Psych Explained

Hi friends, 

This is the final podcast episode for Psych Explained!  I wanted to say *Thanks* to my loyal circle of listeners, and all the psych students out there who may have benefited from the lectures.

The podcast will still be here!

All my socials will still stay active, and any links from each episode, the sponsors or support information, are all still valid.  

If I have the spark to create a new podcast, I'll be sure to add a trailer episode here for you all.

Thanks again, and feel free to contact me or join our Discord community, or send me a belated up of coffee - I'm still here!

So, for the last time...

*Note: As always, this psych related podcast is for educational purposes only, so please rely upon and seek relevant professional help in your community if needed.

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Lauren Yang, Psy.D. (she/her) is based in the Bay Area, CA. She earned her degree at Yeshiva University in New York City. Lauren draws from her clinical training experiences at university counseling centers, an outpatient specialty clinic for bipolar disorder, and an inpatient psychiatric hospital. Her professional interests include mood disorders with a specialty in bipolar disorder, emerging/young adult concerns, AANHPI mental health, and BIPOC advocacy. With her lived experience of bipolar II disorder, Lauren serves as Vice Chair of the Young Adult Council for the Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance. She is also an active member and Leadership Fellow and Newsletter Co-Editor-in-Chief in the Asian American Psychological Association. Originally from Orange County, CA, Lauren is a second generation Korean and Filipina American who loves karaoke and food adventures with friends.

Instagram: @dr.laurenyang

Twitter: @layangpsyd

Aarti Ahuja is an alumnus of Modern School, Barakhamba Road 2009. Today, she is an independent practicing Psychologist based in New Delhi working since 5 years and focusing on stress, anxiety management, relationship and family counselling, and grief and loss counselling. She integrates positive psychology, psycho-spiritual psychology and art therapy in her practice. She has established Tatava Connect , a Mental Health and Awareness based online platform along with her Co-founder Swapan Deep Kaur. Aarti applies her training as a psychologist, NLP practitioner, and Health and Wellness coach with the diverse gender neutral client base across age groups.

Her role at Burn Healing Foundation is in multiple capacities as she takes sense of service forward to make healing an integral part of post-burn recovery

Websites & Social Media

Tatava The Lifestyle Studio

Sarah Elaine Eaton, PhD, is the Educational Leader in Residence and a full-time faculty member at the University of Calgary, Canada.

Author of 2 books:

“Plagiarism in Higher Education - Tackling Tough Topics in Academic Integrity”

Dr. Sarah Lupis completed her Ph.D. in 2016 with the Laboratory for Biological Health Psychology at Brandeis University. Her research focuses on the intersectionality of emotion and stress. This research examines how people react emotionally to psychosocial stress, and how this correlates to sympathetic nervous system and neuroendocrine stress responses. Her research interests also include predictors and moderators of these underlying mechanisms, including the effects of age, culture, gender, and body image.

Professor Des Robinson began studying dolphins in the Florida Keys but has since devoted his career to the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning and maximizing student learning and understanding.  He has worked at Tarrant County College for over 20 years and is currently Department Chair and Associate Professor of Psychology.  He was awarded TCC’s 2021-2022 Chancellors Award for Excellence in Teaching and also won the 2022 Frank Costin Memorial Award at the National Institute for Teaching of Psychology.

Professor Des' Book recommendations:

"Powerful Teaching: Unleash the Science of Learning"

"Make it Stick: The Science of Successful Learning"

"An Evidence Based Guide to College and University Teaching: Developing the Model Teacher"

"Small Teaching: Everyday Lessons from the Science of Learning"

"Small Teaching Online: Applying Learning Science in Online Classes"

"Understanding How we Learn: A Visual Guide"

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Dr. Shanta N. Kanukollu (a.k.a “Dr. K”) has over a decade of clinical experience working with clients of diverse backgrounds in the forensic and medical settings. She has also taught courses related to diversity and gender at The Chicago School of Professional Psychology and Northwestern University. Shanta was a recipient of the Minority Fellowship Award during her graduate career at The University of Michigan, where she obtained her doctorate in Clinical Psychology and Women’s Studies. She currently has her own private practice in downtown Chicago where she provides psychotherapy to adults from diverse backgrounds. Shanta provides education and outreach regarding mental health outcomes in ethnic minority communities through her writing and professional speaking engagements across the country.

Dieu M. Truong will be conferred with the PhD in School Psychology in August 2022 from the APA-Accredited, NASP-certified School Psychology doctoral program at the University of Houston (Main Campus).

She is completing her APA-Accredited Psychology Internship Training Program at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) as the psychology intern on the program’s autism spectrum disorder track.

