The Psychologists Podcast

Observations! My second fav assessment ingredient, right behind the Interview(s) :)

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Ok, so we know assessment involves RIOT now, and we understand the R and the I...but what about the O?  What are psychologists looking for when they creepily watch you during an evaluation? How do we know you're anxious, or frustrated, or socially adept?

Niloofar Tavakoli, MEd, LPC and UH doctoral student joins us today to describe what she's learned to look for when observing clients during assessment. She's awesome. Duh. https://steppingstonetherapy.org/niloofar/
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PS Here are two of the resources I mention that are helpful for interviews (follow-up from Episode 2 of the miniseries):

1. Therapeuticassessment.com
2. Book on interviewing that I think will be awesome once I finish it!

Psychiatric Interviewing E-Book: The Art of Understanding: A Practical Guide for Psychiatrists, Psychologists, Counselors, Social Workers, Nurses, and Other Mental Health Professionals 3rd Edition, Kindle Edition

by Shawn Christopher Shea

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In this special Miss Diagnosis miniseries, we're looking behind the scenes at psychological assessment--the underused and little known but totally helpful psychological service that helps you answer questions like, "Am I normal?", and/or "Do I have ADHD...or PTSD, or Autism, or OCD, or Bipolar, or...?", and/or "What treatment(s) will be best for me?"

Look for polls and comment on posts on my Instagram @drjuliatx as we go through the series. I want to know what you want to know!
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I'm Julia Strait, and I'm a licensed psychologist specializing in comprehensive, trauma-informed, neurodiversity-inclusive, collaborative psychological assessment. You can find me...

• on Instagram @drjuliatx
• at the private practice where I work: https://steppingstonetherapy.org/strait/
• at Psychology Today: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/therapists/julia-strait-webster-tx/444237
• on the Psychology Today blog, This Emotional Mind: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/emotional-mind
• on Amazon, with an anxiety book for teens (adults can use it too :)): https://www.amazon.com/Panic-Attacks-Workbook-Teens-psychology/dp/1648766137

Welcome to The Psychologists Podcast, where we talk about all things psychology through a very personal lens.

Gill Strait PhD and Julia Strait PhD are both Licensed Psychologists (TX) and Licensed Specialists in School Psychology (LSSPs, TX). They are alumni of The University of South Carolina School Psychology Doctoral Program (Go Gamecocks).

Gill is a teacher, researcher, and supervisor at a university graduate psychology training program.

Julia is owner and therapist at Ocean Therapy in Houston, TX, offering telehealth therapy to young adults in their 20s and 30s who are struggling with anxiety. Check it out here: https://www.oceantherapy.net/

TW/CW: This episode includes discussion related to suicidal ideation and hospitalization for mental health issues, as well as pregnancy-related content.
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We're talking to an old (no longer Young) friend today about her mental health journey, her mom journey, and all the ways they intertwine. Tune in for some mental health super power.

Honorable Mentions:
-ADHD and Bipolar Disorder
-How various doctors and therapists can hurt or help
-stimulant medications (Adderrall; remember: PERSONAL stories, not medical advice AT ALL!)
-taking medications while pregnant (remember: PERSONAL stories, not medical advice AT ALL!)
-giving birth in a military hospital in a foreign country during the COVID outbreak
-how and why therapy helps
-the importance of sleep for mood
-nutrition coaching (Lyndsey's recommendation: http://zachtaylorfitness.com
-speech therapy and the unmatched anxiety of being on the parent side of a diagnosis/evaluation
-the messages we hope our kids get about mental health
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Lyndsey Stimson, a New Orleans resident, owns and operates Voce (Vochay) Media, a digital marketing agency for small businesses. She is a retired military spouse, and mom to 17-month-old baby Henry. In her spare time, she enjoys costuming and brunch in her favorite city. 

Catch Lyndsey's amazing social media/digital marketing work at Voce ("VO-chay") Media: https://voce.media
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Disclaimer: Remember we are NOT medical doctors and nothing is this podcast is intended to be taken as medical health advice. Also, discussions on this podcast are personal stories and are NOT meant as therapy, diagnosis, evaluation, or any other mental health direct service. If you need medical help, check with your medical doctor. If you need mental health help, check out a therapist in your area. If you are in crisis, call the national suicide prevention hotline at 800-273-8255, call 911, or go to your local ER.
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Welcome to The Psychologists Podcast, where we talk about all things psychology through a very personal lens.

