again. Would be amazing if we could do that
I am a licensed professional counselor with a MS in Rehabilitation Counseling Psychology. I have interests in chronic pain, bipolar and mood disorders, trauma and dissociation, and cult/ritual/religious abuse. I've just recently joined Goodreads and have added my library, which contains a lot of psych related books.
Hi Everyone!Several years ago, I would have introduced myself by saying that I worked as a psychotherapist for half the week and a drummer for the other half. In December, 2015 I retired my license so now I'm just a drummer for a blues band and two kirtan bands.
I'm originally from New England. My wife and I discovered New Mexico on our 25th wedding anniversary in 2009. In 2013, we sold our home in Maine and bought a home in the suburbs of Santa Fe, NM. My little 'point & shoot' camera has never been happier!
Shrink Rap (Psychology Books)
Books mentioned in this topic
Honeycake: A Circle Of Trust (other topics)School's Out Forever: I've Done My Time (other topics)
MiXED NUTS or What I've Learned Practicing Psychotherapy (other topics)
Defying Mental Illness: Finding Recovery With Community Resources and Family Support (other topics)
A Life Lived Ridiculously (other topics)
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I of course read An Unquiet Mind when I was diagnosed in 1995. There were so few books out then. Now there are too many on bipolar!
I liked the book Manic by Teri Cheney- I had a radio show and she was a great guest. You can hear her interivew on my website www.juliefast.com
It's a very, very tough book to read subject wise and is certainly for adults- but I just flew through it. I was fascinated to learn about her writing process!
Thanks for writing- I will have to ask around for PTSD books.
Julie