Dr. Oyenike Balogun-Mwangi is a licensed psychologist in the state of Massachusetts and earned her doctoral degree in Counseling Psychology from Northeastern University. Her training/professional experiences are expansive, and cover a range of settings including, college counseling centers, community mental health settings, residential treatment programs, forensic inpatient sites, and partial hospital programs.

Aside from her private practice. work, she is a full-time Assistant Professor and maintain an active research agenda focused on racial micro-aggressions, racial/cultural disparities related to body image, and intersectional discrimination of racial minorities with serious mental illness.

Caroline Lay is an Associate Marriage and Family Therapist located in the Los Angeles Area.

She specializes in working with young adults and professionals, who struggle with burnout; career counseling, relationship issues, immigrant issues, women issues, childhood trauma, and anxiety.

Caroline is passionate about the Asian American experience, destigmatizing mental health, and changing the face of mental health overall. Her  passion project at the moment is expanding her brand Pwrhaus Therapy, by utilizing social media and becoming more active in the mental health community, she hopes to continue to spread awareness on mental health and destigmatize mental health within the Asian American population.

Caroline's website and instagram:

Yi is a 2nd-year doctoral student in Counseling Psychology at University at Buffalo, SUNY. She was originally from China and has been an international student in the United States since high school.

She received her Bachelor of Arts in Psychology, minoring in Counseling, East Asian Culture and Asian American Studies, and her Master of Science in Education in Mental Health Counseling, at Indiana University Bloomington.

Her research interests include minorities/people of color, Asian international students, acculturation, bilingualism in counseling and Positive Psychology.

She has a passion towards providing bilingual service to Chinese speaking population. Aside from grad life, she enjoys cooking and hiking. She currently lives in Buffalo, NY with her dog, Luna.

*Note: As always, this psych related podcast is for educational purposes only, so please rely upon and seek relevant professional help in your community if needed.

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Lisa Heng is a junior at the University of Louisville double majoring in Public Health and Psychology. As a Cambodian American, she grew up observing how intergenerational trauma and the barriers to mental healthcare access have led to worsened health outcomes in her community. She is currently working with the Asia Institute-Crane House to promote trauma-informed, culturally competent care from or 1st-generation Asian immigrants in Kentucky. She can be reached via her email: LISA.HENG@LOUISVILLE.EDU

In this episode we explore Lisa's story - from her personal history that led up to her academic goals, life as an ethnic minority university student, starting college at the onset of the pandemic, and many topics related to her college experience. For audience members who are in the early stages of their academic pursuits, I feel there's a lot to learn from Lisa's experiences.   

*Note: As always, this psych related podcast is for educational purposes only, so please rely upon and seek relevant professional help in your community if needed.

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Robyn Tamanaha is a Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist in Orange County, CA. She specializes in helping people who are living with Bipolar Disorder, to help them hop in the driver's seat, take control of extreme mood changes, and live a fulfilling and balanced life.  In addition, Robyn  works with Asian Americans & Pacific Islanders, anxious high achievers, and people struggling with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder.  One of Robyn's passion projects is building community amongst AAPI clinicians: She runs a virtual monthly clinical consultation group for Asian American & Pacific Islander therapists who live throughout  the United States.

My guest is Dr. Gitika Talwar, a Community-Clinical Psychologist in the state of Washington. She earned a Masters Degree in Social Psychology from University of Mumbai, and earned her Ph.D. in Clinical-Community Psychology from the University of Maryland-Baltimore County.

As a South Asian Community-Clinical Psychologist, “Dr. Gee” focuses on decolonization and liberation. She is interested in holistic wellbeing, disrupting the cultural appropriation of mindfulness, decolonizing mental health while also reclaiming and celebrating ways to integrate heritage culture in her clinical practice.

In this episode I chat with Private Practice Psychologist and author, Dr. Gerald Drose.  Dr. Drose is based in Atlanta, and runs a successful private practice with four locations and at least 30 therapists.  We discuss what inspired him to write his fiction memoir, chat about various characters in the book, and dive deeper into contemporary issues in Clinical Psychology - such as how his practice has changed due to the pandemic.  As a person who struggles with long form reading (we talk about that, too), I genuinely enjoyed reading his book.

I'm taking this opportunity to vent a bit, about crappy instructors - so students, I hope you'll find the suggestions helpful, and for instructors, well, just don't be a d*ck. 

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How do you feel about getting older?  I mean, older older, like 70 years old and beyond?  Will be be great, or horrible?  In today's Wellness Wednesday episode we explore our attitudes about aging, and how that might affect our behaviors today.

These periodic wellness episodes are brief episodes discussing ways that we can improve our personal wellbeing, with the hopes of influencing our society in a positive way.  Think of this as a mental health booster shot! #wellnesswednesday #mentalhealth

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Hey friends in this Wellness Wednesday episode we will focus on the 'long game' perspective, and the importance of developing active (exercise) habits that you do solo, and making it a priority no matter how busy life gets.  Better to develop and keep good habits than to discard them and try to revive them later.  

