Dr. Heffner is a licensed psychologist and core faculty member in the Clinical PsyD Program at Antioch University Seattle (AUS). He teaches interventions courses including Solution-Focused Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, and Clinical Supervision. He runs the Positive Psychology Lab at AUS focused on fostering individual, community, and organizational well-being. He recently co-authored a textbook titled The Strength-Based Clinical Supervision Workbook (published through Routledge and available on Amazon).
His personal website is located at http://chrisheffner.com.
Modernizing Maslow’s Hierarchy through the Lens of Self-Care
Abraham Maslow (1908-1970) is one of the founders of Humanistic Psychology. Along with Carl Rogers (1902-1987), Maslow stressed the importance of looking at the whole ...
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We are More Lonely than Ever. Find out Why and How to Counter It.
We are more connected and more lonely than ever. And this seems to be true across sex, age, race, and income. The COVID-19 pandemic has ...
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The Education Gender Gap: APA Task Force looks at How to Help Boys Succeed in School
The April/May, 2023 edition of the Monitor on Psychology, the bimonthly magazine of the American Psychological Association, led with a cover story about helping boys ...
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Media Literacy and Modern Technology
Media Psychology Technology, including social and other forms of media, is often considered neutral - its value is determined by how we use it (see ...
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Doomscrolling: The Ultimate Negative Flow State and Four Ways to Counter It
First, A Little Psychology I've written before about social media use and how it can be both helpful and harmful. The article, Is Social Media ...
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