Gill Strait PhD and Julia Strait PhD are both Licensed Psychologists (TX) and Licensed Specialists in School Psychology (LSSPs, TX). They are alumni of The University of South Carolina School Psychology Doctoral Program (Go Gamecocks).

Gill is a teacher, researcher, and supervisor at a university graduate psychology training program.

Julia is a testing psychologist at Stepping Stone Therapy in Houston, TX: https://steppingstonetherapy.org/strait/ Instagram: @drjuliatx https://www.instagram.com/drjuliatx/?hl=en

Welcome to The Psychologists Podcast, where we talk about all things psychology through a very personal lens.

Gill Strait PhD and Julia Strait PhD are both Licensed Psychologists (TX) and Licensed Specialists in School Psychology (LSSPs, TX). They are alumni of The University of South Carolina School Psychology Doctoral Program (Go Gamecocks).

Gill is a teacher, researcher, and supervisor at a university graduate psychology training program.

Julia is owner and therapist at Ocean Therapy in Houston, TX, offering telehealth therapy to young adults in their 20s and 30s who are struggling with anxiety. Check it out here: https://www.oceantherapy.net/

I sort of get what an assessment is...what all is involved? How are you going to learn my story?
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Last time I introduced you to psychological assessment. Now what, exactly, does that entail?

Today I get into the ingredients of psych assessment:

Record Review
Interviews
Observations and
Testing

This segment covers the R and the I...What kinds of records do we look at, and why? Who do we interview, and what kinds of questions do we ask?

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Look for polls and comment on posts on my Instagram @drjuliatx as we go through the series. I want to know what you want to know!
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I'm Julia Strait, and I'm a licensed psychologist specializing in comprehensive, trauma-informed, neurodiversity-inclusive, collaborative psychological assessment. You can find me...

• on Instagram @drjuliatx
• at the private practice where I work: https://steppingstonetherapy.org/strait/
• at Psychology Today: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/therapists/julia-strait-webster-tx/444237
• on the Psychology Today blog, This Emotional Mind: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/emotional-mind
• on Amazon, with an anxiety book for teens (adults can use it too :)): https://www.amazon.com/Panic-Attacks-Workbook-Teens-psychology/dp/1648766137

Welcome to The Psychologists Podcast, where we talk about all things psychology through a very personal lens.

Gill Strait PhD and Julia Strait PhD are both Licensed Psychologists (TX) and Licensed Specialists in School Psychology (LSSPs, TX). They are alumni of The University of South Carolina School Psychology Doctoral Program (Go Gamecocks).

Gill is a teacher, researcher, and supervisor at a university graduate psychology training program.

Julia is owner and therapist at Ocean Therapy in Houston, TX, offering telehealth therapy to young adults in their 20s and 30s who are struggling with anxiety. Check it out here: https://www.oceantherapy.net/

What is WRONG with me?
Is this "normal"?
Do I have ADHD? Autism? PTSD? OCD?
How can we best help our kid/partner/selves?
What parts of me are "baked in" and what can I actually change?
Is there a reason I do the things I do?

This is the first in a miniseries of short episodes on psychological assessment, AKA diagnostic evaluation, AKA, psychological testing.

So many people ask me what I do, and even mental health professionals look confused when I say I mostly do psychological assessment. What the hell is that? Is that like, therapy? Or like, for disability checks? Or like, for court when you're accused of murder?

Yes and no. Sort of. It depends.

If you are a human and you have questions about yourself (or your child)--why you are the way you are, what's "wrong" with you, whether you're "normal," or why years of self-help/medications/therapy haven't been helpful, you might benefit from getting a psychological assessment.

In this mini-series I'll dive into what assessment is, the details of the process and what to expect if you do decide to get one (or are told that you need to by a doctor, therapist, or school!), the different models and tools assessors use, and the crazy maze of psychological diagnosis and all its inherent wonders and problems. We'll also talk about how to find someone to do an assessment, how to pay for it (hint: insurance usually covers it), and what you can get out of it that you can't get from therapy or a visit to the doctor.

Look for polls and comment on posts on my Instagram @drjuliatx as we go through the series. I want to know what you want to know!
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I'm Julia Strait, and I'm a licensed psychologist specializing in comprehensive, trauma-informed, neurodiversity-inclusive, collaborative psychological assessment. You can find me...

