Matthew Clemente, Ph.D. and David Goodman, Ph.D.

About

Matthew Clemente, Ph.D., is the Director of Research and Curriculum at the Center for Psychological Humanities and Ethics and an Assistant Professor of the Practice in the Department of Formative Education at Boston College.

David Goodman, Ph.D., is a licensed clinical psychologist who serves as the Dean of the Woods College of Advancing Studies and the Executive Director of the Center for Psychological Humanities and Ethics at Boston College. He is also an Associate Professor in the Formative Education Department in BC's Lynch School of Education and Human Development. David remains active in clinical practice as well.

Books by Matthew Clemente, Ph.D. and David Goodman, Ph.D.

Recent Posts

Should Artists Get to Stay Anonymous?

After concealing his identity for decades, the street artist Banksy was recently unmasked by journalists—raising important questions about the nature of anonymity and the public's desire to know.

Reimaging Psychology or Revitalizing the Humanities?

What if no topic or question was off limits because psychology understood itself to be a convening discipline in which every aspect of human experience meets?

The Poetics of Psychotherapy

Virginia Woolf wrote that we suffer from a "poverty of language" when we're in pain. Therapists must help patients to discover a "poetics of suffering" to express their afflictions.

Creative Writing as Play Therapy

Authors often speak of the therapeutic nature of writing. Why this is the case, however, is rarely theorized. An insight might be gleaned by means of analogy with child's play.

Sometimes It’s Good to Be Embarrassed

Nobody likes to feel embarrassed. Embarrassment can lead to shame and self-loathing. And yet, there are times when feeling embarrassed is not only necessary but good.

Do Not Trust Robotic Birds

In "The Nightingale," by Hans Christian Andersen, we are offered a vivid depiction of one of the greatest temptations and tragedies of our technological age.

Are You Your Body?

We tend to think of our personalities as arising from our psychological lives. Yet if we insist that the psyche is the true self, we run the risk of dismissing our individuality.

Are We Over-Therapizing the Youth Mental Health Crisis?

Today's youths are the most anxious, depressed, and medicated generation on record. Those of us in the mental health field must consider what role our work plays in the crisis.

Is Generative AI Alive?

The advent of artificial intelligence has raised a number of perplexing questions. Chief among them is how we ought to relate to the devices we create.

Learning to Live in the Present

We are often caught between anxiety over the future and remorse over the past. Yet philosophers teach that only the present moment truly exists. How can we learn to live in it?