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Real Data

by Sophia • November 1, 2011 • Uncategorized • 0 Comments

If only 50% of college students get a Bachelor’s degree in this country, then it becomes important to know the characteristics of those who finish. An article published in Scientific American Mind, Why We Quit by Yvonne Raley, (August/September 2007), describes three contributing factors. 1) There is a good fit between the student and...
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Good Intentions

by Sophia • October 20, 2011 • Uncategorized • 0 Comments

Young adults struggle with good intentions—at least the ones I see. They want to do well. They want their parents to be proud of them. They don’t want to disappoint anyone. Good intentions can become a burden if that is all you’ve got. The young adults with self-management disorders take a long time to...
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About Me

Sophia K. Havasy, Ph.D. is a licensed psychologist in Houston, Texas. She is the senior psychologist and works with a dynamic, interdisciplinary team of professionals at the Tarnow Center for Self-Management. Over the past 20+ years, Dr. Havasy has specialized in helping young adults with ADHD, LD, bipolar, etc., and their families to work together to become independent adults. She refers to their process as complicated launchings.

Dr. Havasy completed her undergraduate degree at Duke University, and her doctorate in clinical psychology from Northwestern University. She has been in Texas for almost 30 years.

Follow her blog as she discusses issues relevant to teenagers, young adults and their families with complicated launching issues.

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