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Gratitude, Growth, and What’s Next for LPA

Gratitude, Growth, and What’s Next for LPA – A Message from LPA’s Past President As my term as President of the Louisiana Psychological Association comes to a close and the baton passes today to the [...]

A Message from LPA’s President

A Message from LPA’s President I’m writing this on the heels of our annual Spring conference which was an enormous success. The room was filled with joy and laughter, handshakes and hugs. Diversity, Equity and [...]

What is a Psychologist?

Psychologists are doctoral-level mental health professionals (Ph.D., Psy.D., or Ed.D.) who spend an average of seven years in education and training after receiving their undergraduate degree. They obtain one of the following: [...]

Message from the President

In 2023, we celebrated our 75th anniversary as an organization! Our first 75 years were spent legitimizing and advocating for our identity through establishing Psychology as a recognized and independent profession. We must never forget [...]

The Power of Being Useful: A Purpose-Driven Life

Being useful should not be confused with being busy -- it's important that our actions have meaning to us and to others. What makes for meaningful, or useful, actions vary. [...]

Coping Ahead: Working with Clients to Prepare for Disaster Anniversaries

The anniversary of a hurricane or other disaster can provide an important opportunity to review a client’s gains as well as process reactions to the disaster, continue to work through grief responses, and collaborate to [...]

Trust in Human Relationships

Let’s pause and think about the word "trust." It is such a powerful word. It is likely flattering when someone says they trust you. And it is likely worrisome when someone says they do not [...]

Let Freedom Ring

How do we fight an invisible enemy that requires us to go against our basic values, to change our behaviors, our way of life. We Americans are having a tough time making this transition. In [...]

How I Learned to Listen to my Inner Psychologist?

Toward the end of my first stint as a child psychologist, a high school classmate’s sister called during the ten-minute gap between patients. I took the call because I remembered her, and I was curious. [...]

You’ll Never Say You Had a Bad Day Again

As I write this, the truth is that I am tired. The truth is also that I am having a lovely day. Yes, there have been some hard moments, but there have also been some [...]
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