Jay Efran and I have published a new article providing guidance for psychotherapists during the coronavirus pandemic. The article applies a context-centered therapy approach to working with clients during these difficult times. Reference: Raskin, J. D., & Efran, J. S. (2020). The coronavirus in context: Guidance for psychotherapists during a pandemic. Journal of Humanistic Psychology.… Continue reading
A new article in which I interview Jay Efran about how he structures his psychotherapy practice has appeared in the June 2020 issue of The Humanistic Psychologist: Raskin, J. D., & Efran. J. S. (2019). The practice of context-centered psychotherapy: A conversation with Jay Efran. The Humanistic Psychologist, 48, 202-2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/hum0000143 Full text available on ResearchGate.… Continue reading
Here’s a brief video to congratulate the Class of Spring 2020. Doesn’t make up for what they’re missing, but it’s one small way to celebrate their accomplishment. Hope you get a kick out of it.
Dr. Raskin’s president-elect column in the March 2020 newsletter of the Society for Humanistic Psychology (Division 32 of the American Psychological Association) is available online. It is entitled “Acknowledging our Own Hostility.” Click here to check it out.
My latest Psychology Today blog post, “Not so Great Expectations,” examines the psychological effects of permitting entitled rule-breaking. https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/making-meaning/202002/not-so-great-expectations
Check out my new double new book review, which has appeared as an advance online publication: Hostility and Psychiatry: Spinning Our Wheels While Pretending to Know Review of Mind Fixers: Psychiatry’s Troubled Search for the Biology of Mental Illness, by Anne Harrington. Norton, 2019, 366 pp. ISBN 978-0-393-07122-1 (hardcover) and The Great Pretender, by Susannah… Continue reading
For Spring 2020, I will be teaching: COU540 Psychopathology The three required books to purchase for this class are as follows: Raskin, J. D. (2019). Abnormal psychology: Contrasting perspectives. London, England: Red Globe Press/Macmillan International Higher Education. You may purchase the book in either hard copy or electronic format. Hard copies can be purchased from the… Continue reading
For my two Winter 2019-20, here are the required books: PSY440 Clinical and Counseling Psychology Pomerantz, A. M. (2020). Clinical psychology: Science, practice, and culture (5th ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE. The books is available from a variety of sellers, including Amazon and the Campus Bookstore. COU585 Contemporary Issues in Counseling No required books; all readings… Continue reading
I just published a new book review, which has appeared as an advance online publication: Scapegoating CBT? Review of CBT: The Cognitive Behavioral Tsunami By Farhad Dalal London: Routledge, 2018, 197 pp., $29.50 USD, ISBN 978-1-78220-664-4 (paperback). Reviewed in the Journal of Constructivist Psychology by Jonathan D. Raskin, Department of Psychology, State University of New York at… Continue reading
Video of me at APA 2019 in Chicago discussing writing Abnormal Psychology: Contrasting Perspectives.