One of the many requirements to become a licensed clinical psychologist involves training at a full-time pre-doctoral internship.  During a one month period, aspiring psychologists travel across the nation to interview for such a position.  Applicants scramble to secure a competitive site while training programs interview a host of eager candidates.  The number of interviews […]

It seems that anytime the topic of siblings comes up, everyone has a story to tell about how difficult it is to maintain a relationship with their adult brother or sister. You may have a sibling who constantly needs rescuing, who is taking advantage of your parents, or shows signs of addiction. The sibling relationship […]

We allow our ignorance to prevail upon us and make us think we can survive alone, alone in patches, alone in groups and even alone in gender. Maya Angelou (as cited in Rutan, Stone & Shay, 2007) We are born into groups. Our original group is our family where we adapt relational styles of interacting […]