• on Instagram @drjuliatx
• at the private practice where I work: https://steppingstonetherapy.org/strait/
• at Psychology Today: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/therapists/julia-strait-webster-tx/444237
• on the Psychology Today blog, This Emotional Mind: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/emotional-mind
• on Amazon, with an anxiety book for teens (adults can use it too :)): https://www.amazon.com/Panic-Attacks-Workbook-Teens-psychology/dp/1648766137

Welcome to The Psychologists Podcast, where we talk about all things psychology through a very personal lens.

Gill Strait PhD and Julia Strait PhD are both Licensed Psychologists (TX) and Licensed Specialists in School Psychology (LSSPs, TX). They are alumni of The University of South Carolina School Psychology Doctoral Program (Go Gamecocks).

Gill is a teacher, researcher, and supervisor at a university graduate psychology training program.

Julia is owner and therapist at Ocean Therapy in Houston, TX, offering telehealth therapy to young adults in their 20s and 30s who are struggling with anxiety. Check it out here: https://www.oceantherapy.net/

Co-host of the new TASP Talks Podcast Chris Ponce shares his experiences working as a school psychologist in the San Antonio schools, before and after COVID and Zoom. Join us as we wax poetic about helping kids and prepare for the greatest season of all, #SchoolPsychWeek ...which is in November, but still.

#Schoolpsych graduate students, interns, and early career peeps will find this especially interesting, but everybody likes the Elmo Potty Song, so don't miss it even if you're just a regular human, either. (Plus, our guest interviews US at the end, and you might just find out which one swam in trash cans as a child!)

Honorable Mentions:
-Dr. Jeremy Sullivan, the Silver Fox https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Jeremy-Sullivan-5
-Bases of power https://www.mindtools.com/pages/article/newLDR_56.htm
-the Elmo Potty Song
-SES and parent involvement
-Advice for school psych students/interns/supervisees
-Pros and cons of telehealth for school psychs
-FBAs, MDRs, REEDs, ARDs, and IEPs, OH MY!
-Social capital (and how to build visibility during a pandemic)
-the MIGDAS https://www.wpspublish.com/migdas-2-monteiro-interview-guidelines-for-diagnosing-the-autism-spectrum-second-edition
-the CSRPI ("Crispy") https://www.parinc.com/Products/Pkey/72
-TASP TALKS Podcast on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/70CDPS7bJY3UJxRg7SU8ke and Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-tasp-talks-podcast/id1570910285

To find out more about becoming a #schoolpsychologist ...or to learn more about what the hell that even is, visit the Texas Association of School Psychologists at https://www.txasp.org
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Chris Ponce, LSSP is a school psychologist (#saymyname!) =currently employed in a public district in San Antonio. He graduated from UTSA in 2016 and has been practicing for five years. He has been on the Texas Association of School Psychologists (TASP) board for the past two years. He has occupied the position of Public Relations and Information Chair and is currently the Area 5 representative (region 20 & 15). He is also the host of the newly formed TASP TALKS podcast.

https://www.instagram.com/txasp/
https://www.facebook.com/pg/TXASP/photos/
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Welcome to The Psychologists Podcast, where we talk about all things psychology through a very personal lens.

Gill Strait PhD and Julia Strait PhD are both Licensed Psychologists (TX) and Licensed Specialists in School Psychology (LSSPs, TX). They are alumni of The University of South Carolina School Psychology Doctoral Program (Go Gamecocks).

Gill is a teacher, researcher, and supervisor at a university graduate psychology training program.

Julia is a testing psychologist at Stepping Stone Therapy in Houston, TX:

Welcome to The Psychologists Podcast, where we talk about all things psychology through a very personal lens.

Gill Strait PhD and Julia Strait PhD are both Licensed Psychologists (TX) and Licensed Specialists in School Psychology (LSSPs, TX). They are alumni of The University of South Carolina School Psychology Doctoral Program (Go Gamecocks).

Gill is a teacher, researcher, and supervisor at a university graduate psychology training program.

