Larry Gage's Home Page

Welcome! You are visiting the personal home page of Larry Gage, Ph.D., Counseling Psychologist, Clinical Coordinator, and Associate Director for Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS) at The College of New Jersey. For more information about CAPS please visit us at our home page (click here) or in person! <<Please note: This page was first put up in the last millenium - doesn't it look like it? Someday...>>

About me: As the Associate Director of CAPS, my main role is that of Clinical Coordinator. I am licensed as a psychologist in New Jersey and Pennsylvania (inactive), and have worked over 30 years in the helping professions. I see a variety of student, staff, and faculty clients from the college, with staff/faculty contacts limited to consulting about referrals. I have taught courses in the department of Psychology as an adjunct and guest lectured in other departments. Activity outside The College includes private practice and consulting to organizations. This is my twenty-third year at TCNJ - that's long enough that the building I worked in when I arrived - the Hub - resides in a landfill somewhere. The Hub used to stand where Eickhoff Hall does now, back when the college was Trenton State.

Contacting Larry

Counseling and Psychological Services - 609.771.2247; Located in 107 Eickhoff Hall
Email: gage@tcnj.edu

At CAPS we are working hard to support our mission, maintaining our commitment to quality services. As part of the Center for Campus Wellness, we offer options to support individual and campus goals for wellness. I would welcome feedback/input - whether about current issues or new directions - from anyone moved to give it. If you have any opinions about anything to do with psychology, counseling, or how a counseling service best serves a college, please feel personally invited to e-mail me. The supportive input of others will help us to grow and stay current.

I have been privileged to be present when many courageous people have chosen to confront issues troubling them and make changes for the better. I am grateful for that; it is quite moving and inspiring. People have so much inside to draw upon, and it is incredible when that moment occurs where they tap into it. I do not take for granted someone's decision to seek help, and it is endlessly absorbing to formulate an adequate response to that decision. I work hard, yet I am a lucky man.

And Now to the Links...

What personal web page would be complete without a bunch of links? As always with the Web, take what you find with a grain of salt. I have tried to include only widely used and recognized sources, but sites are changing all the time. As a general strategy, I recommend looking for citations referencing legitimate refereed journals and other professional sources of information. Caveat emptor.

On-campus Links

Links you'll enjoy if you are more psychologically minded

Psychweb - Links to enough things psychological to make your head hurt.
Behavioral Medicine and Health Psychology on the Web - A nice list of programs, journals, and agencies addressing the areas of Health Psych/Behavioral Med.
American Psychological Association - PsychNet - The APA's official web site; good general resource, especially for students. APA's site is growing all the time, including current issues and an easy-to-use navigation bar.
Dr. Bob's Mental Health Links - This fellow has found quite a bit of what's out there - and put it all on one page! An excellent resource for _starting_ a search.

Links specific to substance use, abuse, and treatment of the addictions

NCADI Prevline - The National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information's Prevline gives good information about use/prevention/treatment, with links to many other resources.
Higher Education Center - Excellent resource for college/university based efforts in prevention and treatment.
Drink Wheel - You'll like this if you want to explore blood alcohol content for yourself or someone else. It's an interactive way to estimate the level based on intake.
Self Scoring Alcohol Check-Up - One of the best resources on-line that I've run across for getting feedback about your alcohol use patterns. Check it out!
Self Improvement Online - Deciding to cut down or quit? Here's a list of self-help resources that run the gamut. A great place to learn more, or to formulate that first step...

Links on the area of Wellness (Always more to come!)

Wellness at the University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point - A good general source about wellness in action, with applications in a higher education setting. A good starting point!
Positive Press - Drop in here for a positive quote of the day and positive news of the day. Help your day with information that is positively refreshing!
Bob's Humor Archive - OK, so it's a bit of stretch to call this one a link about wellness. For me, humor is vital for wellness. Check it out! (Some language may offend; if you get jokes from folks via email, you'll recognize some of this. Remember, humor is subjective - if you don't like something, keep looking for something you do)

Links to organizations about counseling and counseling centers

Note: this may be more than you ever wanted to know about a counseling center, but if your interests run in that direction I surely want to encourage it! If you are a student who wants to explore the counseling center setting, these will be just the thing for you.

American College Counseling Association - (ACCA) One of a number of membership organizations for the profession of college counseling.
American College Personnel Association - (ACPA) A broader based student affairs oriented group of long standing that includes college counselors.
American Counseling Association - (ACA) This is the larger group that ACCA above is contained within. It is one of the primary resources for professional counselors.
The Counseling Center Village - Lots of good stuff on counseling centers, including resources many centers may draw upon.
International Association of Counseling Services, Inc. - The accrediting body for many of the best counseling centers in the country (TCNJ's CAPS is IACS accredited).

Maintained by Larry Gage (who else?). Last updated when I had the time...

I value any feedback you may have, on the above links or about any aspect of psychology, counseling, personal growth, wellness... pass it on and I'll listen!

Direct all communications to: gage@tcnj.edu