Sinopsis
Dr. Howard Gurr is a licensed psychologist who provides psychological information when YOU are ready to hear it.Dr. Gurr was voted #1 Best Psychotherapist for 2010 and Best Psychotherapist for 2012 by the readers of the Long Island Press.
Episodios
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College Is Not Always the Answer
08/10/2007 Duración: 06minToday’s podcast is my opinion that college is not the path for every High School Graduate. The kids who struggled in school, hated school, or had significant learning problems may not be the best candidates for college. They may be better of in technological training programs or entering the work force in areas that interest them. Not every job needs a college diploma.
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Liars- Can we tell when someone is lying?
29/09/2007 Duración: 07minAlthough 50% of people questioned think they can tell when someone is lying, the data suggest we really are not that good at telling when someone is lying to us. Today’s podcast presents some of the reasons why we can't always tell who is telling the truth or who is lying.
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Tips For Parents For the New School Year
31/08/2007 Duración: 08minWith the start of a new year, I wanted to impart some information that can be helpful to all parents. Today's podcast contains a few tips for parents.
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Incompetent People May Be Unaware of Their Incompetence
15/08/2007 Duración: 05minToday's podcast is a presentation of a study that suggested incompetent people are unaware of their incompetence.
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The Managed Care Telephonic Review
18/07/2007 Duración: 08minToday's podcast is another of my own productions. Today, I give the general public a taste of what we clinicians have to handle when we have are forced to have telephone reviews by managed care company employees.
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Therapy from Five to Eighty
04/07/2007 Duración: 05minToday's podcast is a brief discussion on how brain cells can regenerate and grow throughout our lives and how we can always learn new tricks.
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You're The Best Psychologist...But....
13/06/2007 Duración: 09minToday's podcast production is a simulated call from a parent who is requesting therapy for her 17 year old son. Unfortunately, she does not get the answer she wanted to hear!
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You Have To Think Like Other People!
15/05/2007 Duración: 05minToday's Podcast is a short presentation on why people need to accept the fact that everybody does not look at the world the same way. It is importnat to understand how people you deal with look at the world to undertand how to deal with them more effectively.
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The Managed Care Voice System From Hell
30/04/2007 Duración: 09minDr. Howard Gurr presents a new podcast, which is a spoof of a generalized voice mail box system of a typical managed care company. Hear how frustrating this is to deal with these companies on a daily basis. Any comments about today's podcast would be greatly appreciated.
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Psychologists and Prediction of Violence
20/04/2007 Duración: 06minThe data suggests psychologists are not very good at predicting violence in people. There are some indicators that are recognized as being correlated with violence. In today's podcast I provide the listener with some of the major factors and qualities that are correlated with violent behaviors.
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A Simple Screening Test for Autism-Maybe?
09/04/2007 Duración: 05minToday's podcast presents a review of a psychological study of a simple screening test for Autism that can be used with infants of 12 months of age. The study presents correlational data that can be helpful for pediatricians and parents to use with infants at 12 months of age. The test is simple and harmless, but it cannot be used to defintely prove whether a child has Autism.
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Exercise and Your Mental Health
25/03/2007 Duración: 07minToday's podcast presents the most recent information on the mental health benefits of exercising.
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Video Games- They are Not All Bad For You
14/03/2007 Duración: 07minOn today's podcast I talk about the negative and the positive aspects of video games and virtual environments.
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Dr. Zentman Clears The Air On Contemporary Psychoanalysis
03/03/2007 Duración: 20minToday's podcast is a conversation with Dr. Michael Zentman. Dr. Zentman heard my earlier podcast on the different types of therapy and he wanted to explain how contemporary psychoanalysis was different than how I presented it in my podcast.Dr. Michael Zentman has been a practicing Clinical Psychologist for 27 years in Centerport, LI and Manhattan. After earning a doctorate in Clinical Psychology he completed eight additional years of post-doctoral training in Psychoanalysis & Psychotherapy, Group Therapy and Family & Marital Therapy, He has taught at the graduate and post-doctoral level for eighteen years. He is on the faculty at the Training Institute for Mental Health in Manhattan, and he is an Associate Clinical Professor of Psychology and Supervisor of Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis, at Adelphi University in Garden City, NY. He is the founder and director of the Adelphi University Postgraduate Program in Marriage & Couple Therapy. In addition to working with families and couples,
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Alcohol Use and Treatment Considerations.
20/02/2007 Duración: 07minToday's podcast is a discussion of alcohol use and psychological treatment with Dr. Robbin Schneider Gurr.
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Thinking Differences in Men and Women
11/02/2007 Duración: 09minToday's podcast presents some ideas on how and why men and women solve problems and think differently.
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Abuse of ADHD medications
04/02/2007 Duración: 05minToday's pdocast is about people abusing medications for ADD/ADHD.
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The Benefits of combining Psychiatry and Psychology
28/01/2007 Duración: 07minToday's show is about the benefits of being treated by a psychiatrist and a psychologist when a person has a serious or long term mental conditon.
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My Tips on Finding a Good Life Partner
22/01/2007 Duración: 09minToday's show gives the listener the major issues that interfere in long term relationships and my tips on how to find a healthy partner.
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Shyness- is it a biological problem?
08/01/2007 Duración: 06minToday I review a study that suggests shyness may have its roots in brain physiology and may not just due to our environmental experiences.