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What Happened In Graduate School? Post #3
Trust no one. This was the biggest lesson I learned in graduate school. I've said before that I've been hesitant to write this post,...
Ashley Muskett
Apr 21, 20256 min read


Obtaining DC Licensure In Clinical Psychology
I officially graduated from my grad program in May 2021. I finished a postdoc at the Virginia Treatment Center for Children in June...
Ashley Muskett
Nov 1, 20226 min read


Response to The Idea of "Profound" Autism
Twitter has been simply abuzz this week with the publication of a controversial-at-best article by Alison Singer about the idea of...
Ashley Muskett
Oct 30, 202215 min read


Ashley Muskett
Aug 10, 20220 min read


Psychological Assessment/Testing/Neuropsychological Testing Social Story
Hi all! I'll occasionally post resources for other psychologists here, and wanted to share this resource for helping Autistic children...
Ashley Muskett
Aug 9, 20221 min read


Internship Essays
With the beginning of internship application season for those in Clinical Psychology, and inspired by my friend Tyler who thoughtfully...
Ashley Muskett
Aug 9, 20229 min read


Am I Evil Yet?
As you can probably tell if you've bopped around this site for long enough, it's a hybrid site dedicated to both my interest in writing...
Ashley Muskett
Aug 5, 20223 min read


Obtaining Maryland Licensure in Clinical Psychology
I officially graduated from my grad program in May 2021. I finished a postdoc at the Virginia Treatment Center for Children in June...
Ashley Muskett
Jun 24, 20226 min read


Journal Club #2 (June)
June Article: Special Interests and Subjective Wellbeing in Autistic Adults The authors: Rachel Grove , Rosa A Hoekstra, Marlies Wierda,...
Ashley Muskett
Jun 20, 20223 min read


I've Never Not Cried At A Conference
For those of you who aren't familiar one of the main requirements of any PhD program is that one produces a research product. This is...
Ashley Muskett
Jun 16, 20227 min read


What Happened In Graduate School? Post #2
Welcome back to my series on what the heck happened in graduate school. My last post in this series focused on what I've decided to call...
Ashley Muskett
Jun 10, 20223 min read


Why Did You Choose Your Specialties In Psychology?
As a few earlier posts have referenced, I chose to specialize as a psychologist in treating specific mental illness (anxiety disorders)...
Ashley Muskett
Jun 8, 20224 min read


Book Review: Where the Forest Meets the Stars
Every so often I'll give my two cents as a psychologist about how I feel like various books do with their portrayals of mental health and...
Ashley Muskett
Jun 8, 20225 min read


My Mopey Grad School Mix
After the last post being on the serious side, I thought we could use some levity. Check out the songs that I listened (or still listen...
Ashley Muskett
Jun 7, 20221 min read


What Happened in Graduate School? Post #1
The Assumption of External Motivation In previous posts, I've alluded to the fact that graduate school was a really bad experience for me...
Ashley Muskett
Jun 7, 20223 min read


Natural Developmental Behavioral Interventions (NDBIs)
In one of my last posts I referenced NDBIs and how I kind of think of them as "second generation ABA therapies." I want to break that...
Ashley Muskett
Jun 6, 20226 min read


Ghosts of Therapists Past: The Story of Why I Ghosted Three Therapists
TW: Anxiety, OCD, GoT Spoilers There is a fine line as a therapist between being an advocate for reducing the stigma around mental health...
Ashley Muskett
Jun 1, 20228 min read


Why I Became A Psychologist: Director's Cut
Why do you want to be a psychologist? Versions of this question are asked from the moment you sit down to apply to graduate school (or...
Ashley Muskett
May 31, 20224 min read


I Was An ABA Provider- Am I Going to Hell? And Other Thoughts
Oh, college me (picture above). So young, and kind, and full of hope. In this picture I was probably somewhere between the ages of 19-22....
Ashley Muskett
May 24, 20226 min read


Journal Club #1 (May)
What I'm about to explain could be it's own entire post (and maybe will be soon!) but when you've got a PhD in clinical psychology you...
Ashley Muskett
May 22, 20223 min read
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