Julia is owner and therapist at Ocean Therapy in Houston, TX, offering telehealth therapy to young adults in their 20s and 30s who are struggling with anxiety. Check it out here: https://www.oceantherapy.net/

Superhero Isha Metzger, an academic who actually helps people (!), talks to us about racial stressors, racial socialization, and racial trauma, both as a professor/researcher/psychologist and from her own lived experience. If you’ve started to wonder (and I hope you have!) how we should be talking about race with our kids, what to do as a clinician working with people with different backgrounds or beliefs, or how to just stop saying/doing stuff that hurts other people, listen in for some research-backed tips.

 www.drishametzger.com - Isha’s podcast, the Empower Lab, Racial Trauma Guide, Care Package for healing from racial trauma, and all the things.

www.instagram.com/theempowerlab 

  

#racialtraumaisreal #racismhurts

Dr. Isha Metzger is a first generation American from Atlanta, Georgia by way of Sierra Leone, West Africa. Dr. Metzger is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist, Founder and Director of The EMPOWER Lab, Owner of Cultural Concepts, LLC, a Certified Therapist in Trauma-Focused Cognitive-Behavior Therapy (TF-CBT), and she is the Mental Health expert for Salone Health, an organization dedicated to improving the health of Sierra Leoneans at home and abroad. Dr. Metzger is currently an Assistant Professor of Clinical-Community Psychology at Georgia State University.

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Welcome to The Psychologists Podcast, where we talk about all things psychology through a very personal lens.

Gill Strait PhD and Julia Strait PhD are both Licensed Psychologists (TX) and Licensed Specialists in School Psychology (LSSPs, TX). They are alumni of The University of South Carolina School Psychology Doctoral Program (Go Gamecocks).

Gill is a teacher, researcher, and supervisor at a university graduate psychology training program.

Julia is a testing psychologist at Stepping Stone Therapy in Houston, TX: https://steppingstonetherapy.org/strait/ Instagram: @drjuliatx https://www.instagram.com/drjuliatx/?hl=en

Welcome to The Psychologists Podcast, where we talk about all things psychology through a very personal lens.

Gill Strait PhD and Julia Strait PhD are both Licensed Psychologists (TX) and Licensed Specialists in School Psychology (LSSPs, TX). They are alumni of The University of South Carolina School Psychology Doctoral Program (Go Gamecocks).

Gill is a teacher, researcher, and supervisor at a university graduate psychology training program.

Julia is owner and therapist at Ocean Therapy in Houston, TX, offering telehealth therapy to young adults in their 20s and 30s who are struggling with anxiety. Check it out here: https://www.oceantherapy.net/

***TW: We discuss pregnancy loss throughout the episode. 

**Explicit: This episode breaks the Psychologists Podcast record for F word utterances. We also talk about sex :0 

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Wizzy and Joe recount their rollercoaster journey from the heartache and trauma of loss and infertility to the joy of adoption. We talk about IUI, IVF, pregnancy in the time of Zika, reaction formation, “situations”, challenging the adoption “rescue narrative”, inequities in parental leave for adoptive parents, cautious optimism vs. tempered expectations, what not to say to women, and post-traumatic growth. Plus, have you ever been fired as a patient, but then re-hired by the same clinic as a healthcare provider? Wizzy has! Pull up a seat and get ready to cry tears of all kinds as you get to know these amazing parents.

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Wizzy Ugino Berry is a nurse anesthetist who works on the call team at a level 1 trauma center where she specializes in pediatric anesthesia. Wizzy moonlights at a fertility clinic, where she fell in love with the patient population after undergoing her own struggles with infertility. 

Wizzy’s free spirit is often foiled by her intense husband, Joe Berry, who is a litigation attorney with a practice focusing on business and governmental disputes, eminent domain, and professional negligence. 

Joe started his legal career as a prosecutor before moving to his current civil practice. Prior to law school, Joe worked in New York as a community organizer. He continues to stay active in his community and serves on the boards of SC Appleseed and Pawmetto Lifeline. Wizzy and Joe were married in 2014 and currently reside in Columbia, SC, where they raise their 18 month old son, Dov, and their 2 monster mutts, Tank and Xyla.

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Welcome to The Psychologists Podcast, where we talk about all things psychology through a very personal lens.

Gill Strait PhD and Julia Strait PhD are both Licensed Psychologists (TX) and Licensed Specialists in School Psychology (LSSPs, TX). They are alumni of The University of South Carolina School Psychology Doctoral Program (Go Gamecocks).

