Clinical Psychology faculty member Ruthellen Josselson co-authors APA's new reporting standards For decades, qualitative research has been a stepchild within psychology, dismissed as not quite “scientific” or soft-headed. Its value in understanding human beings holistically and contextually was disregarded in favor of variables that could be operationalized. Ruthellen Josselson Fielding Clinical Psychology faculty member Ruthellen Josselson was one of the founders of the Society for Qualitative Inquiry (SQIP) which, after a long political struggle, became a section of Division 5 of the American Psychological Association, then called the Division of Evaluation, Measurement and Statistics. In 2014, the name of [...]

Britain's Prince William, left, and Prince Harry lost their mother when they were 15 and 12, respectively. (Philippe Huguen/Pool Photo via AP) Clinical Psychology faculty member Dr. Lauren Mizock was featured on NPR's On Point program April 20 to discuss "Grief, Recovery and Personal Treatment." The segment surrounded the recent public announcement by Britain's Prince Harry that he had finally sought therapy to help him process the death of his mother, Princess Diana -- who died when he was only 12. Joined by Bryony Gordon, a feature writer and columnist for the Daily Telegraph, and Paul Gionfriddo, president and CEO [...]

Let's be honest: Academic research can sometimes be dull. But not when you're doing a Structured Anger Assessment Interview with Dr. Anthony Greene. “I’ve had occasions when 20 minutes into the interview, someone says, ‘If you ask me that question again, I’m going to smack you in the face,’” he says. “I’ve had to stop the interview.” Dr. Anthony Greene Dr. Greene oversees Fielding’s in-house research project Young Voices, an ongoing investigation into anger experience and expression in adolescents. As part of the project, Dr. Greene trains his students to administer the anger-assessment interview, which was developed by one of [...]

Fielding's Alonso Center for Psychodynamic Studies Presents "Inquiring Deeply" with Dr. Marjorie Schuman Blending the knowledge of contemporary psychoanalysis with the wisdom of Buddhist view, this presentation on January 20 will explore how mindfulness can be integrated into psychodynamic and relational psychotherapy as an aspect of self-reflection rather than as clinical technique. Specifically, it will describe and illustrate how systematic introspection and self-inquiry can be used to amplify and unpack the psychodynamic dimensions of experience. Marjorie Schuman, Ph.D. is a licensed clinical psychologist and certified psychoanalyst specializing in mindfulness-informed psychodynamic/relational psychotherapy. Currently in private practice in Santa Barbara, Dr. Schuman is [...]

Students, faculty, and friends of Fielding got a behind-the-scenes view of Hollywood—in more ways than one—when filmmaker Sean Baker screened his critically acclaimed film “Tangerine” at Winter Session last week. Shot on an iPhone and described by the New York Times as “tough yet tender, gritty yet gorgeous,” the Independent film depicts a day in the life of two transgender prostitutes in Hollywood. It was presented by Fielding’s Alonso Center for Psychodynamic Studies, whose director Sam Osherson saw the film last year and was moved by it. “It portrayed the lives of people who are marginalized in a way I had [...]