Dr. Gurr talks to Dr. Gaston Weisz about autism. Dr. Weisz just finished a three part podcast series on autsim and Dr. Gurr interviews Dr. Weisz on autism- what it is, what we know works and what does not work.

Dr. Gaston Weisz received his doctorate in School Community Psychology at Pace University and his Masters in Marriage and Family Counseling at Queens College. He is a NYS Licensed Psychologist and a NYS Certified School Psychologist. Presently, he is employed as a full time school psychologist in Valley Stream School District for 17 years. He also has a Private Practice in Lynbrook, New York, working with children, adolescents and adults and he is a adjunct instructor at Adelphi University, Garden City, New York.

Dr. Weisz has a website called www.weiszdoc.com where he has organized various resources for school psychologists, parents, teachers and anyone interested in psychology and education. He hosts his own podcast called school psychology podcast with Dr. Gaston Weisz. and a weblog called drweisz.blogspot.com which includes show notes for his podcast, as well as many links relevant to school psychology.

Today's podcast is a conversation between Dr. Howard Gurr and Dr. Lyle Becourtney about anger management treatment for adults and teens.

Dr. Lyle Becourtney is a New York State Licensed Psychologist, New Jersey Certified School Psychologist, and a Certified Anger Management Professional. In 1996, he obtained his doctorate degree in psychology from Pace University. As part of his training, Dr. Becourtney completed an externship in the adolescent partial hospitalization program at Metropolitan Hospital and an internship at the Postgraduate Center for Mental Health, both located in NYC.

Thereafter, Dr. Becourtney worked in an adolescent residential treatment center in Yonkers, NY, at Great Neck North High School, and since 1999 at Northern Highlands Regional High School in Allendale, NJ.

Dr. Becourtney currently has a private practice in Blauvelt, NY in Rockland County that is devoted almost exclusively toward doing anger management work with teens and adults. He sees clients individually as well as in weekly groups and spends much of his time teaching the eight anger control tools of the Century Anger Management program.

In addition to his anger management work, Dr. Becourtney trains other mental health professionals and parents on how to implement a proven discipline program in the home. To learn more about his background, credentials, and the services that he offers, please visit his website, http://www.AngerManagementGroups.com

Today’s podcast is a conversation with, Drs. Charles and Elizabeth Schmitz about their research on what makes a successful marriage and their new book entitled, “Golden Anniversaries: The Seven Secrets of Successful Marriage”. You can read more about the Drs. Schmitz on their own website - http://www.GoldenAnniversaries.com.

For the past 25 years, Drs. Charles and Elizabeth Schmitz have been referred to as “the marriage doctors” — a term given them by one of their early workshop participants. With more than 25 years of research experience on successfully married couples and their own 41 years of successful marriage, Drs. Charles and Elizabeth Schmitz know what makes marriage work. From their research they have discovered seven pervasive characteristics present in all successful marriages. Their book, “Golden Anniversaries: The Seven Secrets of Successful Marriage,” exposes their secrets for success through poignant, real-life stories, garnered from hundreds of interviews with happily married couples as well as from their own marriage.

Dr. Charles D. Schmitz has been a highly successful faculty member and administrator in higher education for 38 years. His teaching has focused in the areas of counseling psychology and leadership development. During his distinguished career, he has received some 40 local, state and national awards and honors; published more than 200 articles, manuscripts, books and scholarly papers; delivered more than 600 public speeches, professional presentations and workshops; and traveled throughout the world. He has appeared on radio and television, and has been frequently quoted in the print media. He received his Ph.D. degree from the University of Missouri-Columbia. He currently is Dean of the College of Education and Professor of Counseling and Family Therapy at the University of Missouri-St. Louis.

Dr. Elizabeth A. Schmitz was an award-winning administrator and educator for 36 years and has lectured in numerous college courses in counseling and leadership since receiving her doctoral degree from the University of Missouri-Columbia. As the former chief operating officer for a large organization of more than 22,000 people (students and employees), she understands complex enterprises and human relations issues. During her career, Elizabeth received more than 25 local, state and national awards and honors; published more than 85 articles, manuscripts and books; and delivered more than 400 speeches, workshops and presentations. She has made numerous radio appearances, been featured on television and quoted extensively in the print media on a variety of topics. She currently is president of Successful Marriage Reflections, LLC.