These weekly wellness episodes are brief episodes discussing ways that we can improve our personal wellbeing, with the hopes of influencing our society in a positive way.  Think of this as a weekly mental health booster shot! #wellnesswednesday #mentalhealth

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Yup, that's it - it's just me, cheering you on with whatever you're doing, whatever you happen to need right now.  Just let me be your cheerleader for a few minutes, if you need it.

These weekly wellness episodes are brief episodes discussing ways that we can improve our personal wellbeing, with the hopes of influencing our society in a positive way.  Think of this as a weekly mental health booster shot! #wellnesswednesday #mentalhealth

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Wake up!  It's "Wellness Wednesday" again, and this week's episode was inspired by a listener email, initially from one year ago, and what has occurred most recently.  The focus is on whether we choose to give up on a passion, or dream, or goal, due to the large number of logistical challenges that lie ahead of that goal.  Can you commit to pursuing it, knowing (or not knowing) what lies ahead?   Maybe we can call it a "leap of faith?"  

These weekly wellness episodes are brief episodes discussing ways that we can improve our personal wellbeing, with the hopes of influencing our society in a positive way.  Think of this as a weekly mental health booster shot! #wellnesswednesday #mentalhealth

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In this "How to" episode we break down the specific parts of a typical scientific journal article in the field of Psychology.  This can be useful for students who are new at reading original empirical research, or in need of guidance to organize a research paper.   Those who are non-students might find this information beneficial in understanding the scientific research process that psychologists use.  

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Hey it's "Wellness Wednesday" again, and this week the focus is on reversing our tendencies to dehumanize others - hence, let's call this our "Rehumanization Project."  

These weekly wellness episodes are brief episodes discussing ways that we can improve our personal wellbeing, with the hopes of influencing our society in a positive way.  Think of this as a weekly mental health booster shot! #wellnesswednesday #mentalhealth

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The concept of the week is "Social Norms," from the field of Social psychology.  We explore how this seemingly simple idea actually permeates into nearly every crevice of our daily lives - and how it affects us when we depart from social and cultural norms.  By "We" I really meant me.

Hey it's our first "Wellness Wednesday" episode of the new season!  Let's start simple: Bring back Random Acts of Kindness!

These weekly wellness episodes are brief episodes discussing ways that we can improve our personal wellbeing, with the hopes of influencing our society in a positive way.  Think of this as a weekly mental health booster shot! #wellnesswednesday #mentalhealth

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The concept of the week is "Confirmation Bias," a concept from the field of Social psychology, specifically social cognition.  We explore how it works and the implications to us and the people around us when we engage in this cognitive bias.

Hello friends, I wanted to take this opportunity in this end of year episode to express my gratitude to my listeners and supporters - to discuss what I'll be doing this summer (there will be bonus episodes) and planning for new episodes (edit:) COMING IN JANUARY, 2022!  In this episode I also discuss the importance of following, subscribing and supporting your favorite independent (indie) podcasters. Update: I talked about my affiliate links near the end of the episode, but decided to remove them from show notes, to keep things tidy. And the sponsor I mentioned has been included in this episode.


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In this episode my co-host Aye, and I chat with Dr. Regina Koepp, Geropsychologist -clinical psychologist specializing in geriatrics - host of the podcast, "Psychology of Aging" about her amazing origin story, career arc, and her latest project, the Center for Mental Health and Aging. We discuss the importance of community colleges, common misconceptions about mental health issues with elderly persons, and why a student pursuing a career in psychology should seriously consider the field of geropsychology.  We only scratched the surface, and hope to have Dr. Koepp back in future episodes! 

How to find Dr. Regina Koepp: 

This week I have the pleasure and honor to pick the brain of Dr. Richard Nisbett, who recently released his memoir, "Thinking."  He is one of the most influential social psychologists of our time, especially in the realm of social cognition.  We covered a wide variety of subjects, from his storied career, loss of his close friend of 55 years, Dr. Lee Ross, aspects of his research he wished received more attention, multicultural psychology topics such as the bamboo ceiling, and more.   

Here are some relevant links from the episode:

As part of our series on May's Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage and Mental Health Month, I have the privilege of introducing my very first interview guest, Aye Khaine, my better half.  She's Burmese (or Myanmar) American, has a Master's in Social Work, and she takes us on a brief journey to understand Myanmar culture, working with refugees in the states, and explore aspects of the current military coup and tangible actions we are taking to help our friends in Myanmar.  I hope by listening to Aye, we can reflect upon the immense diversity amongst Asian Americans, that one of the takeaways of the AAPI Heritage month is to learn that what we think of as Asian, is quite diverse and cannot be grouped together into a simplistic, unified group of people.  

