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Society for the Advancement of Psychotherapy
163 articles
APA Convention 2013
I am looking forward to seeing as many of you as can make it at the 2013 APA Convention, July 31 – August 4 in Honolulu. This is Division 29’s annual chance to meet face to face. Rod Goodyear, our Program Chair, has filled the 16 substantive hours allotted to us by APA with an […]
Society for the Advancement of Psychotherapy
June 4, 2013
Division 29 APA Council Representatives, John C. Norcross and Linda F. Campbell Awarded APA Presidential Citations
The APA President has the authority to bestow eight citations from the 150,000 membership of APA during her or his presidential year. These citations are given to members who have made outstanding and distinguished contributions to the field. This year, President Melba Vasquez cited both of our APA Council Representatives, John C. Norcross and Linda […]
Society for the Advancement of Psychotherapy
September 6, 2011
A Call for More Inclusive Models of Supervision
“… when all four levels of the systems contextual framework were accounted for, and when training involved active learning (e.g., practice in delivery of interventions, feedback, coaching), therapist adherence to EBP was improved and client change occurred.”
Society for the Advancement of Psychotherapy
April 5, 2011
Patient Preference and Research Efficacy in EBPP
Swift and Callahan (2010) have recently published an intriguing empirical study of patient preference regarding psychotherapy. Adult outpatients were asked to indicate how much certainty of improvement (a la RCT efficacy research) they would be willing to trade in favor of “common factors” variables such as a therapist who is empathic, experienced, listens well, or […]
Society for the Advancement of Psychotherapy
December 23, 2010
TOPPS Presidential Citation
Lindsay Klimik, M.S. a Doctoral student in Clinical Psychology at Loyola University Maryland, receives a Presidential Citation for her significant and outstanding contributions as a member of the Division of Psychotherapy’s Task Force on Psychologist Psychotherapists. Also present in the photo presenting the award are Jeffrey Magnavita, Ph.D., ABPP, President of the Division of […]
Society for the Advancement of Psychotherapy
November 21, 2010
Competencies in Clinical Supervision of Psychotherapists in Training
A recent Special Section of Psychotherapy (2010, Volume 47, Issue 1) provides a series of articles that describe key psychotherapy competencies conceptualized across a range of theoretical models with the aim of articulating specific implications for competency-based psychotherapy training. The development of professional competencies is increasingly emphasized in the training of psychologists. This series of articles provides an […]
Society for the Advancement of Psychotherapy
November 5, 2010
Translating the Abstract Emotions of Everyday Life into a Happy Marriage
This is a relationship road map; a manual for relationships that leads to successful communication, listening skills, and ultimate connection between two people. Illustrating twenty-five crucial turning points, the author raises the reader’s consciousness about critical individual and relationship decisions. Readers learn how to translate the abstract emotions of everyday life into concrete expressions, making […]
Society for the Advancement of Psychotherapy
July 28, 2010