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Hear no evil

Fri Sep 12, 2008 11:04 AM EDT

At the Republican National Convention, Gov. Sara Palin made a off handed remark about community organizers stating that being a mayor of small a city is like being a community organizer with responsibility. This remark incurred the ire of community organizers and their lobby.

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Clinton Vs. Palin

Thu Sep 11, 2008 10:51 PM EDT

. Recently a colleague, an ardent Hillary Clinton supporter to the bitter end, commented that can bet with certainty that the Obama campaign is now having major regrets he didn't tap Hillary Clinton to be his running mate given the female factor, and that Palin is apparently havi …

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Paying for Nothing

Fri Dec 22, 2006 1:37 PM EST

Some years back I had situation that forced me to examine a common practice of mental health professionals i.e. to make patients pay for sessions that they did not keep or did not provide ample cancellation notice.

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health, psychology, social-work, psychotherapy

Jury Duty

Tue Dec 12, 2006 11:55 PM EST

I have never been called for Jury duty. I am not sure why not. I am a registered voter and have a valid drivers license i.e. am listed in all the places that courts look for jurors. Some of my fiends have been called several times but it's the luck of the draw I suppose.

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politics, psychology, social-work, civics, health

Beware Of Therapists Who Offer To Waive Co-payments Needlessly!

Sat Dec 2, 2006 11:28 PM EST

There are some mental health professionals that will routinely waive a patient's insurance co-payments when they are seen for psychotherapy.

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health, psychology, medical

Shrinks In Movies

Tue Oct 24, 2006 2:51 AM EDT

Sometimes my colleagues really have no sense of humor. A couple of them are up in arms about how therapists are portrayed in the movies and on TV.

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arts, movies, film, sopranos, lorraine-bracco, therapy, shrinks, psychology, therapists, television

Email Disclaimers

Mon Oct 9, 2006 5:25 PM EDT

If you use email with any frequency at all you are from time to time bound to get an email with the following disclaimer attached to the end or something very much like it.

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technology, internet, law, legal, psychology, listerv, discussion-groups, john-riolo

Intellectual Piracy

Fri Oct 6, 2006 2:53 PM EDT

Imagine that you worked hard writing an article or story that you wanted to get published. You spent many hours researching and writing and possibly rewriting it to refine it further.

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technology, internet, listerv, discussion-groups, plagarism, copyright, intellectual-property, psychology, john-riolo, legal

Dawn of the Trauma Ghouls

Sat Sep 30, 2006 7:26 PM EDT

Well not quite Dawn of the Dead but I am reminded of that great horror movie whenever I see this situation. These days it does not take too long to see some tragedy or other on the evening news.

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health, psychology, social-work, counseling

Psychotherapy and the Sopranos

Fri Sep 29, 2006 12:16 AM EDT

There is no shortage of schools of thought of psychotherapy. We have Freudian or psychodynamic to behavioral, cognitive behavioral and a host of others.

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health, psychology, psychotherapy, tv

Is It Ethical For A Therapist To Use A Collection Agency?

Thu Sep 28, 2006 4:42 PM EDT

A wile ago I appeared radio broadcast and mentioned the indiscriminate use of collection agencies as an example of bad practice. Some colleagues contacted me to say that they heard the broadcast.

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"White Cloth" - Nearly two years after the Tsunami of 2004

Thu Sep 28, 2006 7:58 AM EDT

It's hard to imagine that we are coming on almost two years since we were traveling around Asia during the time of the Great tsunami of 2004. It was an interesting experience to say the least. Fortunately we were not directly in the tsunami's path.

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Does Your Therapist Need To Be Supervised?

Tue Sep 19, 2006 5:01 PM EDT

While many therapists use the terms interchangeably, supervision of non-independently licensed practitioners is different from consultation with a peer. It may appear similar, but the differences are quite profound and important to you as a consumer.

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health, therapist, management, therapy, psychology, supervision, medical-records, social-work, managed-care, private-practice

Too Little Too Late

Tue Sep 19, 2006 4:29 PM EDT

Our Series on Online Confidentiality is beginning to have an effect. Its slow going, but progress is being made.

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technology, internet, therapist, therapy, psychology, psychologist, medical-records, online-discussion-groups, patient-confidentiality, listservs

Psychotherapy and The Global Economy

Tue Sep 19, 2006 3:30 PM EDT

When I embarked on a trip to Southeast Asia, I concluded that since I was going to the third world, I needed to take all the necessities of civilization with me. Consequently, I grossly over packed.