Gill is a teacher, researcher, and supervisor at a university graduate psychology training program.

Julia is a testing psychologist at Stepping Stone Therapy in Houston, TX: https://steppingstonetherapy.org/strait/ Instagram: @drjuliatx https://www.instagram.com/drjuliatx/?hl=en 

Welcome to The Psychologists Podcast, where we talk about all things psychology through a very personal lens.

Gill Strait PhD and Julia Strait PhD are both Licensed Psychologists (TX) and Licensed Specialists in School Psychology (LSSPs, TX). They are alumni of The University of South Carolina School Psychology Doctoral Program (Go Gamecocks).

Gill is a teacher, researcher, and supervisor at a university graduate psychology training program.

Julia is owner and therapist at Ocean Therapy in Houston, TX, offering telehealth therapy to young adults in their 20s and 30s who are struggling with anxiety. Check it out here: https://www.oceantherapy.net/

Back to school, back to school...

Calling all parents and teachers! Learning to read begins long before a kid ever walks into a classroom. Jorge Gonzalez, PhD, early literacy expert, assuages our fears about whether we’re reading to our kids right…and stirs up some new ones about system failures and instructional casualties. You’ll want to write all this down, so grab a notebook and strap in for a wild ride of the Letter People, print-rich environments, pairing nonfiction and fiction, clearly depictable vocabulary, high-utility words, one-trial learning, and the Simple View of Reading. Plus, how will COVID and iPads change the way kids get interested in reading? Why does my child learn words like “sh*t” faster than “please” and “thank you”—and more…

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Parent/teacher resource Dr. Gonzalez mentions: Reading Rockets: https://www.readingrockets.org

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Jorge Gonzalez, PhD is Professor and Director of the School Psychology Doctoral Program at the University of Houston. Dr. Gonzalez’s scholarship focuses on the causes and correlates of early language and literacy difficulties in young children with a focus on adult-child interactive reading in the context of dual language learners. His work addresses inquiries relevant to children’s home literacy environment (HLE), the effects of teacher talk around shared reading, longitudinal effects of evidence-based shared reading interventions, and investigating the heterogeneous nature of language and literacy subtypes of at-risk children. He is a prolific researcher whose work has been funded by the Institute of Educational Sciences. 

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Welcome to The Psychologists Podcast, where we talk about all things psychology through a very personal lens.

Gill Strait PhD and Julia Strait PhD are both Licensed Psychologists (TX) and Licensed Specialists in School Psychology (LSSPs, TX). They are alumni of The University of South Carolina School Psychology Doctoral Program (Go Gamecocks).

Gill is a teacher, researcher, and supervisor at a university graduate psychology training program.

Julia is a testing psychologist at Stepping Stone Therapy in Houston, TX: https://steppingstonetherapy.org/strait/ Instagram: @drjuliatx https://www.instagram.com/drjuliatx/?hl=en

Welcome to The Psychologists Podcast, where we talk about all things psychology through a very personal lens.

Gill Strait PhD and Julia Strait PhD are both Licensed Psychologists (TX) and Licensed Specialists in School Psychology (LSSPs, TX). They are alumni of The University of South Carolina School Psychology Doctoral Program (Go Gamecocks).

Gill is a teacher, researcher, and supervisor at a university graduate psychology training program.

Julia is owner and therapist at Ocean Therapy in Houston, TX, offering telehealth therapy to young adults in their 20s and 30s who are struggling with anxiety. Check it out here: https://www.oceantherapy.net/

“Moebius Syndrome is rare, but disability is the most common minority in the world. 25% of Americans are disabled.” Today we learn from Dr. Kathleen Bogart, social psychologist and disability expert, about growing up with facial paralysis, “alternative expressions”, universal design, the dangers of disability simulation activities (and alternatives), disability spread, ableism, and the moral/medical/social models of disability. This one will leave you thinking hard about going “back to normal” after COVID, and it’ll probably make you want to re-watch The Lion King, too.

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Dr. Kathleen Bogart is an Associate Professor of Psychology at Oregon State University and a blogger at Psychology Today. As a person with a disability, she is passionate about researching, educating, and writing about ableism, or disability prejudice. Her research focuses on the psychosocial implications of living with disability, rare disorders, or facial differences such as Moebius syndrome. Her work has been featured in the New York Times, Time, and the Financial Times.

