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ISBN-10:: 1461439930
ISBN-13:: 9781461439936
Pub. Date:: 09/14/2012
Publisher:: Springer New York

ISBN-10:: 1461439930
ISBN-13:: 9781461439936
Pub. Date:: 09/14/2012
Publisher:: Springer New York

The Portable Mentor: Expert Guide to a Successful Career in Psychology / Edition 2

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Overview

The ten year anniversary of the book offers an excellent opportunity to publish a second edition. Several aspects of the book have evolved considerably since its first printing. For instance, substantial revision to the internship, licensure, and certification processes has occurred, and are reflected in this resource. Much of the literature on clinical psychology, cultural sensitivity, and the current job market is updated. Changes in technology have large effects on teaching and practicing clinical psychology. These modifications are needed to offer appropriate and updated information for students. In short, virtually every chapter has substantial modification to ensure that the material is accurate and up to date.

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ISBN-13:	9781461439936
Publisher:	Springer New York
Publication date:	09/14/2012
Edition description:	2nd ed. 2013
Pages:	370
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 9.90(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Mitchell J. Prinstein, Ph.D. is a Bowman and Gordon Gray Distinguished Term Professor and the Director of Clinical Psychology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He received his doctorate in clinical psychology from the University of Miami and completed his internship and postdoctoral fellowship at the Brown University Clinical Psychology Training Consortium. Mitch’s research examines interpersonal models of internalizing symptoms and health risk behaviors among adolescents, with a specific focus on the unique role of peer relationships in the developmental psychopathology of depression and self-injury. He is the PI on several past and active grants from the National Institute of Mental Health, the National Institute of Child and Human Development, and several private foundations. He has served as an Associate Editor for the Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, an editorial board member for several developmental psychopathology journals, and a member of the NIH Study Section on Psychosocial Development, Risk, and Prevention. Mitch has received several national and university-based awards recognizing his contributions to research (American Psychological Association Society of Clinical Psychology Theodore Blau Early Career Award, Columbia University/Brickell Award for research on suicidality, APA Fellow of the Society of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology), teaching (UNC Chapel Hill Tanner Award for Undergraduate Teaching), and professional development of graduate students (American Psychological Association of Graduate Students Raymond D. Fowler Award).

Part I. Applying to Graduate School.- Before you Apply to Graduate Programs in Psychology: Knowing When You’re Ready, and Gaining Post-Baccalaureate Experiences.- Deciding to Apply and Successfully Gaining Admission to Graduate Schools in Psychology.- Part II. Beginning your Career.- The Whys and Hows of the Scientific Path in Applied Psychology.- Advancing Understanding of Cultural Competence, Cultural Sensitivity, and the Effects of Cultural Incompetence.- Developing and Practicing Ethics.- Balancing Career and Family.- Psychologist and Parent: Advice from Professionals in Different Career Tracks.- Part III. Your Research/Academic Career.- Writing a Literature Review.- Presenting Your Research.- Publishing Your Research.- How to Write an Effective Journal Article Review.- Recommendations for Teaching Psychology.- Part IV. Your Career as a Practitioner.- Gaining Clinical Experience In and After Graduate School.- Training to Begin a Private Practice.- Navigating the Internship Application Process.- Obtaining a License to Practice Psychology.- Specialty Certification in Professional Psychology.- Becoming a Competent and Ethical Clinical Supervisor.- Part V. Your professional service career.- Getting Involved in Professional Organizations: A Gateway to Career Advancement.- Advocacy: Advancing Psychology and Public Wellbeing .- Public Education of Psychology: An Interview with Philip G. Zimbardo, Ph.D..- Strategies for Successful Interactions with the News Media.- Part VI. Your Career after graduate school.- Recommendations for a Postdoctoral Fellowship.- Applying for NIH Grants.- The Job Search.- Employment and Trends in Psychology.

