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Fall 2008 Office Hours

Monday and Wednesday: 9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.

Tuesday: 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m.

Thursday: 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. and 4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.

(1) Strategies for Academic Success and (2) Characteristics of Students Who Tend to Not Enjoy Their Classes and Earn Grades Below Their Potential

(1) Self-esteem Screening Scale and (2) Tips to Improve Self-esteem

Upcoming Events You Don't Want to Miss

Greetings. I am a Psychology Professor here at Gavilan College. I was raised in San Francisco, California,

and have been fortunate to amass 26 years of clinical (e.g., staff psychologist, clinical supervisor, inservice

director, consultant) and teaching (e.g., associate professor of psychology, associate professor of psychology

and counseling) experience in a variety of mental health and academic settings all around the United States.

I am licensed as a Psychologist in California (# PSY 20356) and New York (# 015719), registered as a National

Health Service Provider in Psychology (# 50889), and board certified as a Doctoral Addictions Counselor (# 4541)

and Professional Christian Counselor (# 0079). I am a graduate of Lowell High School (San Francisco, California),

and have a B.A. in Psychology from San Francisco State University, a M.S. in Counseling and Mental Health

from California State University, Hayward, and a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from the University of Cincinnati.

I completed a Predoctoral Fellowship in the Substance Abuse Treatment Unit and Outpatient Psychotherapy

Division in the Department of Psychiatry at Yale University School of Medicine (New Haven, Connecticut), and

a Postdoctoral Residency in Child and Family Services and Adult Psychiatry/Behavioral Medicine in the

Psychiatry Department at Kaiser Permanente Medical Center (Oakland, California). I have published articles in

such journals as Psychotherapy, Social and Behavioral Sciences, Social Work, and the Annals of the New York

Academy of Sciences, and presented 145 seminars on various mental health, relationship health and physical

health topics all over the United States, in Toronto, Ontario (Canada), and in Guyana (South America).

I decided to become a Psychologist at age 17 while taking a psychology class as a junior in high school—I have

never regretted the decision. I very much enjoy teaching because it provides an excellent forum to sensitize

students to the rich application of psychology to every sphere of life. During my teaching career, psychology

majors have surprised me with such awards as Instructor of the Year, Most Inspirational Teacher, and

Most Interesting Class.

For recreation, I run! (especially 5K races), play Scrabble, try to keep up with the latest holistic health advances,

and travel. I am a strong believer in the adage, “An ounce of prevention is worth a pound a cure,” and therefore

strive in my own life to practice a lifestyle (i.e., NEWSTART) that not only prevents disease, but maximizes overall

(holistic) health.

Lastly, but not least, I am happily married with two of the sweetest, most beautiful daughters. Feel free to contact

me if you are interested in a career in psychology, or want information on how to achieve optimal overall health.

Forensic Psychology (information on how to become a Forensic Psychologist, including criminal profiling)

NEWSTART Magazine (describes the principles to maximize overall health under "Steps to Radiant Living")—a must see!

Sette Publishing (articles/books on health and wellness; info sheets on health; vegetarian cookbooks/recipes)

50 States Colleges (links to all of the college and university home pages in the USA)

good of another—it is a principle practiced that should not be based on feelings.”

“If you don’t think much of yourself, it will be hard to believe that anyone will either.”

“It is not only difficult to give what you don’t have, but to receive what you feel you

“Many continue in a path that seems right to them because they haven’t been informed

“You can’t lead anybody anywhere they don’t already want to go, so if they’re not

“True education encompasses more than just enhancement of the mental faculties—what

“You can do what you wanna do when you wanna do it; you just don’t wanna do it yet,

“It takes most, if not all your time, energy and effort to be someone else, but little if any

“How can you take care of two—that relationship with your boyfriend, girlfriend or

spouse—when you can’t even take care of one—that relationship with yourself?”

“Three torpedoes sink a person's life: one from within—low self-esteem, and two from

“If the cost of staying is greater than the cost of leaving and there is no change in sight,

“If you neglect your health, you’re casting to the ground most important wealth.”

“Overweight? If you want to lose 10+ pounds and keep it off, drop dinner; if you want to

lose 25+ pounds and keep it off, drop dinner and fast food; if you want to lose 40+ pounds

and keep it off, drop dinner and fast food, and exercise to the point of perspiration at least

“Most of the time, we have a love-hate relationship with almost everything.”

“Once you distinguish between needs (necessary for survival) and wants (not necessary for

survival), and focus much less on striving for wants; stress decreases and contentment

“Addiction to anything (including television) is often a time-sucker, mind messer-upper,

“Hooked on alcohol or other drugs?—get help to straighten up before you’re straightened out.”

“We’re supposed to build our lives around our children, not our children around

“Want to cripple your children for life? Give them everything they want and fight

“The vast majority of the discriminated against don’t want handouts, just hands-off.”

“Only with representative and mutual input, can representative and mutual benefit more

“If you think you have it bad, take a good look around you—there is always someone

Carlton H. Oler, Ph.D.