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DARN on Twitter: @DarnNetwork = a new group for disabled folks and allies at any career stage in social, personality, and health #psychology, and related fields

Moebius Syndrome Foundation: https://moebiussyndrome.org

National Organization for Rare Disorders: https://rarediseases.org 

All Kathy’s links: https://linktr.ee/KathleenBogart

Kathleen’s “Meanwhile” piece on TEDx: TEDxUofW 2021: Meanwhile

“Disability Is Diversity” Psychology Today blog: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/disability-is-diversity

Oregon State research lab: https://liberalarts.oregonstate.edu/sps/dsil

The Perfect Recipe Project: https://perfectrecipeproject.blogspot.com/?m=1

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Welcome to The Psychologists Podcast, where we talk about all things psychology through a very personal lens.

Gill Strait PhD and Julia Strait PhD are both Licensed Psychologists (TX) and Licensed Specialists in School Psychology (LSSPs, TX). They are alumni of The University of South Carolina School Psychology Doctoral Program (Go Gamecocks).

Gill is a teacher, researcher, and supervisor at a university graduate psychology training program.

Julia is a testing psychologist at Stepping Stone Therapy in Hous

Welcome to The Psychologists Podcast, where we talk about all things psychology through a very personal lens.

Gill Strait PhD and Julia Strait PhD are both Licensed Psychologists (TX) and Licensed Specialists in School Psychology (LSSPs, TX). They are alumni of The University of South Carolina School Psychology Doctoral Program (Go Gamecocks).

Gill is a teacher, researcher, and supervisor at a university graduate psychology training program.

Julia is owner and therapist at Ocean Therapy in Houston, TX, offering telehealth therapy to young adults in their 20s and 30s who are struggling with anxiety. Check it out here: https://www.oceantherapy.net/

Let’s talk about physical disability. Katie and Kyle Abbate join us today to share their experiences growing up with cerebral palsy…their struggles, supports, and strengths in their families and at school, on their career paths, in dating and in their marriage, and as they consider potential parenthood.

Honorable Mentions:

-terminology: “Visible” and “invisible” disability, “differently abled,” “special needs”

-CLASS program (TX): https://www.hhs.texas.gov/doing-business-hhs/provider-portals/long-term-care-providers/community-living-assistance-support-services-class 

-how Katie answers kids who ask “what’s wrong”

-abelism

-finding a career (in gaming, sports, education, and school psychology)…and then a job

-People with disabilities make up 20% of the population!

-the importance of support systems

-the need to carefully plan things some people don’t ever have to think about at all

-caregivers’ roles

-thoughts/concerns of a newly married couple about the reality of potentially being disabled parents

-advice for parents of kids—and kids, and adults—with disabilities

-“Never stop advocating for your kids” (Katie)

-planning the details…and then letting go of control (an acquired mindset :))

Kyle’s channel (accessibility in gaming): onehandmostly - YouTubehttps://www.youtube.com › channel

Katie and Kyle Abbate are a married couple living with Cerebral Palsy. Kyle uses social media as a platform to advocate for accessibility in gaming. Katie is a Licensed Specialist in School Psychology who works in a public school district in the Houston area. 

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Welcome to The Psychologists Podcast, where we talk about all things psychology through a very personal lens.

Gill Strait PhD and Julia Strait PhD are both Licensed Psychologists (TX) and Licensed Specialists in School Psychology (LSSPs, TX). They are alumni of The University of South Carolina School Psychology Doctoral Program (Go Gamecocks).

Gill is a teacher, researcher, and supervisor at a university graduate psychology training program.

Julia is a testing psychologist at Stepping Stone Therapy in Houston, TX: https://steppingstonetherapy.org/strait/ Instagram: @drjuliatx https://

Welcome to The Psychologists Podcast, where we talk about all things psychology through a very personal lens.

Gill Strait PhD and Julia Strait PhD are both Licensed Psychologists (TX) and Licensed Specialists in School Psychology (LSSPs, TX). They are alumni of The University of South Carolina School Psychology Doctoral Program (Go Gamecocks).

Gill is a teacher, researcher, and supervisor at a university graduate psychology training program.

Julia is owner and therapist at Ocean Therapy in Houston, TX, offering telehealth therapy to young adults in their 20s and 30s who are struggling with anxiety. Check it out here: https://www.oceantherapy.net/