Shrink Rap is a purple themed blog run by Kathy James. Kathy has a psychology practice and her goal with Shirnk Rap is to “create an awareness of how psychology impacts us all.”
Her blog is being reviewed because of it’s purple theme. Kathy is still working on the blog, it is currently in a state of clean purpleness. A purple header on a white background sets the tone for the site.
The text in the navigation, titles and headers is in a nice plum purple. The body text is in a soft readable gray. I like the graphic on the title. It is a simple two lines and circle but how it is designed makes it look like the i from Shrink and the top of the R from Rap have formed to create a body with head and embracing arms. Notice that when you roll over the title the color changes to the same as the logo graphic.
In the Shrink Rap’s first column are the articles shown in two paragraph lengths. She uses the “click to continue” link to article’s page. There are also some posts that use a “Read more” link. This is a great post technique. A simple lead in, a source given, then a link to the article. I hope Kathy continues to do this type of post.
In the second column we are offered a purple widget from clipmarks with psychology themed news clips. The big purple RSS button for the subscribe adds another purple splash.
Is it possible to over analyze a psychology site? Articles include:
Watching too much TV is causing some university students to pack on the pounds
Health and marriage: The times they are a changin’
APA highlights importance of psychotherapy in treatment
APA? Oh no, I better cite something quick. Check out “About Shrink Rap“ to find out about Kathy who also takes care of Tri-City Psychology.com website.1
But that is not all, if you act quickly you can also get PDFs full of Psychobabble. Psychobabble is a Newsletter from the real world published by Tri-City Psychology Services. New old editions will be added periodically.
Sign up to the Shrink Rap RSS feed to keep up with what is going on at Shrink Rap.
When I clicked on the RSS icon in my browsers toolbar, I saw that there was a podcast available. A Switchpod widget with podcasts would be a nice addition to the website.
Well, that’s a rap on my review of Shrink Rap, a purple themed site with purple themed psychology.
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