Foundations of Personal and Professional Development

Professional development is universally emphasized in graduate school and in the workplace. However, although various aspects of professional development are imperative to complete workplace tasks (training on new techniques, public speaking, etc.), personal development is the true foundation to career success. In this webinar, Dr. Greg Bohall, MS '07, will review important content from his co-authored textbook titled "The Psychologist's Guide to Professional Development". More specifically, the differences between personal and professional development, various areas of self-exploration, types of motivation, communication skills and conflict management, goal setting and time management, and stress management will be reviewed.

About Greg Bohall
Dr. Greg Bohall is the principal series editor of the series titled Dangerous Behavior in Clinical and Forensic Psychology through Springer. He earned a doctorate in psychology (Psy.D.) in clinical forensic psychology in 2014 and is a clinical and forensic consultant to numerous organizations throughout Southern California. Dr. Bohall is currently internationally and nationally recognized as a Certified Rehabilitation Counselor (C.R.C.), as a Master Addiction Counselor (MAC), and as an International Certified Alcohol and Drug Counselor (ICADC). In the State of California, he is recognized as a Certified Alcohol and Drug Counselor-III (CADC-III). Recently, Dr. Bohall was the principal author in the co-authored textbook The Psychologist’s Guide to Professional Development (2017) as well as writing Legal System and Gender, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Gender, and Gender Conformity in The SAGE Encyclopedia of Psychology and Gender (2017). Furthermore, his academic work can be found in the Journal of Family Violence and Aggression and Violent Behavior. Dr. Bohall also serves on the Editorial Board of the Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment, & Trauma, the Journal of Family Trauma, Child Custody, & Child Development, the Journal of Child Sexual Abuse and the Journal of Child & Adolescent Trauma. Lastly, Dr. Bohall’s academic and research interests include forensic assessment and intervention, crisis intervention and negotiation techniques, evaluation of interviewing, investigation, and interrogation procedures, psychopathy, and offender profiles and victimology of individuals involved in intimate partner violence cases.