Student Perspectives Trauma Exposure as a Risk Factor for Suicidal Thoughts and Behaviors among Firefighters – Booke Bartlett, MA

by ISTSS Blogs | Feb 26, 2020 | Clinical Issues and Treatment, StressPoints, Student and Early Career

Editor’s Note: ISTSS participated in the development of the Vicarious Trauma Toolkit, a repository of tools and resources that law enforcement, emergency medical, fire and victim services organizations can use to address vicarious trauma in staff and...

Student Perspectives: Imbuing Evidence-Based Treatment for PTSD with Principles of Posttraumatic Growth – Olivia M. Riffle, MA

by ISTSS Blogs | Feb 26, 2020 | Clinical Issues and Treatment, StressPoints, Student and Early Career

As both a posttraumatic growth (PTG) researcher and a clinician delivering evidence-based treatments to military veterans with PTSD, I have often wondered if and how these worlds intersect. Prolonged exposure therapy (PE; Foa, Hembree, Olasov Rothbaum, &...

Creating an Inclusive College Campus – Chelsea M. Cogan, MA

by ISTSS Blogs | Sep 11, 2019 | StressPoints, Student and Early Career

As we approach another school year, many individuals are gearing up to begin their educations on college campuses across the world. There are a great deal of unknowns involved in attending school that can produce stress. For the average college student, this is one of...

Student Perspectives: Adding a Bullet Point About Trauma: the Importance of Teaching About the Consequences of Experiencing Adversity in the Health and Social Sciences – Josianne Lamothe, MSW, PhD Candidate

by ISTSS Blogs | Jun 1, 2019 | StressPoints, Student and Early Career

Building a teaching curriculum has become an important part of many graduate students’ educational journeys. Learning to teach university-level classes can be a challenge, with most of us having received little to no training on the subject. Yet, teaching also...

Student Perspectives: Assessing and Preventing Psychology Trainee Burnout – Leah Taylor, MS

by ISTSS Blogs | Mar 29, 2019 | StressPoints, Student and Early Career

Trainee burnout is a concept that has been openly discussed with supervisors more during my internship training than during all of graduate school. I have been fortunate to have supervisors who ask, “Have you eaten lunch today?” “Did you get a chance...

Student Perspectives: What Can Psychologists Do for Asylum-Seekers? Firsthand Experience from the South Texas Family Residential Center – Sophie Brickman

by ISTSS Blogs | Jan 1, 2019 | Clinical Issues and Treatment, International and Global, StressPoints, Student and Early Career

The mothers and children refer to it as “carcel de bebes” or “baby jail,” described psychologist Kristin Samuelson, Ph.D, about the South Texas Family Residential Center, where she recently volunteered with the Dilley Pro Bono Project....