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We totally blog! Just when we thought blogs were outdated and uncool, we realized that we don’t care! Longform writing has always been fun for us and we believe it is our responsibility to populate the interwebs with our knowledge and our joy!

The Only Bombs We Should Be Talking About

by Ben Springer, PhD | Jan 5, 2018 | 0 Comments

Believe it or not, we (geeky school psychologists, social workers, professors, and clinical psychologists) sometimes meet for lunch. Sometimes, while eating lunch, we will compare notes, talk about stressors from work or rewarding efforts. On a rare occasion, if we’re...

To Hunt Unicorns or To Raise Them? That is the Question.

by Ben Springer, PhD | Nov 14, 2017 | 0 Comments

Ah, the Unicorn. The mythical steed with one proud-and-pointy-antler-thing spiraling towards the heavens. The mythology of the unicorn has transcended time and culture entering the modicum of modern vocabulary so as to mean: Rare. Beautiful. Powerful. Perfect. In...

Musings from Halloweens Past…

by Ben Belnap, PhD | Nov 2, 2017 | 0 Comments

I hate Halloween. What's crazier...I hate that I hate Halloween. I mean, who hates Halloween? What does that say about me? It's just merriment for all ages. Yet I still can't change my feelings. Every October 30, I expect to get visited by ghosts of Halloween past,...

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