I'm a clinical psychologist, working with adults, children, and families. I've written a bunch of books for parents and kids on children's feelings and friendships, including Moody Moody Cars (for ages 4-8), Growing Friendships (for ages 6-12), and Kid Confidence (for parents). On Substack, you can find me at https://DrFriendtastic.substack.com.
My favorite work activity is my weekly podcast for children, called Kids Ask Dr. Friendtastic. Each 5-minute episode features an audio recording of a question about friendship from a child (ages 5-13) plus a practical and thought-provoking answer. There are also discussion questions to deepen children's understanding. The podcast goes out (for free) through my Substack and is on all the major podcast platforms.
I also LOVE this idea and plan on checking it out. I have a number of elementary-aged young ladies in my life that struggle with friendships and I bet they could benefit from this. Thanks for being here Eileen!
I’m a psychotherapist in private practice. I have a Substack here (linked below) where I write from a place of next to you, with you, not from an expert position. Because I am so in it, just like everyone else. My hope is to demystify therapy, therapists and bring therapeutic concepts out of the therapy room and into your hands. I also have a biweekly podcast with my husband, called a therapist and a lawyer walk into a bar. We go deeper into whatever I wrote about that week and speak quite candidly about how the topics often apply to us.
I am so glad we have connected on Substack Kaitlyn! I love hearing about what is on your mind each week. And you were the one who ultimately inspired me to binge watch Love Is Blind, so thank you for that lol.
I love your writing and am happy to chime in here about myself. I'm a former CBT therapist turned hospital chaplain and spiritual director. I write about spirituality, spiritual practices, end of life and grief and how to listen better. I incorporate lots of stories from my work with patients and families. My newsletter is https://journeyingalongside.substack.com/
Hi Amber, I really enjoy your writing. Thanks for this opportunity to discovery other psychology people! I'm a UK based Positive Psychology & Emotion Coach writing and sharing from a lens of Christian spirituality. Blending theology and evidence based wellbeing understanding for a community who enjoy audio devotionals and defending their wellbeing. I write a lot about our emotional health and walk. My community hangs out at strengthen.substack.com
Hi Dr. Amber! 😊 Thank you for this post and for creating this space. I'm a CBT Therapist and a mum, writing here on Substack about motherhood, matrescence, and perinatal mental health. My publication, Unscrewing Motherhood, can be accessed here: https://unscrewing.substack.com/
I am so glad to have you here Aleks! I love reading about the psychology of all things motherhood. Thank you so much for being such an active voice in the community here!
Happy to be here Amber. I love discovering other psychologists and therapists writing here on Substack on topics similar to (and different from) my own. It's great to feel the sense of community here 😊 My newsletter, The Therapy Room, is https://drvickiconnop.substack.com
Thank you for allowing us this space to introduce ourselves. I have a PhD in cognitive psychology and published many articles and a popular science book on how we learn, but that’s not what I write about here on Substack. As such, I won’t post a link (but if anyone is interested in personal essays about identity, I’m sure you know how to click through and find it).
I will link for you then :) Substack seems to have a bit of a representation problem and I am more than happy to be a space to boost the voices we do not hear from enough. Personal essays from a cognitive psychologist reflecting on gender identity- sounds relevant enough to me!
I’m a therapist who writes a newsletter helping men have better relationships! The main way I do that (and what I’m super excited about these days) is by debunking so-called “traditional masculinity.” You can read it at makemenemotionalagain.com
Excited to follow what you’re up to with this newsletter!
Hi Everyone! Thank you, Dr. Amber, for creating a space for us to introduce ourselves. I provide therapy and medication management in private practice and a Psych NP and LMFT. I'm also a writer here on substack https://laurapetiford.substack.com and beyond! I love to ponder the big and small and provide short reflections on the emotional side of life.
I’m a “ recovering” lawyer who quit corporate life two years ago. After taking 18 months to pause and get really quiet, I realised I had reached the age of 56 without really knowing what matters to me. This was a shocking revelation but perusing many posts from Substack community remembers I’m super grateful that I had this realization in my 50s rather than my 80s or not at all. Last year, tapping in to my love of driving, I decided to obtain my commercial drivers licence and I chose very deliberately to become a school bus driver. I now spend my days driving kids around the Colorado countryside trying to avoid deer, antelope, wild turkey and prairie dogs. It has literally changed my life. The tales and topics aired on the bus are kaleidoscopic and it’s caused me to ponder much more deeply the psychology of humans observed through the lens of the kids. They are truly my greatest teachers.
