In the first of a two part update, paedophile ring survivor Fiona Barnett shares her experiences since testifying before the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Abuse, including involvement in a documentary, the discovery of key abusers and her ongoing fight to have authorities investigate her allegations. I LEFT my 2013 Royal Commission hearing with dashed hopes and a reignited need for trauma counselling. So I applied for counselling through NSW Victim Services, who allocated a psychologist at Living Well Psychology and Counselling. Following my initial consultation and >>>

More and more research suggests gender bias in the sciences. But do men and women similarly trust evidence demonstrating such bias? A new paper argues that men and women interpret this kind of evidence -- however scientific -- differently, and that that has implications for the field as a whole. Perhaps unsurprisingly, though, not everyone agrees with the findings. The paper, in the current Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, is based on several experiments involving both laymen and -women and male and female faculty members. All participants were asked to evaluate scientific research >>>

BOSTON (CBS) — Chances are you’ve heard about helicopter parents who hover protectively over kids all through the teen years. Psychology professor Peter Gray of Boston College, author of “Free to learn: Why Unleashing the Instinct to Play Will Make Our Children Happier, More Self-Reliant, and Better Students for Life,” says we’re now reaping the bitter harvest of years of helicopter parenting, with students swamping campus counseling centers for help with emotional crises over once-routine issues like a bad grade or a harsh word from a classmate. “It appears that students are >>>

Jason Tolmie with his daughters Neko, 4, and Ada, 2, wearing Foxtrot Threads, a Kickstarter campaign using 100 per cent organic cotton with his own designs for kids' clothing. Photo: Jay Cronan Jason Tolmie spends his days teaching psychology at Canberra College and his nights designing ethically manufactured children's T-shirts for his new online brand Foxtrot Threads – when he's not looking after his two young daughters.He never pursued his persisting passion for art >>>

Saturday's victory by the Vols over Georgia has done a lot to boost the collective spirits of area fans. A sports psychologist offers his thoughts on the win. Oct. 12, 2015

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Contemplating a new life: Mr Abbott has remained tight-lipped about his next move Former prime minister Tony Abbott has made his first appearance in Australia's parliament as a backbencher since his much-publicised ousting last month by Malcolm Turnbull. What happens when you go from >>>

Women and Aging: An International, Intersectional Power Perspective by Joan C. Chrisler, Class of '43 Professor of Psychology, Varda Muhlbauer and Florence L. Denmark Gender inequality doesn't end at the wage gap or the division of household labor. Women also get the short shrift when it comes to research on aging. Despite our growing numbers in the population, older women are understudied by behavioral science researchers, and >>>

Thousands share Wall Street Journal interview: ‘A Performance Review May Be Good for Your Marriage’ Clark University Psychology Department professor and chair James V. Cordova Clark University Professor James V. Córdova, chair of the Psychology Department, may not be a household name – yet – but his research and comments featured recently in The Wall Street Journal nearly have gone viral. “A Performance Review May Be Good for Your Marriage,” an article by the popular “Bonds” columnist Elizabeth Bernstein, appeared Oct. 5 in The Wall Street Journal and features an interview >>>

Students from the Snoqualmie Valley graduated from the University of Washington in the spring quarter. Carnation area graduates included: Morgan Marchel, with a bachelor’s degree in business administration; Brianna Wattier, with bachelor’s degrees in drama and psychology; Tyler Tarte, bachelor’s degree in architectural design; Megan Caros, bachelor’s degree in linguistics; Evan Williams, bachelor’s degree in media and communication studies; Morgan Schmelzer, bachelor’s degree in speech and hearing sciences; Matthew Laird, bachelor’s degree in community, >>>

How in touch are you with your subconscious? Do you ever wonder what in the heck is going on in your psyche when you have an Alice and Wonderland type of dream? Many therapists consider these nighttime adventures key to solving daytime dilemmas. Dream interpretation and psychology has been around for many years and it carries on today. In the early 1900’s Freud published many works about dreams and the subconscious. The website Dreamgate.com offers detail about Freud, Carl Jung and Alfred Adler, “Sigmund Freud saw dreams as protecting sleep, and even more, as protecting our deepest desires >>>