Charley and Liz reside in St. Louis, Missouri, the heart of America, with their Wonder Dog, Jake. When they are tired of writing for the day or just want to enjoy the sights and sounds of their wonderful hometown, you can see “the marriage doctors” tooling around the region in their torch red Mustang convertible with the top down. Their personalized St. Louis Cardinals license plate says simply, “2CARDS.” They are, without a doubt, a couple of cards — two fun loving fools!

Today's podcast is presentation of studies performed at Harvard university which help explain why adolescents make poor choices, have judgment issues, and may have social anxieties.

Today's podcast is a review of a study by Russell Barkley on young drivers and driving records. His study found drivers who have ADHD had more violations, accidents, and poorer driving habits than non ADHD peers.

Today's podcast is a presentation of my opinion on the question of whether or not there are true tests for ADHD. My beliefs are that to rule out ADHD requires a thorough physical evaluation, an educational assessment, a full psychological evaluation, and a speech/language evaluation.

Today's podcast is a presentation of research from Dr. Arthur Aron and associates which had shown that love was connected to dopamine levels and other brain functions. The data suggested love was like a drug for those who were in love. Equally, being "lovelorn" could be like withdrawal and could cause an increase risk taking behaviors.

Today's podcast is a brief presentation on how we have 18 years of follow- up data on students who either took medication for ADHD, those who did not take the medication and the outcomes in regard to reading, absenteeism, and being retained in school.

Today's podcast is my fantasy about what would happen if the managed care companies were able to refer patients to a mental health computer in a retail chain store. I present the worst care scenario and I discuss my concerns for the public and the profession.

Today's podcast is an expression of my anger towards ValueOptions, a managed care company. After years of dropping our fees, and than keeping them stagnant for over 8 years, they mail me a certificate of appreciation for years of service. Their subscribers appreciate our services. The company, however, does not see the field as important enough to warrant a raise in fees. Listen to my little dream sequence.

Today’s podcast is my opinion that college is not the path for every High School Graduate. The kids who struggled in school, hated school, or had significant learning problems may not be the best candidates for college. They may be better of in technological training programs or entering the work force in areas that interest them. Not every job needs a college diploma.

Although 50% of people questioned think they can tell when someone is lying, the data suggest we really are not that good at telling when someone is lying to us. Today’s podcast presents some of the reasons why we can't always tell who is telling the truth or who is lying.

With the start of a new year, I wanted to impart some information that can be helpful to all parents. Today's podcast contains a few tips for parents.

Today's podcast is a presentation of a study that suggested incompetent people are unaware of their incompetence.

Today's podcast is another of my own productions. Today, I give the general public a taste of what we clinicians have to handle when we have are forced to have telephone reviews by managed care company employees.

Today's podcast is a brief discussion on how brain cells can regenerate and grow throughout our lives and how we can always learn new tricks.

Today's podcast production is a simulated call from a parent who is requesting therapy for her 17 year old son. Unfortunately, she does not get the answer she wanted to hear!

Today's Podcast is a short presentation on why people need to accept the fact that everybody does not look at the world the same way. It is importnat to understand how people you deal with look at the world to undertand how to deal with them more effectively.

Dr. Howard Gurr presents a new podcast, which is a spoof of a generalized voice mail box system of a typical managed care company. Hear how frustrating this is to deal with these companies on a daily basis. Any comments about today's podcast would be greatly appreciated.

The data suggests psychologists are not very good at predicting violence in people. There are some indicators that are recognized as being correlated with violence. In today's podcast I provide the listener with some of the major factors and qualities that are correlated with violent behaviors.

Today's podcast presents a review of a psychological study of a simple screening test for Autism that can be used with infants of 12 months of age. The study presents correlational data that can be helpful for pediatricians and parents to use with infants at 12 months of age. The test is simple and harmless, but it cannot be used to defintely prove whether a child has Autism.

