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The Portable Mentor

Expert Guide to a Successful Career in Psychology

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  • © 2013

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Editors:
  1. Mitchell J. Prinstein

    1. , Department of Psychology, University of North Carolina at Chapel H, Chapel Hill, USA

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  • Offers concrete advice and instruction on all professional aspects of psychologists’ careers

  • Written by the field’s preeminent leaders in each area of professional competence

  • Includes helpful checklists, instructions, worksheets, and concrete tips to master every aspect of a career in psychology

  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (26 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xl
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  2. Applying to Graduate School

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Before You Apply to Graduate Programs in Psychology: Knowing When You’re Ready and Gaining Postbaccalaureate Experiences

      • Casey D. Calhoun, Mitchell J. Prinstein
      Pages 3-11

    3. Deciding to Apply and Successfully Gaining Admission to Graduate Schools in Psychology

      • Mitchell J. Prinstein, Sophie C. Choukas-Bradley, Karen Guan
      Pages 13-44

  3. Beginning Your Career

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 45-45
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    2. The Whys and Hows of the Scientific Path in Applied Psychology

      • Steven C. Hayes, Nicholas M. Berens
      Pages 47-55

    3. Advancing Understanding of Cultural Competence, Cultural Sensitivity, and the Effects of Cultural Incompetence

      • Joseph E. Trimble
      Pages 57-80

    4. Developing and Practicing Ethics

      • Kenneth S. Pope
      Pages 81-90

    5. Balancing Career and Family

      • Paula J. Caplan
      Pages 91-100

    6. Psychologist and Parent: Advice from Professionals in Different Career Tracks

      • Vicki DiLillo, Andrea Hussong, Barbara Kamholz, Elizabeth Richardson
      Pages 101-116

  4. Your Research/Academic Career

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 117-117
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    2. Writing a Literature Review

      • Roy F. Baumeister
      Pages 119-132

    3. Presenting Your Research

      • Lindsey L. Cohen, Laurie Greco, Sarah Martin
      Pages 133-143

    4. Publishing Your Research

      • Alan E. Kazdin
      Pages 145-161

    5. How to Write an Effective Journal Article Review

      • Dennis Drotar, Yelena P. Wu, Jennifer M. Rohan
      Pages 163-173

    6. Recommendations for Teaching Psychology

      • William C. Rando, Leonid Rozenblit
      Pages 175-189

  5. Your Career as a Practitioner

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 191-191
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    2. Gaining Clinical Experience in and After Graduate School

      • Alan D. Katell, Marcy C. Adler
      Pages 193-202

    3. Training to Begin a Private Practice

      • Jeffrey E. Barnett, Elizabeth Musewicz
      Pages 203-214

    4. Navigating the Internship Application Process

      • Mitchell J. Prinstein
      Pages 215-225
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About this book

The ten year anniversary of the book offers an excellent opportunity to publish a second edition. Several aspects of the book have evolved considerably since its first printing. For instance, substantial revision to the internship, licensure, and certification processes has occurred, and are reflected in this resource. Much of the literature on clinical psychology, cultural sensitivity, and the current job market is updated. Changes in technology have large effects on teaching and practicing clinical psychology. These modifications are needed to offer appropriate and updated information for students. In short, virtually every chapter has substantial modification to ensure that the material is accurate and up to date.

Reviews

From the reviews of the second edition:

“The Portable Mentor (2013) was well written and easy to understand for anyone with an undergraduate level of education. … this is certainly a resource I will point students to when they are considering a career in psychology. It would be a shame if it wasn’t available at your local library. If you are looking for a present for your high school student or graduate school student, this might be it!” (Courageous Psychology, karenlipsychology.blogspot.com.au, May, 2013)

Editors and Affiliations

  • , Department of Psychology, University of North Carolina at Chapel H, Chapel Hill, USA

    Mitchell J. Prinstein

About the editor

Mitchell J. Prinstein, Ph.D. is a Bowman and Gordon Gray Distinguished Term Professor and the Director of Clinical Psychology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He received his doctorate in clinical psychology from the University of Miami and completed his internship and postdoctoral fellowship at the Brown University Clinical Psychology Training Consortium. Mitch’s research examines interpersonal models of internalizing symptoms and health risk behaviors among adolescents, with a specific focus on the unique role of peer relationships in the developmental psychopathology of depression and self-injury. He is the PI on several past and active grants from the National Institute of Mental Health, the National Institute of Child and Human Development, and several private foundations. He has served as an Associate Editor for the Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, an editorial board member for several developmental psychopathology journals, and a member of the NIH Study Section on Psychosocial Development, Risk, and Prevention. Mitch has received several national and university-based awards recognizing his contributions to research (American Psychological Association Society of Clinical Psychology Theodore Blau Early Career Award, Columbia University/Brickell Award for research on suicidality, APA Fellow of the Society of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology), teaching (UNC Chapel Hill Tanner Award for Undergraduate Teaching), and professional development of graduate students (American Psychological Association of Graduate Students Raymond D. Fowler Award).

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