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Editorial Reviews

From the reviews of the second edition:
“The Portable Mentor (2013) was well written and easy to understand for anyone with an undergraduate level of education. … this is certainly a resource I will point students to when they are considering a career in psychology. It would be a shame if it wasn’t available at your local library. If you are looking for a present for your high school student or graduate school student, this might be it!” (Courageous Psychology, karenlipsychology.blogspot.com.au, May, 2013)

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4 Stars! from Doody

In diverse chapters by active and leading experts, The Portable Mentor provides insightful commentaries and bullet-lists of ideas to facilitate early career advancement in psychology. Want to review a research literature, arrange a positive teaching experience, navigate a dissertation? Or perhaps your questions concern practica, internship, licensure, private practice, or board certificationor ethics, or being active in service organizations, or even balancing a career and a family. For any and all, and more, The Portable Mentor provides pathways to a productive early career. And for those already into their career, advice on how to be a good mentor to our future. Indeed, for psychologists at countless points in their careers, The Portable Mentor is a very worthwhile read.
—Ph.D., ABPP, Laura H. Carnell Professor of Psychology, Temple University

Philip C. Kendall

`What a great idea for a book! Edited by two former chairs of the American Psychological Association of Graduate Students (APAGS), this book covers, in a comprehensive fashion, everything about graduate school and career planning a psychologist in training usually learns by word-of-mouth! It's about time someone compiled this crucial information. Whether one is headed for a research or a clinical career, all of the practical steps to get there are included. And, "The Portable Mentor" is an apt description. Every graduate student and young professional will want to have this book readily available.
—Ph.D., Professor of Psychology, Research Professor of Psychiatry, Director of Clinical Programs, and Director of the Center for Anxiety and Related Disorders at Boston University

David H. Barlow

Prinstein and Pattersonhave recruited a veritable who's who of psychology to provide us a well-written, scholarly, and comprehensive guide to a successful career in psychology. The volume is filled with critical commentary and issues confronting clinical psychology and with practical and well-reasoned advice on how to negotiate many of the muddy and troubled waters that characterize our field of study in the new millennium. I wish I'd had such a book in my "back pocket" upon my graduation some years ago!
—Ph.D., University Distinguished Professor, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Thomas H. Ollendick

Reviewer: Nicholas Greco IV, MS, BCETS, CATSM, FAAETS (C3 Education and Research, Inc.)
Description: This book is the definitive guide for developing one's skills and pursuing various career options within the field of psychology.
Purpose: The purpose is to provide graduate students and early career psychologists with a comprehensive and practical resource on professional development issues in psychology. Secondly, readers will gain the knowledge necessary to make well calculated career decisions and have the tools to succeed. Given the variability or lack of guidance one may receive in graduate school and early on in his career, this book meets and exceeds its objectives.
Audience: Graduate students and early career psychologists will benefit the most; but seasoned members of the field will find this book invaluable not just for themselves but for those they mentor. Additionally, undergraduates considering pursuit of a graduate career in psychology may benefit from the step-by-step and detailed explanations of the various paths one may take and the challenges one would expect to face. The contributing authors are credible authorities in the field of psychology. They share invaluable advice which clearly provides the reader with the mentorship needed to advance in the field with confidence and a solid foundation of knowledge.
Features: Clearly, the entire book stands out as a must-have for any level psychologist or psychology graduate student. The book is divided in five sections which cover beginning your career, your research academic career, your career as a practitioner, your professional service career, and finally your career after graduate school. The chapters on ethics, presenting and publishing your research, teaching, private practice, and board certification are a must-read. An added highlight is the chapter by Philip Zimbardo on the public education of psychology which delves into various topics of how to work with and deal with the media. The only shortcoming is the number of grammatical and spelling errors which permeated a number of chapters.
Assessment: This is a solidly written and strong resource which was definitely needed in the field. It is about time we have a how-to handbook for achieving professional growth and mastery of the various skills we are expected to master. Advisors and advisees now have a reliable source that I wish I had had when I was in school. Strongly recommended and a must-have, must-read, for everyone in the field.

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The Portable Mentor: Expert Guide to a Successful Career in Psychology / Edition 2

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