The human capacity for self-deception

As a psychologist with 26 years experience ( I figure at this point I have accrued somewhere between 30,000 and 40,000 hours of clinical experience), I frequently wonder how I have been shaped by my experience, first as a therapist, and later as a forensic clinician, working in both criminal and primarily Family Court arenas. I just […]

Graduate Psychology Education in Hawaii and Elsewhere

Regarding the EPPP, data are available at the ASPPB website: http://www.asppb.net/files/public/ASPPBPsychExamScores3-19-10.pdf 2010 Psychology Licensing Exam Scores by Doctoral Program (the numbers following the passrate include the various content areas of the exam) Argosy U. – Hawaii (ASPP) Clinical 132 took exam, 75 passed —  56.80% pass rate66.7%      62.1%    66.9%    63.9%    60.2%    69.1%    51.8%    73.8% (the lowest […]

Graduate Psychology Education in Hawaii and Elsewhere

Another piece of our 2010 HPA presentation on training and workforce issues in professional psychology concerned how well local training programs are preparing graduates for two career hurdles: internship selection and the passing the Examination for Professional Practice in Hawaii (EPPP).  I’ll present the numbers in two separate posts and let everyone give them their […]

The Psychology Internship Match Crisis

For our 2010 HPA presentation on developments in professional psychology, we examined various career and workforce issues in professional psychology, including the current status of the internship match crisis. There has been an increasing trend over the past 10 years for the number of graduates who fail to match to an internship (2009: 3825 applicants, 846 […]