I'm a Parent And a Psychologist: This Parenting Style is the Opposite of Helicopter Parenting
By Emily Edlynn, PhD, Parents Magazine, September 14, 2023 Medically Reviewed by Dr. Nicole Amoyal Pensak Overprotective parenting can be...
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- Jun 21, 2023
- 3 min
Are You An Anxiety Cleaner? Here's Why You Do It
By Adrianne Webster, June 21, 2023 Dr. Nicole Amoyal Pensak Quoted As surprising as it sounds, when you dive into it, there’s actually a...
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- Jun 20, 2023
- 5 min
Becoming A Mom Caused Me To Start Anxiety-Cleaning — And I Can’t Stop
By JESSICA BOOTH, June 20, 2023 Dr. Nicole Amoyal Pensak Quoted Every night since my second daughter was born, I’ve done the same exact...
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- Sep 22, 2022
- 4 min
Is motherhood a glass ceiling? 46% of women say co-workers treat them unfairly for having kids
by Chris Melore, StudyFinds.org, September 22, 2022 Dr. Nicole Amoyal Pensak Quoted NEW YORK — Two-thirds of working moms believe between...
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- Jun 13, 2022
- 4 min
Newsweek Feature | Opinion | Moms Want it All this Mother's Day. Give it to Them
In March of 2020, I planted my face in my son's bedroom carpet and sobbed. How could I possibly care for a newborn with a deadly virus...
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- Jun 5, 2022
- 3 min
Let the kids in the bed? 7 in 10 parents OK with co-sharing, think it should be ‘normalized’
by Chris Melore: View Full Article NEW YORK — A majority of parents feel no shame in sharing a bed with their little ones. In fact, seven...
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- Feb 22, 2022
- 6 min
Common Signs Of High-Functioning Anxiety + Tips For Managing It
mbg Contributor By Julie Nguyen Expert review by Kristina Hallett, Ph.D., ABPP What is high-functioning anxiety? According to the DSM-5,...
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- Feb 15, 2022
- 6 min
Even as a Psychologist, I Still Couldn’t See My Diagnosis of Postpartum OCD
Published in Moms Don’t Have Time to Write, Feb. 15, 2022 Effective ways to treat the real mommy wars happening inside your brain I paced...
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- Feb 8, 2022
- 1 min
Mom Brain: The Good, Bad & Amazing / Podcast
On. Ep. 17 of Working Mom Hour we're talking with Dr. Nicole Pensak, a Harvard and Yale trained clinical psychologist helping to change...
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- Dec 13, 2021
- 6 min
What a Clinical Psychologist Thinks You Should Know about Postpartum During a Pandemic
by Wonder Woman, December 13, 2021 As if having a newborn is not challenging enough. Typically, approximately 10-20% of women will...
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- Dec 22, 2020
- 6 min
How to Cope with the Stress of Cancer
by Nicole Pensak, PhD and Jamie Jacobs, PhD Living with cancer and its treatment can introduce new stressors into your life. Along your...
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- Nov 20, 2020
- 1 min
Psycho-Oncology Special Issue: Increasing Access to Psychosocial Oncology Care
A pilot study of mobilized intervention to help caregivers of oncology patients manage distress Abstract Objective Caregivers of patients...
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- Oct 13, 2020
- 1 min
$4M GRANT AIMS TO REDUCE STRESS IN CAREGIVERS
2019 "Now a nearly $4M grant from the National Cancer Institute to researchers at University of Colorado Cancer Center seeks to lessen...
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- Oct 12, 2020
- 1 min
THE LAS VEGAS MASSACRE
Dr. Pensak Speaks About Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and Evidence-Based Treatment as the Mental Health Correspondent in: The Las Vegas...
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- Oct 11, 2020
- 1 min
RADIO INTERVIEW W/ DR. PENSAK ON NEW JERSEY 101.5
Studies, doctors cite more mental health issues among young adults . View Interview
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- Oct 10, 2020
- 1 min
CANCER TODAY: HELPING OTHERS
Dr. Pensak is developing an online program to help caregivers of patients with advanced cancer manage stress. Learn More
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- Oct 8, 2020
- 1 min
DR. PENSAK'S CURRENT RESEARCH
2016-2018 Dr. Pensak received a Career Development Award through the National Palliative Care Research Center and is currently testing...
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- Jan 20, 2020
- 1 min
HIGH FUNCTIONING DEPRESSION AND ANXIETY: THE PRICE OF PERFECTION
Local community presentation at The Atlantic Club in Red Bank, New Jersey (January 2017). Contact Dr. Pensak to request other community...
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- Nov 22, 2019
- 2 min
Can Distress Screening Help Caregivers?
November 22, 2019 by Cancer Today Staff November is National Family Caregivers Month—a time to raise awareness for the approximately 3...
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- May 13, 2019
- 2 min
The Journal of Medical Internet Research
ImpaImpact of a Mobilized Stress Management Program (Pep-Pal) for Caregivers of Oncology Patients: Mixed-Methods Studyct of a Mobilized...
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