I’m curious to learn from all of you who have clinical backgrounds and to sprinkle some of my real live observations into the mix.
Thank you for asking. I am a woman suffering the unexpected sudden loss of my husband after 35 years of partnership and adventures together. My mind and body are different now and I appreciate reading and rereading positive messages, paths to healing.
I came to this Substack because algorithm suggested I read the How to sit with an emotion post. I am a mother of three children ages 11, 14 and 15. My youngest son, diagnosed with ADHD when he was 8 has brought me to look for new ways of parenting because how I was parenting did not work for him. I have recently found Dr Becky Kennedy’s Good Inside book and app which I love but it has brought me to realize how I don’t sit well with emotions and that is exactly what my son struggles with as well (same with my other children but the consequences seem for now less dramatic). I need to educate myself so I can do better as a person and as a parent. Aside from being a mom, I am the editor of a local paper published four times a year in a small ski town in Quebec. I love books, cats and plants.
Hi! I'm just somebody interested in transformation. I'm exploring the idea of the behaviors of whiteness being akin to an addiction and addiction therapy helping us return to ourselves and do better in the world. Thanks for offering this space of introduction!
Hi Everyone! I am excited to be a new subscriber. I write personal essays about life navigating the journey of falling in love, building a family, finding out that my husband has cancer, and then navigating his cancer journey as both a wife and a doctor. My favorite essays are the ones that grab a reader's emotions and have them think deeply about their own life.
I'm not a psychologist or mental health professional but I enjoy reading different mental health-themed newsletters. I write a newsletter called Hello, Adversity (helloadversity.substack.com) where I write about my journey living with an adult-onset rare disease. I share diffferent resilience strategies that have helped me along the way, as mental health is a major component of my experience.
I’m a mental health peer listener and freelance writer. I share what has helped me on my mental health journey and other valuable content in my weekly “Changing Lives” Substack, https://wendigordon.substack.com.
I'm a clinical psychologist, working with adults, children, and families. I've written a bunch of books for parents and kids on children's feelings and friendships, including Moody Moody Cars (for ages 4-8), Growing Friendships (for ages 6-12), and Kid Confidence (for parents). On Substack, you can find me at https://DrFriendtastic.substack.com.
My favorite work activity is my weekly podcast for children, called Kids Ask Dr. Friendtastic. Each 5-minute episode features an audio recording of a question about friendship from a child (ages 5-13) plus a practical and thought-provoking answer. There are also discussion questions to deepen children's understanding. The podcast goes out (for free) through my Substack and is on all the major podcast platforms.
I also LOVE this idea and plan on checking it out. I have a number of elementary-aged young ladies in my life that struggle with friendships and I bet they could benefit from this. Thanks for being here Eileen!
Love this podcast premise so much! Can’t wait to listen.
Great idea!!
I’m a psychotherapist in private practice. I have a Substack here (linked below) where I write from a place of next to you, with you, not from an expert position. Because I am so in it, just like everyone else. My hope is to demystify therapy, therapists and bring therapeutic concepts out of the therapy room and into your hands. I also have a biweekly podcast with my husband, called a therapist and a lawyer walk into a bar. We go deeper into whatever I wrote about that week and speak quite candidly about how the topics often apply to us.
https://open.substack.com/pub/kaitlyntopolewski?r=2pbwwb&utm_medium=ios
I am so glad we have connected on Substack Kaitlyn! I love hearing about what is on your mind each week. And you were the one who ultimately inspired me to binge watch Love Is Blind, so thank you for that lol.
Hahaha. You’re welcome and I’m sorry.
Yes to the houseplants! And everything else too!
I love your writing and am happy to chime in here about myself. I'm a former CBT therapist turned hospital chaplain and spiritual director. I write about spirituality, spiritual practices, end of life and grief and how to listen better. I incorporate lots of stories from my work with patients and families. My newsletter is https://journeyingalongside.substack.com/
Hi Amber, I really enjoy your writing. Thanks for this opportunity to discovery other psychology people! I'm a UK based Positive Psychology & Emotion Coach writing and sharing from a lens of Christian spirituality. Blending theology and evidence based wellbeing understanding for a community who enjoy audio devotionals and defending their wellbeing. I write a lot about our emotional health and walk. My community hangs out at strengthen.substack.com
Hi Dr. Amber! 😊 Thank you for this post and for creating this space. I'm a CBT Therapist and a mum, writing here on Substack about motherhood, matrescence, and perinatal mental health. My publication, Unscrewing Motherhood, can be accessed here: https://unscrewing.substack.com/
I am so glad to have you here Aleks! I love reading about the psychology of all things motherhood. Thank you so much for being such an active voice in the community here!
