Sweater Season Psychological Services, PLLC
Writing
Like many psychologists, I started my career writing scientific research articles. As my career has progressed, however, writing about psychology topics for all audiences has become my joy. Please see below for a sample of my writing projects.
I had the great pleasure of co-writing The Motivation Mindset Workbook - my first book - with my long-time mentor Dr. Ellen Braaten. This book contains many activities to help middle schoolers and high schoolers (and beyond!) tap into their aptitudes, pleasures, and practices, to boost their motivation and zest for life.
While working at Massachusetts General Hospital, I wrote and co-wrote guest blog posts for The Clay Center for Young Healthy Minds:
Peer-Reviewed Publications
Since starting graduate school in 2010, I have written and co-written dozens of peer-reviewed research articles, book chapters, and encyclopedia entries. Much of this writing is focused on autism, sexuality, school psychology, neuropsychology, and human development:
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Bush, H. H., Williams, L. W. & Mendes, E. (2021).
Brief report: Asexuality and young women on the autism spectrum. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 51, 725–733. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-020-04565-6 -
Bush, H. H. (2019). Dimensions of sexuality among young women, with and without autism, with predominantly sexual minority identities. Sexuality and Disability, 37(2), 275–292.
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Bush, H. H., Cohen, S. R., Eisenhower, A. S., & Blacher, J. (2017). Parents’ educational expectations for young children with autism spectrum disorder. Education and Training in Autism and Developmental Disabilities, 52(4), 357–368.
Dissertation & Thesis
Follow the links below to access the full text of my doctoral dissertation and master's thesis, which I completed at UMass Boston under the direction of my dear advisor, Dr. Abbey Eisenhower:
