Larry Waldman
Ph.D., ABPP
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Psychologist, Author, Speaker Expert
Larry Waldman Quick Facts
- Main Areas
- Practice Development, Parenting, Marriage
- Best Sellers
- Who's Raising Whom? A Parent's Guide to Effective Child Discipline, The Graduate Course You Never Had: How to Develop, Manage, and Market a Thriving Private Mental Health Practice--With and Without Managed Care
- Career Focus
- Clinical, forensic psychologist
- Affiliation
- AZ Psychological Assn, Northern AZ University, notMYkid,
Larry F. Waldman, Ph.D., ABPP is a licensed psychologist who has practiced in the Paradise Valley area of Phoenix for 32 years. He works with children, adolescents, parents, adults, and couples. He also provides forensic consultations in the areas of family law, personal injury, and estate planning. He speaks professionally to laypersons, educators, and fellow mental health professionals. He teaches graduate courses for the Educational Psychology Department for Northern Arizona University. He is the author of “Who’s Raising Whom? A Parent’s Guide to Effective Child Discipline,” “Coping With Your Adolescent,” “How Come I Love Him But Can’t Live With Him? "Making Your Marriage Work Better,” “The Graduate Course You Never Had: How to Develop, Manage, Market a Flourishing Private Practice—With and Without Managed Care,” and "Too Busy Earning a Living to Make Your Fortune". His contact information is: 602-996-8619; 11020 N. Tatum Blvd., Bldg E, Suite 100, Phoenix, AZ 85028; LarryWaldma PhD@cox.net; TopPhoenixPsychologist.com.
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Larry Waldman Books
Who's Raising Whom? A Parent's Guide to Effective Child Discipline
http://topphoenixpsychologist.com/publications/books/
Coping With Your Adolescent
http://topphoenixpsychologist.com/publications/books/
How Come I Love Him But Can't Live With Him? Making Your Marriage Better
http://topphoenixpsychologist.com/publications/books/
The Graduate Course You Never Had: How to Develop, Manage, and Market a Private Mental Health Practice--With and Without Managed Care
http://topphoenixpsychologist.com/publications/books/
Too Busy Earning a Living to Make Your Fortune? Discover the Psychology of Achieving Your Life Goals.
http://topphoenixpsychologist.com/publications/books/
Love Your Child More Than You Hate Your Ex: What every Divorced Parent Needs to Know
http://topphoenixpsychologist.com/publications/books/
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***Overindulged Children
An adolescent in Texas recently was in the news for killing and/or injuring several persons due to recklessly driving his new BMW while quite intoxicated. Apparently, this teen had an alcohol-related incident a few months before this tragedy. At trial a psychologist testified that this boy should not be incarcerated because he was a victim of his parents’ wealth and indulgence. The syndrome was coined “Affluenza.” Amazingly, the judge agreed and sentenced the teen to a 120 days in a posh treatment facility.
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***Five Reasons Why Second Marriages Fail at a High Rate
For some time the divorce rate in the USA for first marriages has held at about 50%. This is a national tragedy. This statistic also means that many people have subsequent marriages.
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Why Seniors Need to Get Back to the Gym Part 4
Why Seniors Need to Get to the Gym Part 4 (of 4) Byr Larry Waldman, Ph.D., ABPP Psychologist/Senior Fitness Specialist Flexibility/Balance Flexibility and balance are as important to senior fitness as aerobic and strength training. As seen with aerobicizing and weight lifting, this adage very much applies: “Use it or lose it.” Another quip I recently heard is equally relevant: “When I rest, I rust.” Over time, without intervention, our bodies gradually become stiffer and our balance significantly deteriorates. Body Tightness and Stiffness
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***FIVE SURE WAYS TO RAISE A RESPONSIBLE CHILD
As an experienced clinical child psychologist I believe the ultimate goal of any parent is to rear an independent, responsible child. While at first glance this may appear obvious, if we observe most parents in action on a day-to-day basis, it becomes evident that many parents have no idea how to achieve this objective. Most parents never take a course on parenting or even read a book or two on the topic. Ask many parents, "How do you foster independence and responsibility in your child?" and you are likely to get a blank stare.
