Don't Change Children's Schedules on Vacations and Weekends
Dr. Gurr talks about why is it is important to keep children on their regular schedules during vacations and weekends. (Source: The Shrink Is In)
Source: The Shrink Is In - September 4, 2012 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: DrGurr Source Type: podcasts

Mentoring Youth- Jill Gurr talks about her new book and Create Now
Today’s podcast is about mentoring youth. My guest is Jill Gurr-yes, a relative-who just published a book on mentoring called “Mentor Youth Now- A Guidebook for Transforming Young Lives”. Jill Gurr Is the Director of Create Now, a creative arts mentoring organization that she founded in 1996. She has trained hundreds of volunteers to mentor thousands of the most troubled children in Southern California. She is also a produced screenwriter and worked us a script supervisor on award-winning movies around the world. She has been featured on NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams and Anderson Cooper 360.She was on...
Source: The Shrink Is In - January 3, 2012 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: DrGurr Source Type: podcasts

Procrastination and how to beat it- A conversation with Dr. Linda Sapadin
In today’s podcast Dr. Sapadin talks about her new book - How to Beat Procrastination in the Digital Age: 6 Unique Change Programs for 6 Personality Styles. Dr. Sapadin is a psychologist, success coach and media guest. She specializes in helping people enrich their lives, enhance their relationships and overcome self-defeating patterns of behavior. She has appeared on the Today Show, Good Morning America, and National Public Radio. Her work has been featured in The New York Times, USA Today, The Washington Post , Psychology Today, Men’s Health, Cosmopolitan, Prevention, Redbook, Good Housekeeping, Men’s Health, Life...
Source: The Shrink Is In - December 26, 2011 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: DrGurr Source Type: podcasts

LGBT: What is it all about- a conversation with Kathleen OBrien, LMSW
Today's podcast is a conversation about the LGBT issues, concerns and counseling services. Kathleen OBrien is a Licensed Master of Social Work specalizing in LGBT issues, Personal and Family Counseling, and Group Therapy. She has a Bachelors in Mathematics from Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology and a Masters from the University of Iowa. Kathleen now provides clinical services at the Windsor Counseling Group in New Windsor, NY and in Middletown, NY. She founded a Transgender Support Group in Orange County, NY and has been a moderator for the women's group at the LOFT Gay Center in White Plains, NY. She also works...
Source: The Shrink Is In - November 20, 2011 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: DrGurr Source Type: podcasts

How to Lose Weight Without Dieting - A Conversation With Dr. Brian Wansink
We live in a time when there are a million types of diets and fat free foods, yet Americans are gaining weight at alarming rates. It would appear that our eating habits and diets are not working. Today Dr. Howard Gurr talks to Dr. Brian Wansink about “mindless eating” and some surprisingly simple changes we can make to our eating practices that can really help. Dr. Brian Wansink (Ph.D. Stanford 1990) is the John Dyson Endowed Chair in the Applied Economics and Management Department at Cornell University, where he directs the Cornell Food and Brand Lab. He is the lead author of over 100 academic articles and books on ...
Source: The Shrink Is In - August 29, 2011 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: DrGurr Source Type: podcasts

Anxiety and Relaxation techniques: A Conversation With Dr. Fred Holtz
Today’s podcast is about anxiety and relaxation techniques. Anxiety is a problem that affects a large percentage of the population and relaxation techniques have proven to be quite helpful in managing or reducing anxiety. Today I will be speaking to Dr. Fred Holtz, an expert in the use of relaxation techniques for anxiety. Fred L. Holtz, PhD is the Executive Director of Holtz Psychological Services, a group practice in Melville, New York. Dr. Holtz has been in private practice for over twenty-two years and he has extensive experience in individual and marital therapy, learning disabilities and psychological evaluation....
Source: The Shrink Is In - August 4, 2011 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: DrGurr Source Type: podcasts

Dr. Ross Greene Talks About Collaborative Problem Solving
In today’s podcast, I have a conversation with Dr. Ross Greene who is the originator of a model of psychosocial treatment for challenging kids called Collaborative Problem Solving (CPS). He has written two books about this subject called "The Explosive Child" and "Lost at School". Dr. Greene is an Associate Clinical Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, he is on the professional staff in the Department of Psychology at the Cambridge Health Alliance, he is an adjunct Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology at Virginia Tech, and Senior Lecturer in the school psychology program in...
Source: The Shrink Is In - July 18, 2011 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: DrGurr Source Type: podcasts

Good Sex and a Warm Heart: How to Keep Male Menopause from Ruining Your Love Life.
Today’s podcast is a conversation between Dr. Gurr and Dr. Jed Diamond about male menopause. Most of us want to have good sex, love, and intimacy at any age, but when we get to be 40, it isn't always easy. One of the less talked about reasons why our "love" life goes south is that we do not understand how to survive male menopause. Today we learn the secrets. For more than 40 years, Dr. Jed Diamond has helped men and the women who love them. Dr. Diamond is Founder and Director of the MenAlive, a health program that helps men live long and well. Though focused on men’s health, MenAlive is also for women who care abo...
Source: The Shrink Is In - March 5, 2011 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: DrGurr Source Type: podcasts