TO: PSYDR
Your "opinion" about Saybrook University is libelous and slanderous. I would inform myself before making erroneous remarks (tendered as advice) about a first class educational institution. As a graduate and highly successful and accomplished individual post-doc. I can attest to the quality of education that is afforded by Saybrook University and the fact that scores of its graduates are faculty at highly reputable colleges and universities around the world and in the USA. We have NIH grant holders and licensed psychologists in every state. Student publishing rate and EPPP (psychology licensing exam) scores/first time pass rates are in the top 10% in the nation. It is also not niche-specific. While its philosophical roots are in Humanistic Psychology it has a legacy of first-class education in applied psychophysiology, biofeedback, behavioral medicine and health psychology and importantly, it is an important think-tank whose curriculum, above all, stresses critical thinking and not just blind acceptance of the status quo! I might also add that Saybrook is not an online university; it advances a disbursed residency model that involves intensive and extensive face-to-face/classroom-based lectures, workshops, seminars and training in clinical procedures and makes graduates who adhere to the APA recommended curriculum licensure eligible (this means that the school can document to the satisfaction of state licensing boards that its residential conferences are the equivalent of one full year in residency; the APA benchmark residential requirement). Moreover, Saybrook now has a PsyD. program that is on track for APA clinical accreditation. Irrespective thereof, Saybrook graduates are licensed as psychologists in all states and that says it all (meaning, graduates not only sat for the EPPP, but they secured pre-doctoral clinical internships and post-doctoral residencies and the mandated amount of clinical experience hours). Many clinical psychologists who graduated from Saybrook were already first-rate experienced and licensed clinicians in other human service fields who sought licensure as a psychologist for professional reasons; and, they succeeded. So PSYDR does not have a clue and in the process has slandered hundreds of successful graduates; yes, he's exactly the psychologist role model we all need!
Here's my Bio for example:
Dr. Roland A. Carlstedt is a licensed psychologist, board-certified sport psychologist, board certified in applied clinical psychophysiology and biofeedback and chairman of the American Board of Sport Psychology. He is also the holder of an applied psychologist's license. Roland earned his PhD in psychology with honors from Saybrook Graduate School (with emphases in health and sport psychology and psychophysiology) in San Francisco, under the renowned personality psychologist and behavioral geneticist Dr. Auke Tellegen of the University of Minnesota. He has completed postdoctoral continuing education in psychiatric neuroscience through Harvard Medical School, and received training in the joint Massachusetts General Hospital-Massachusetts Institute of Technology-Harvard Medical School Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging Functional Magnetic Resonance Imagery (fMRI) Visiting Fellowship program and SELECTIVE NIH-sponsored program in Multi-Modal Brain Imaging. He is a member of the Massachusetts General Hospital Psychiatry Academy. Roland is also a research fellow in applied neuroscience with the Brain Resource Company the preeminent repository and developer of normative clinical databases of brain functioning where he is responsible for validating a neurocognitive database on athlete brain functioning . He is also the clinical and research director of Integrative Psychological Services of New York City. His recent clinical book Handbook of Integrative Clincal Psychology, Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine: Perspectives, Practices and Research (Springer Publishing; 72 contributors representing premier medical schools worldwide present research and perspectives in 31 chapters [ca. 1000 pages] including 3 by Dr. Carlstedt) was released in Dec. 2009. Roland's dissertation on neuropsychological, personality, and performance processes in highly skilled athletes (700) from seven sports (tennis, baseball, softball, basketball, golf, volleyball, and track and field) was honored with the seal of distinction. It was also the recipient of the American Psychological Association's Division 47 (Exercise and Sport Psychology) 2001 Award for Best Dissertation in Sport Psychology. His dissertation was also nominated for the Society of Neuroscience's Annual 2002 Lindsley Award for Best Dissertation in Behavioral Neuroscience. It was also the basis for his book Critical moments during competition: A mind-body model of sport performance when it counts the most (2004, Psychology Press). Since earning his doctorate Roland's research has been published in Biofeedback, Cortex, Brain and Cognition and the Journal of the American Board of Sport Psychology. He has also presented papers and chaired symposia at numerous American Psychological Association and Association for Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback conventions and has co-authored chapters in three academic books. In his capacity of founder and chairman of the American Board of Sport Psychology Roland has mentored numerous professionals pursuing certification in sport psychology as well as undergraduate and graduate students from prestigious institutions including the University of Pennsylvania, University of Southern California, Williams College, Amhearst College, Wellesley College, Duke University, Fordham University, Temple University, Queens University (N.C.), University of Delaware, City University of New York (City College), State University of New York (New Pflatz), State University of New York (Stoneybrook), State University of New York (Binghamton), Boston College, Davidson College, Allegheny College, Karlstad University (SWE), Bournemouth University (U.K.), Warsaw Medical University (POL), Massey University (N.Z.) and Harlequins Professional Rugby Union Team (U.K.) in the ABSP annual summer intern and visiting fellowship programs. Roland consults with numerous athletes, teams and organizations worldwide including the Harlequins Professional Rugby Union Team (London, U.K.) and the Polish Tennis Federation. He is involved in numerous ongoing research projects in sport psychology including in vivo qEEG and HRV studies of athletes from the sports of baseball, golf, tennis, basketball, football and rugby. His latest book, Evidence-based applied sport psychology: A manual for practitioners, researchers and students will be released in 2010. In the popular and media realm Dr. Carlstedt, a former professional tennis player and full time consultant and coach on the professional tennis tours has been published and featured worldwide over 500 times, appearing in magazines, radio and television extending into more than 40 countries. His first book Mentales tennis (1995, SportInform; Munich) was published in German a language that Roland is fluent in. While on tour Roland consulted with Niki Pilic Captain of the winning German Davis Cup Team. He has also coached numerous top ranked juniors and professionals including Ronald Agenor former world ranked #22 and French Open quarter-finalist. He also worked with Rohan Goetzke, coach of Wimbledon Champion Richard Krajicek the year that he won the title. He most recently was featured in ESPN the Magazine, Golf Magazine, New York Times and on Inside Edition, Geraldo Live and Swiss Radio International. Roland has carried out over two hundred seminars, workshops and speaking engagements worldwide.
Hundreds of graduates have comparable accomplishments.
Precedents have been established that punish bloggers/posters for libelous comments and stating that one is expressing an opinion offers little protection. I will see to it that Saybrook University is made aware of this post, a post that is factually baseless, and one that can do great damage to a fine school. Hopefully they will pursue this matter legally.