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Being Present and Aware--Minfulness
Being Present and Aware—Mindfulness By Larry F. Waldman, Ph.D., ABPP Psychologist Freud said depressed people rue the past and anxious individuals fear the future. More than a century later psychologists are currently emphasizing “mindfulness”—being “aware,” focused, and “being in the present.”
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***The Power of Immediate Reinforcement
A basic tenet of behavioral psychology is that the closer the consequence is to the behavior, the more powerful the effect it has on that behavior. For example, if one could eat a sensible nutritious meal, immediately step on the scale and be down two pounds, dieting would be easy. Unfortunately, one has to eat healthfully for an extended period before any appreciable weight is lost. Thus, even though most adults know they should eat better (and exercise more) the delayed reinforcement sabotages their efforts.
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Forming Our Relationships Backwards
FORMING OUR RELATIONSHIPS BACKWARDS By Larry F. Waldman, Ph.D., ABPP The divorce rate in the U.S. continues to hover around 50 percent and the dissolution incidence when one or both of the parties have been previously married is about 65 percent. This is a national travesty. The amount of emotional angst and money spent, not to mention the extent of trauma brought to the involved children, is immeasurable.
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***CHANGING UNDESIRABLE BEHAVIOR IN OUR KIDS
Back in my undergraduate years I took a required course for all psychology majors entitled Experimental Psychology. Early in that course in a lab we were each instructed to train a white rat to turn right in a T-maze. (A successful trial was defined as the rat not going past a line on the left side of the maze and the rat had to proceed all the way to the right within five seconds—to eat a small piece of compressed grain.) When the rat made five consecutive “correct” responses, it was determined that the rat had “learned” the appropriate response.
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***TAKE YOUR PROSAC, SEE YOUR SHRINK, THEN PUT ON YOUR RUNNING SHOES
Depression and anxiety are, by far, the most common mental health problems. Nearly 20 percent of the US population struggles with or will struggle with one or both of these problems. The most common treatment today for these issues is medication—typically prescribed by the primary care physician (not a psychiatrist). This treatment is considered a Biological intervention, as the medication is designed to alter the individual's brain chemistry.
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***Must You Feel Like It to Do It?
A parent tells their young child to brush their teeth. The child responds, "I don't want to; I don't feel like it." It is perfectly normal for children to believe that they must be in a certain mood state (feel like it) to do something. Most parents, though, tell their child that they are sorry that they don't feel like brushing their teeth but go and do it anyway. This child-like thinking continues for many adults. Unfortunately, as adults we often don't have someone making us do it anyway.
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The Keys to Effective Studying
THE KEYS TO EFFECTIVE STUDYING Larry F. Waldman, Ph.D., ABPP Parents regularly tell their children to “study hard” so they can get good grades, get into a good college, get a good job, and be successful. While children are encouraged to study, do they truly know what they should do? Researchers on an effective studying generally recommend the following: 1) Organize the material conceptually rather than attempt to memorize many bits of unrelated information.
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***ACHIEVING “OK” IS “GREAT” IN MARRIAGE
Ironworks Inc. and Acme Steel have been doing business together for twenty-five years. Ironworks manufactures steel widgets and Acme sells raw steel. These two companies have worked together for all this time for two basic reasons: 1. They need each other. 2. The money is right. Ironworks believes they are buying their raw materials at a reasonable price and Acme believes they are selling their steel at an acceptable price.
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TopPhoenixPsychologist.com
Dr. Larry Waldman’s multi-faceted private practice is known to be one of the most successful in the Phoenix area. He works with children, adolescents, parents, couples, families, and adults. Dr. Waldman also has a forensic practice working with family law, personal injury, criminal defense, and immigration atto eys.
February 26, 2015
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TopPhoenixPsychologist.com
http://topphoenixpsychologist.com/
Favorite Quotes & Thoughts from Larry Waldman
"Don't wait for your ship to come in; swim out to it."
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