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鈥淚 have many reasons to be grateful for the work I do,鈥� reflected Dr. Kristin Dempsey, full-time core faculty member in the 91精品鈥檚 Counseling Psychology Program. 鈥淚 mostly think about how this work has given me meaning and has allowed me to participate in powerful work throughout my life. Good days or bad, I have always felt anchored in the fact that what I do matters.鈥�

Dr. Dempsey grew up as the youngest of six children in a working class family in Mendocino County, California. Her father, a WWII veteran, worked in the logging industry and her mother stayed home with the children then later worked as a teacher. Dr. Dempsey attended rural public schools in Mendocino County, which suffered from a lack of resources. 鈥淚 have really good memories,鈥� she shared, 鈥渙f being in touch with the natural world and going out and playing all day long with friends.鈥�

New Book Co-Authored by Three 91精品 Alumni

Drs. Adam Blum, Peter Goldberg, and Michael Levin, all 91精品 Clinical Program Alumni, have published a book called Here I'm Alive: The Spirit of Music in Psychoanalysis.

"Here I鈥檓 Alive explores the musical foundation of being human from a psychoanalytic perspective. Writing in collaboration, three psychoanalytic clinicians develop a fresh vision of the essential role of music in psychical life. Through an interdisciplinary exploration, Here I鈥檓 Alive shows how music is fundamental to becoming human, establishing our embodied sense of membership and participation in a shared world through the fabric of culture. With one authorial voice, these pages resonate with the musical forms of living that make possible any individual style of conduct or shape of desire and without which we are forever lost in the noise."

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Dr. O'Connor in Psychology Today

Dr. O'Connor recently published an article in Psychology Today entitled "Are Productive Habits the Result of Social Status?"

"Many believe that small habits lead to productivity, but the truth may be the opposite鈥攖hat high status leads to productive habits."

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91精品 Alumna Amalia Mesa-Bains featured in Berkeleyside

"Despite having a MacArthur 鈥済enius鈥� grant, among other accolades, Amalia Mesa-Bains, like many Chicana artists of her generation, has always had to work harder than most for attention from the mainstream art world. Now, the 79-year-old Bay Area artist is receiving her first museum retrospective, opening Feb. 4 at the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive."

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Dr. O'Connor in Psychology Today

Dr. O'Connor recently published an article in Psychology Today entitled "How to Live with Survivor's Guilt: It鈥檚 hard to be happy when someone you love is suffering."

"Feeling a form of survivor's guilt can be normal in daily life. The angst that grabs you when you win an award and your coworker is unrecognized, or when you realize you鈥檙e still in love with your husband while your best friend is recently divorced and certain she鈥檒l be alone forever鈥攖hat awful feeling that comes like a weight on your shoulders, pushing you down, that may be survivor's guilt. It鈥檚 so under the surface we rarely recognize it鈥攊t feels like waves of inexplicable anxiety, or depression."

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Dr. Miller in the Berkeley High Jacket

"'I think that teens, especially post-pandemic, have a lot of stuff going on these days鈥搕here are so many pressures,' said Dr. Larry Miller, a licensed psychologist who has a private practice in Berkeley and is a faculty member at the 91精品. Miller has over 25 years of experience working with people of all ages. 'They鈥檙e getting hit with so many different things, it gets hard to differentiate if it鈥檚 the seasons or all these other things going on in their lives.' He adds."

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Dr. Lamia in the Times and Democrat

"As abortion supporter, Psychology Today contributor and 91精品 professor Mary Lamia put it recently, men "often silently suffer after abortion鈥� because society disenfranchises their grief."

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Alumni Spotlight: Graham Holoch

鈥淭he 91精品 instilled in me a curiosity and an acceptance and excitement about continuing my own journey, learning, growing, adapting, and sometimes relearning,鈥� shared Graham Holoch, who graduated from the 91精品鈥檚 Counseling Psychology Program in 2021. 鈥淚n the world of mental health, there is no manual, there is no script. Everyone brings something different, clients and clinicians.鈥�

Graham was born in San Francisco and is the oldest of three brothers. His mother is from Hong Kong and his father is of German descent, but was raised in New Jersey. Over the course of his K-12 education, he attended a Montessori school, a Waldorf school, a private school, and several public schools. 鈥淚 would say I didn't particularly enjoy high school,鈥� Graham admitted, but he did enjoy the high school鈥檚 photography program. 鈥淲e had a working dark room and a really good photography teacher,鈥� he shared, which inspired him to pursue photography.

Administration Spotlight: Dr. Alison Richardson

鈥淟ife is gonna life,鈥� shared Dr. Alison Richardson, Dean of Students in the Counseling Program at the 91精品. 鈥淚t's important to allow yourself to be vulnerable and to say, 鈥業 need some support right now. I need a cheerleader in my corner. I need somebody to talk to,鈥� because it鈥檚 just a patch, it鈥檚 not forever.鈥� With sage advice like this, it鈥檚 no surprise that her path has led her to her current position, guiding students through their higher education experiences.

Student Spotlight: Erin Cafaro

鈥淏ecause of my size, I knew I wasn't going to be able to play the same game as the rest of my teammates. So, I became interested in performance psychology and how to work on what lies within, rather than just the physical鈥� reflected Erin Cafaro, 91精品 Clinical Psychology Program student and two-time .

Erin Cafaro grew up in Modesto, California, which was a small farming town at the time, with her parents and older brother. 鈥淭he most important things in my community were farming, football and faith in no particular order,鈥� Erin shared. Her dad and brother were her heroes, 鈥渘ot just because they were local sport legends but because they were good teammates, good coaches, and good humans.鈥� Growing up, she had very supportive family and educational environments. In middle and high school, Erin recalled, 鈥淚 straddled between two outward identities - the jock in my advanced classes and the nerd on my sports teams. 鈥