Happy to be here Amber. I love discovering other psychologists and therapists writing here on Substack on topics similar to (and different from) my own. It's great to feel the sense of community here 😊 My newsletter, The Therapy Room, is https://drvickiconnop.substack.com
And I am so happy to have you here, reading along and engaging. I also love catching up with The Therapy Room!
Thank you for allowing us this space to introduce ourselves. I have a PhD in cognitive psychology and published many articles and a popular science book on how we learn, but that’s not what I write about here on Substack. As such, I won’t post a link (but if anyone is interested in personal essays about identity, I’m sure you know how to click through and find it).
I will link for you then :) Substack seems to have a bit of a representation problem and I am more than happy to be a space to boost the voices we do not hear from enough. Personal essays from a cognitive psychologist reflecting on gender identity- sounds relevant enough to me!
Thank you so much for being here Jude!
https://noneverything.substack.com/
Aww, that’s so kind of you! Thank you!!
I’m a therapist who writes a newsletter helping men have better relationships! The main way I do that (and what I’m super excited about these days) is by debunking so-called “traditional masculinity.” You can read it at makemenemotionalagain.com
Excited to follow what you’re up to with this newsletter!
Hi Everyone! Thank you, Dr. Amber, for creating a space for us to introduce ourselves. I provide therapy and medication management in private practice and a Psych NP and LMFT. I'm also a writer here on substack https://laurapetiford.substack.com and beyond! I love to ponder the big and small and provide short reflections on the emotional side of life.
I’m a “ recovering” lawyer who quit corporate life two years ago. After taking 18 months to pause and get really quiet, I realised I had reached the age of 56 without really knowing what matters to me. This was a shocking revelation but perusing many posts from Substack community remembers I’m super grateful that I had this realization in my 50s rather than my 80s or not at all. Last year, tapping in to my love of driving, I decided to obtain my commercial drivers licence and I chose very deliberately to become a school bus driver. I now spend my days driving kids around the Colorado countryside trying to avoid deer, antelope, wild turkey and prairie dogs. It has literally changed my life. The tales and topics aired on the bus are kaleidoscopic and it’s caused me to ponder much more deeply the psychology of humans observed through the lens of the kids. They are truly my greatest teachers.
I’m curious to learn from all of you who have clinical backgrounds and to sprinkle some of my real live observations into the mix.
Thank you for asking. I am a woman suffering the unexpected sudden loss of my husband after 35 years of partnership and adventures together. My mind and body are different now and I appreciate reading and rereading positive messages, paths to healing.
I came to this Substack because algorithm suggested I read the How to sit with an emotion post. I am a mother of three children ages 11, 14 and 15. My youngest son, diagnosed with ADHD when he was 8 has brought me to look for new ways of parenting because how I was parenting did not work for him. I have recently found Dr Becky Kennedy’s Good Inside book and app which I love but it has brought me to realize how I don’t sit well with emotions and that is exactly what my son struggles with as well (same with my other children but the consequences seem for now less dramatic). I need to educate myself so I can do better as a person and as a parent. Aside from being a mom, I am the editor of a local paper published four times a year in a small ski town in Quebec. I love books, cats and plants.
Hi! I'm just somebody interested in transformation. I'm exploring the idea of the behaviors of whiteness being akin to an addiction and addiction therapy helping us return to ourselves and do better in the world. Thanks for offering this space of introduction!
Hi Everyone! I am excited to be a new subscriber. I write personal essays about life navigating the journey of falling in love, building a family, finding out that my husband has cancer, and then navigating his cancer journey as both a wife and a doctor. My favorite essays are the ones that grab a reader's emotions and have them think deeply about their own life.
On Substack, you can find me at: https://www.afterhesaidcancer.com/
I'm not a psychologist or mental health professional but I enjoy reading different mental health-themed newsletters. I write a newsletter called Hello, Adversity (helloadversity.substack.com) where I write about my journey living with an adult-onset rare disease. I share diffferent resilience strategies that have helped me along the way, as mental health is a major component of my experience.
I’m a mental health peer listener and freelance writer. I share what has helped me on my mental health journey and other valuable content in my weekly “Changing Lives” Substack, https://wendigordon.substack.com.