ScottAug 196 min"Do men have women heroes?"A few weeks ago, my 11-year-old daughter asked me the question, "why is Pluto no longer a planet?" I could only vaguely recall the story ...
ScottFeb 91 minMotivation (Part Two)In my first video on motivation, I talked about pushing a ball up hill toward your goal(s). The ball gets heavier. The hill gets steeper....
ScottFeb 96 min"For some people, this world ain't never gonna be right."In the fantastic western biopic "Wyatt Earp," Wyatts best friend Doc Holiday approaches him after his girlfriend Mattie has attempted sui...
ScottFeb 61 minSelf-correcting mechanismsAs early as 2008 I was floating balloons with my colleagues in the academic world, wondering if certain research questions might have tr...
ScottFeb 52 minDouble down to Dr. Smith's invitationAbout a year ago, Dr. Shawn T Smith posted this video to his Youtube channel: And as far as I can tell, there have been no takers. In tha...
ScottFeb 41 minMotivationMotivating others to do something is tricky. Like all behavior, It is a function of temperament (genetics/heredity), and the subjects cur...
ScottJan 268 minA psychologist interacts with "the red pill"In the summer of 2011, I was a brand new licensed psychologist, deployed to Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan. I had been in the mental heal...
ScottJul 16, 20191 minSubjective Units of DistressThere are a lot reasons and motivations for lying to your provider about your pain. None of them are good.
ScottJun 15, 20194 minAmbivalence as social skill for survivalThe developmental literature informs us that ambivalence is a milestone most children who are on a more or less normative trajectory shou...
ScottJun 5, 20191 minPortrayal of husbands and fathers in the 21st centuryI'd like to see the end of the goofy, sictom, idiot dad in my lifetime.
ScottMay 30, 20191 minThe Trauma ProcessIf you have been in a situation that you are pretty sure changed you significantly, it may be trauma. Everyone's experience with such thi...
ScottMay 21, 20196 minWorkplace and other public violence prevention from a mental health practitioners perspectiveBack in 2014, I was the director of the Behavioral Science Consultation Team (BSCT) for Joint Task Force - Guantanamo Bay, Cuba (JTF-GTMO...
ScottMay 10, 20190 minWelcome to Treasure State Psychological Serviceshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vICWaWJVqR4&t=18s
ScottApr 24, 20194 minSocial media and mental healthThis week, David Cole uses his personal interaction with a severely mentally ill woman from his past to offer an interesting insight: ht...
ScottApr 1, 20193 minBoys imitate their fathers for a reasonThis weekend I had a couple of things that needed work and my oldest boy David was instructed to come outside and help. He's six, and wha...
ScottMar 28, 20195 minRevisiting Duluth as a viable model for explaining intimate partner violenceBack in 2009. a law student at University of Montana wrote a law review paper entltled "Beyond Duluth: A Broad Spectrum of Treatment for ...