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technology, money, outsourcing, mental-health, global-economy, psychotherapy, private-practice, telephone-therapy, psychlogy

The Meaning Of The Fee

Tue Sep 19, 2006 3:07 PM EDT

Just about everyone has heard the cliché there is no free lunch. Well as tired as clichés are, they are clichés because there is an element that rings true in them. Substitute therapy for lunch and there is just as much truth. Therapy costs money and somebody has to pay for it.

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business, therapist, mental-health, therapy, psychology, psychologist, managed-care, insurance-companies, private-practice, medical-record

The Impact Of The Internet on the Direct Social Work Practitioner Part 2

Sat Sep 16, 2006 4:56 PM EDT

In my last article I wrote about how the computer and the Internet has made changes in the way social workers network and communicate. We are at just the beginning of these changes.

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business, internet, management, psychology, time-management, listserv, social-work, web-conferencing, discussion-groups, online-therapy

The Impact Of The Internet on the Direct Social Work Practitioner Part 1

Sat Sep 16, 2006 4:11 PM EDT

Titles or headlines can sometimes be misleading. If you think this article is about online therapy, it is not. Oh, I believe that online therapy will be a significant factor in the future, however there will need to be some improvements in the technology.

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business, internet, management, networking, psychologist, social-work, listervs, social-workers, private-practice, professional-organizations

The Moniker: What's In A Name?

Sat Sep 16, 2006 3:40 PM EDT

If you spend any time in the Internet you are familiar with monikers. Monikers sometimes called screen or user names are the names many of us must create in order to register with any of the Internet providers that host discussion groups or listservs chat rooms etc.

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technology, internet, chat-rooms, email, parenting, psychologist, flame-wars, cyber-safety, cyber-stalking, discussion-groups

What is Fair Use?

Fri Sep 15, 2006 12:44 AM EDT

Fair use means that you can copy another's published works without permission in some cases.

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technology, internet, law, copyright, lawyer, social-worker, legal, mental-health, intellectual-property, psychologist

©Copyright infringement- A Response From the NY Times

Thu Sep 14, 2006 11:46 PM EDT

General Background:

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technology, internet, therapist, copyright, lawyer, new-york-times, legal, intellectual-property, psychology, copyright-law

Managed Care Contracted Professionals: Are You Practicing Dangerously?

Wed Sep 13, 2006 3:32 PM EDT

by Dr. Russell Holstein In the 1990's as the health care scene changed from indemnity insurance plans to HMO's and other network products that have come to be known collectively as managed care plans, practitioners struggled to conform their practice to the new dictates.

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business, therapist, psychology, psychologist, hmo, psychiatrists, medical-records, managed-care, insurance-companies, private-practice

Is there a therapist in the house?: Getting a referral from your therapist

Wed Sep 13, 2006 2:44 PM EDT

They say word of mouth is the best way to get a referral for just about anything. Whether your looking for a plumber, family doctor or a therapist getting a specific name from someone you know is better than just picking someone out of the phone book.

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health, internet, therapist, mental-health, therapy, malpractice, psychology, counseling, psychologist, referrals

Politics, Analysis, And Ethics

Wed Sep 13, 2006 2:11 PM EDT

by Louis Hoffman, Ph.D.

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politics, internet, therapist, ethics, bill-clinton, george-bush, mental-health, psychology, psychiatry, slander

Anti-Trust & The Internet- An Interview With a US Dept. Of Justice Lawyer

Wed Sep 13, 2006 1:28 PM EDT

Joseph Miller is the Assistant Chief of the Litigation I section of the Antitrust Division, US Department of Justice, where he oversees civil investigations in a wide range of industries, including insurance, health care, and consumer products. Prior to joining the Justice Depar …

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business, internet, justice, lawyers, law, price-fixing, legal, malpractice, psychology, anti-trust

Comments & Feedback

Maltiti

I have been meaning to respond to you since you made your comment. Sorry its taken this long as I have been trying to learn all the nest features of Newsvine.

Thanks for the welcome. I enjoyed looking at the comments on your site as well.

JR

— Dr. John Riolo

Nice to have a shrink on The Vine. While my site is not about psychotherapy, I will be linking to "The ABC's Of Credentials."

It's a valid point that you raise there.

Thanks for your input. Keep it comin', Doc!

— maltiti

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