psychology

A great beginning to a new year starts with safety first, and the Carson City Sheriff’s Office, in conjunction with Carson City School District and Partnership Carson City, is promoting its Safe and Sober New Year’s for all Carson City youth by offering support to any middle school or high school student having a get-together on New Year’s Eve.

ASIST Class in Carson City will be held on Jan. 11-12, 2018 from 8-5 both days. ASIST is an acronym for Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training. The class will be held on the Western Nevada College campus, 2201 W. College Parkway in the Bristlecone building in room 320, Carson City.

Muscle Powered, Citizens for a Walkable and Bikeable Carson City, recently received a $2000 grant from Nevada Department of Transportation Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Board to facilitate a video competition to create public service announcements about the dangers of texting and driving.

Last night, I had a moment to get quiet with myself and do some research. This research led me down the path of learning three types of confidence from a relationship expert named Matthew Hussey. Hussey has been all over the world teaching relationship psychology.

Senior Projects, a Carson High School graduation requirement, are in full swing, and every year a host of new topics are set into motion by students who take it very seriously, students who take it upon themselves to make a difference in the lives of others. One such senior, Sarah Sever, is motivated to create awareness about a wide-ranging and ever growing atrocity affecting young women in America.

The Capital City Arts Initiative announces its exhibition, "Inside and Outside the Lines", with artwork by artists Jonathan Farber and Susan Kotler at the city’s Sierra Room located in the Carson City Community Center, 851 E William Street, Carson City.

The Capital City Arts Initiative [CCAI] announces its student exhibition, "ART from UNR", at the Community Development Building [the Brick], 108 E Proctor Street, Carson City. The Brick is open to the public daily, 8am – noon, 1-4pm. The free exhibition will remain in the building’s lobby exhibition space from July 11 through October 19.

The Carson City Sheriff’s Office bid farewell to a longtime sergeant on Friday, welcomed a long time member of the force who was promoted to sergeant and introduced a new member to the deputy team.

CARSON CITY — Brenda Silis, Program Manager at the Capital City C.I.R.C.L.E.S. Initiative announced Tuesday that Dr. Wirt Twitchell has joined CCCI as its coach.

Future Perfect, a film production company with a studio in Carson City, has made a major feature length documentary about the effects of climate change on children. AND THEN THE CLIMATE CHANGED explores the many ways in which the message of climate change and its frightening consequences can be communicated. One way is through performance.

On Monday, April 24, author and meditation instructor Molly Dahl is bringing a new workshop to The Studio at Adams Hub, designed to help participants create healthier, more balanced lives. Dahl, whose 2015 book Youth Positive, Exploring the Unique Genius of Every 21st Century Adolescent shared emotional-balance tactics for teens, is now setting her sights on the area’s stressed-out adults.

(Editor’s Note: Tran is a senior, student council member, and historian at CHS)

On February 13, through CHS’ leadership class led by teacher and advisor Ann Britt, we had the privilege of having students from Efterskolen Frydensberg, a Danish boarding school, come to CHS as a part of an annual 10th grade trip to America.

Monday is not always about being full of motivation. Sometimes it’s about finding it. I have a standing call every Monday at 7 am with my team, as some of them are on the east coast. Although I made it through the call, this Monday was more challenging. Can you identify? Unfortunately, not doing business isn’t usually an option. Here’s how to get yourself going when the going is rough.

RENO – The National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges (NCJFCJ) has elected Dr. Robert A. Simon to the Board of Directors.

Coming Jan. 14 to Western Nevada College (WNC) is a series of proven methods which reduce college costs and get graduates a university degree in as few as two years.

A series of ten weekly classes is aimed toward college-bound high school juniors and seniors and their parents, as well as adults looking for career advancement.

“I wanted to be a neurologist. That seemed to be the most difficult, most intriguing, and the most important aspect of medicine, which had links with psychology, aggression, behavior, and human affairs. The man who can drive himself further once the effort gets painful is the man who will win.”

