Student Perspectives: Considerations for Addressing Interpersonal Violence on College Campuses – Shianne J. Andrew and Jessica L. LaPlant

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

As college students—especially college students who study and aim to specialize in trauma psychology—we cannot ignore the epidemic of sexual assault that seems to especially permeate university life. Combinations of proximity, the thrill of freedom and...

Student Perspectives: A Student Therapist’s Clinical Response to the Continuum of Dissociation – Talia Soto, MS

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

As a psychology trainee, I have often had discussions about how my emotional reactions when with a client can be a useful indicator of various client factors present in session. Specifically, supervisors have suggested this self-awareness is particularly valuable...

Student Perspectives: Embracing Mentorship and Creating a Network of Professional Support – Virginia K. McCaughey

by ISTSS Blogs | Sep 1, 2018 | StressPoints, Student and Early Career

Early career mentors are some of the first people we choose to be a part of our professional development. We invite them into our lives, while they allow us into theirs, to build something of a partnership. Our parents are intrinsically the first people to support us...

Student Perspectives: Workplace Violence and the Cyclical Hypothesis: The Role of Staff Mental Health in Violence Prevention – Josianne Lamothe

by ISTSS Blogs | Jun 1, 2018 | StressPoints, Student and Early Career

Workplace violence is a serious and unfortunately common problem in the healthcare and social services sector. For example, 50 percent of child protection workers report meeting with at least one hostile or intimidating parent each week (Littlechild et al., 2016)...

Student Perspectives: Developing Boundaries for Competence – Chelsea M. Cogan, MA

by ISTSS Blogs | Jan 1, 2018 | StressPoints, Student and Early Career

At the time, I did not know how I would incorporate this advice into my life, but I knew the advice was important. A few short months later, I arrived at graduate school, eager to begin down my career path to being a clinical psychologist contributing to the field of...

Student Perspectives: A Psychology Trainee’s Professional Transition: Learning about Different PTSD-Related Treatment Approaches – Nicole A. Sciarrino, MA, MS

by ISTSS Blogs | Jan 1, 2018 | StressPoints, Student and Early Career

The term trauma is inherently heterogeneous and, as such, should encourage the application of different therapeutic approaches and interventions to the myriad sequelae associated with incidents beyond the realm of everyday human experience.  I pursued doctoral...