Ways to reach Aye:  

I am dedicating my May 2021 episodes to talk about 2 major themes, and everything in-between: The Asian American Experience, and Mental Health.  I am also flip-flopping my format, covering the topics related to the episode title FIRST, then in the second half, talk about other issues on my mind.  I hope you enjoy the new format. 

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In this episode I talk about one of my favorite psychological concepts, which is Attribution Theory, and its primary components, dispositional and situational explanations. This is a core theory within social psychology, specifically social cognition. The main reason I chose this subject is how relevant this is to our everyday life, and how we make judgments of people. Listen in for my challenge to you, to be more more a Situationist thinker, not a Dispositionist.

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In this episode I reflect on how the pandemic-filled year altered my approach to teaching online college classes. Here’s a hint: Humanize. 

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In this episode I talk about my experience and reactions to taking the free, one hour, bystander intervention training by ihollaback.org. In summary, I highly recommend it, without reservations (well, you do need to reserve a spot and sign up!) - but you know what I mean. My thoughts on the training begin at the 21:00 mark, but before that I talk about recent events and answer listener mail about pursuing a career in clinical psychology, and ideas for having guests on future episodes. (Edit: Voicemail feature & coffee shops mentioned are not available)

Links talked about on the show: 

Thinking of a career in Psychology? Then let’s get you into graduate school, shall we?

Since I have so many undergraduate college student listeners, in this episode I discuss the best ways to prepare for applying to graduate school, by starting early.  We will go through a typical list of what is required in the application process, by using my Alma mater, University of Houston Counseling Psychology program, as an example.  We will cover strategies to make you a better candidate, from the perspective of someone who was on both sides of the application process, as an applicant, and as a reviewer on selection committees.   

Part 1 of the episode includes my take on current events, answering listener mail. 

Part 2 begins the discussion about applying to graduate school, around 23:00 mark. 

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In this unplanned, unscripted episode, I talk about my personal perspective about being a Canadian-born Taiwanese American Texan. I did not plan for this to include many academic subjects, but I couldn’t help myself - so follow along where I share many personal experiences, and talk (yes, we must talk about this) about what action we can take as individuals to create a better society for all of uS. Boy, that sounded lofty, eh?

Okay, I admit that title is a bit provocative, but there’s a grain of truth to it, so listen to the episode for more!  The subject of Academic Integrity is the main focus, with some main takeaways from an Academic Integrity conference I recently attended.  I also dive into the subject of cheating from my perspective as an online instructor, and some advice for students, and mainly, why students should care.

Lastly, I declare a new initiative: “From Chegg to Chuang” as a mission for my own classes.

In this podcast, I catch up on listeners’ emails and tweets regarding a variety of subjects. Some topics covered, in no particular order: social psychology: attraction, proximity, attribution theory, fundamental attribution error, placebo effect, coping mechanisms, losing balance where coping can be harmful, karma - just world hypothesis - people get what they deserve.  I also gab about how to clean eyeglasses, and my bout with dysthymia.

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In this episode I give my usual ‘talk’ that I typically share with my students about what to consider when deciding to drop a course. I hope others may find this helpful when they are making this decision, usually as an undergraduate college student.

Note: An additional consideration I neglected to mention is whether you are dual credit high school student. Find out from your school how dropping your dual credit course affects your high school degree plan and transcript.

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Welcome back, your host, Dr. Jack, here, survived the Texas winter storm!.  Yes, I have to talk about it, but slip in a few psychology concepts along the way.  I referred to coping styles, perceived lack of control, to the experience, as well as additional commentary.  

Thanks for recent listener emails and tweets, your topic requests are in the queue!  Thanks again for listening! 

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Hi friends, this is the first and maybe last DCU podcast, from a mentally exhausted person free associating for half an hour. Things I may have talked about in no particular order (hard to recall, given I’m writing this AFTER the podcast): 

Hey I made a blog (under development!); impending winter doom; I’m not drinking I swear; we attended a pro-democracy march for Myanmar in Houston; my wife’s personality quirks; and apparently sponsoring products without sponsors; wait, I have FANS??

Oh yeah, I mentioned:

In this episode I discuss the science behind personality tests, and what to look out for when taking these tests online or on social media.  I also reveal my high school career inventory test, and the career that was the highest match!  

This topic was provided by a listener in India - thank you!  And feel free to contact me with more podcast ideas!

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In this episode I respond to a listener email about whether she should go to college full time or part time, so I’m sharing my thoughts about it. Plus my Super Bowl pick as well.

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This subject was in direct response to what is happening to our friends and family in the country of Myanmar. How can I, as a friend, provide support to them, knowing there’s little we can do to help in a tangible way?  Maybe I learned something in the process of earning a doctorate in Counseling Psychology that can be helpful in this situation.  We’ll see. 

Near the end of the podcast, I respond to a couple of listener comments.  

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