~Roger Bannister, Athlete, Physician

Children are naturally willing to take risks. We can easily recognize this as they tackle the playground, go down the largest slide, jump from the highest point, and show off their abilities to their parents. Many times they will fall as they are learning to walk, and with determination, they will keep getting back up for their next attempt.

Carson High School celebrated its first Week of Respect Oct. 3-7. Students and staff participated in daily activities promoting positive interactions to support a safe and respectful learning environment. Highlights of the week included interactive game stations where students gathered in Senator Square and engaged in board games and brain teasers.

Nevada has moved from being among the worst states for shared parenting laws to being in the top third. Shared parenting is a flexible arrangement where children spend as close to equal time with each parent as possible after divorce or separation if both parents are fit. It has been shown to be highly beneficial to most children. The changes in the Nevada custody law were brought about by Nevada’s Parental Rights Protection Act of 2015.

Center for Hope of the Sierras, the leading comprehensive eating disorder treatment center in Nevada, hosts nationally renowned family therapists, nationally published eating disorder authors and revolutionary therapists with over 25 years of combined experience for a day filled with healing and education.

Silver City, Nevada - Narrative, story-telling visual artist Frances Melhop, voted “One of the World's 200 Best Advertising Photographers 2009/2010″ by Luerzers Archive, will bring her skills and talents to the Resident Artist Program in Silver City this summer. She'll set up a temporary studio at the Silver City School House during August 2016, photographing some of the Comstock’s longtime residents for a 2017 exhibition at the Haldan Art Gallery at Tahoe.

U.S. Marine veteran Bruno Moya leads 1,500 student veterans at the University of Nevada Las Vegas as president of the Rebels Veterans Organization, but working toward his Degree in Psychology, he focu ...

Sierra Nevada College is pleased to announce it will join the University of Nevada, Reno; UNLV, College of Southern Nevada; Great Basin College; Nevada State College; University of Nevada School of Medicine; Western Nevada College; and Truckee Meadows Community College in a grant-funded National Institutes of Health program to develop infrastructure for health-related research and STEM education in the state of Nevada.

Carson City’s most impassioned TEDx enthusiasts will come together on Friday for a day of information, inspiration, networking and dialogue around the theme Creating the community you want to live in.

The event will take place at Brewery Arts Center’s Black Box Theater and will feature an incredible line-up of speakers on topics ranging from innovations and ideas to health to technology and the arts. Attendees will also have an opportunity to network at an on-site lunch event.

The Capital City Arts Initiative announces its exhibition, Great Basin Native Artists, with art works by seven Native American artists at the Carson City Community Center's Sierra Room that is running now through July 6, 2016. The Community Center is located at 851 E. William Street, Carson City.

From a visit by Ellen Hopkins, New York Times bestselling author of adult and young adult fiction, to Carson High’s own bestselling author, senior Alec Belle, CHS teachers bring national and local professionals together to share their knowledge with tomorrow’s professionals in order to equip them for the road ahead.

Tickets for TEDx Carson City 2016 with the theme, Creating the Community you Want to Live In, will go on sale Monday.

Organizer Gina Hill said the goal for Carson City’s TEDx is to unite listeners in a common vision of creating a community that all would want to live in. She hopes it is transformational.

A donation by the Rotary Club of Carson City will help ease the financial burden for some high school students enrolled in Western Nevada College’s Jump Start College program next fall.

Carson City Library will host Valeri Wilson, currently a student at the University of Nevada, Reno, on Wednesday, September 2, at 6:30 pm for a presentation on the country of Turkey. Wilson studied at the Bogazici University in Istanbul, Turkey.

As a student in her final semester at UNR she is studying for a Bachelor of Arts degree in sociology and psychology. While in Turkey she was able to study the sociology and culture of the country and its people. Join us to learn more about the diverse culture of the Turkish nation.

Kym Maehl is a Counselor,