Today's podcast presents the most recent information on the mental health benefits of exercising.

On today's podcast I talk about the negative and the positive aspects of video games and virtual environments.

Today's podcast is a conversation with Dr. Michael Zentman. Dr. Zentman heard my earlier podcast on the different types of therapy and he wanted to explain how contemporary psychoanalysis was different than how I presented it in my podcast.

Dr. Michael Zentman has been a practicing Clinical Psychologist for 27 years in Centerport, LI and Manhattan. After earning a doctorate in Clinical Psychology he completed eight additional years of post-doctoral training in Psychoanalysis & Psychotherapy, Group Therapy and Family & Marital Therapy, He has taught at the graduate and post-doctoral level for eighteen years. He is on the faculty at the Training Institute for Mental Health in Manhattan, and he is an Associate Clinical Professor of Psychology and Supervisor of Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis, at Adelphi University in Garden City, NY. He is the founder and director of the Adelphi University Postgraduate Program in Marriage & Couple Therapy. In addition to working with families and couples, Dr. Zentman has consulted with many family business owners on the complex interaction of their businesses and their families.

Today's podcast is a discussion of alcohol use and psychological treatment with Dr. Robbin Schneider Gurr.

Today's podcast presents some ideas on how and why men and women solve problems and think differently.

Today's pdocast is about people abusing medications for ADD/ADHD.

Today's show is about the benefits of being treated by a psychiatrist and a psychologist when a person has a serious or long term mental conditon.

Today's show gives the listener the major issues that interfere in long term relationships and my tips on how to find a healthy partner.

Today I review a study that suggests shyness may have its roots in brain physiology and may not just due to our environmental experiences.

In today's podcast I provide some simple tips on how not to break your New Years resolutions.

Psychologists are involved in consumer research. Now they are using neurobiology to determine product preferences. This technique was clearly seen as being very powerful in a recent study comparing Coke and Pepsi.

When we talk to others about what they did to hurt us the word"you" gets in the way. Today I teach people how to stop using the word "you" and why the word "I" is much better.

Today I comment on two cases in which Paxil, an SSRI, was seen as being the cause or contributor to a case of embezzlement and a case of murder/suicide.

Today's Podcast provides a neurobiological explanation for Deja Vu.

Today I talk about red wine and healthy lifestyles- which one really helps?

Today's podcast is about PANDAS a controversial disorder that may,or may not, explain why some children get Tic disorders.

This podcast presents an outline of Seasonal Affective Disorder(SAD).

Today's Podcast is a snapshot of my philosophy on what I consider to be rational parenting.

Should you intervene if your elderly parents need assistance or guidance?

Todays podcast presents data which suggests smoking cigarettes can possibly lower a smoker's overall intelligence.

Dr.  Richard Lustberg is my guest today discuss the confusion the public experiences figuring out the differences between all of the mental health providers in their areas.

The podcast is a brief rundown on how parents can work with school if their children have special educational needs.

This show talks about what depression costs the US economy and why we need to prevent depression in the workplace.

This podcast presents a study that claims Botox can cure depression- and what is wrong with this study.

This is a brief introduction to Brainwave Entrainment- what it is and what it can do.

There are three major schools of practice in psychotherapy. This podcast explains the difference between Psychoanalysis, Behaviorism, and Cognitive/Behavioral Therapy.

Today's Podcast is about Panic Disorder: what it is and how to reduce its power.

Mental health services are beneficial in many health and medical conditions.

Follow-up podcast on depression. This podcast presents the two types of depressive reactions.

This podcast is a simplified explanation of depression.

Approximately 4% of adults may have these disorders. ADHD is a more complex disorder than most people think. Although we know that ADHD does not go away, we do know with the proper diagnosis and treatment, the disorder can be controlled and the negative...

 How do you choose the right mental health professional?

 How come it is sometimes so hard to get a mental health worker from your insurance panel provider list?

Surprise- if you are happy you are going to be healthier.