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After a day in the office, psychologist Dr. Robert M. Childs likes to unwind by making a violin or two. Donning a work apron, he ascends to his third-floor loft, turns on a CD of classical music, and gets busy with some sandpaper...
...York hospital’s psychiatric ward. A chance encounter with a 70-year-old luthier (guitar maker) in rural Maine inspired him to begin his first apprenticeship crafting violins. In 1988, he opened his own shop in Cambridge and began studying part-time to become a psychologist, graduating from the Massachusetts School of Professional Psychology in 1998. “Violinmaking holds up the angst of working as a psychologist,” Childs says, sitting at his workbench on a Monday afternoon. He works 20 hours per week in his office and 30 in his studio...
...mortgage and an eye on the next quarter is feeling it too. Yet today's superstressed pro coaches can offer lessons for beleaguered bosses. "Coaching is a rare profession that is very clear-cut, where the results are instantaneous," says Sam Karson, a stress-management expert and former chief psychologist for the Federal Aviation Administration and its frazzled air-traffic controllers. "It's important to know how these guys program themselves to take risks, to confront pressure...
Like hundreds of undergraduates, I have seen a psychologist through UHS Mental Health Service. Last spring, depressed and confused, I found myself losing my grip. Despite considerable support from my friends and roommates, it became clear to me that they could not provide the kind of counseling I needed. I could not attend classes. I wandered the streets of the Square. I had to talk to a professional. Making that decision was one of the most difficult choices I ever made...
...camp for gifted and talented middle and high school students—the kind of camp that many of us attended in our awkward youth. Students and counselors lived in a residence hall on a college campus, and to my surprise, the camp employed a live-in psychologist who provided periodic advice to the counselors and students. Not a day went by when his services weren’t called...