Psychotherapy Bulletin
Browse articles, research, and updates from the Society for the Advancement of Psychotherapy.
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Thoughts About Relating to Clients in an Atheoretical Way
This author’s article titled Two Aspects Are Preventing Psychotherapy from Being More Effective was posted on the SAP website in 2022. The first aspect proposed that psychotherapy does not have an effective enough of an understanding of its subject matter. This author further proposed that (a) the typical client’s presenting problem has (until shown otherwise) […]
Jeffrey Von Glahn, Ph.D.
April 16, 2023
FEBRUARY 2023 Council Meeting Highlights
APA’s Council of Representatives held a hybrid meeting Feb. 24-25, with most Council members convening in person in Washington, DC. Confidentiality and Reproductive Health The Council passed a policy asserting that confidentiality is central to the practice of psychology, and that psychologists should follow the APA Ethics Code when it comes to patient confidentiality surrounding […]
Society for the Advancement of Psychotherapy
April 10, 2023
Measurement-Based Care Professional Practice Guideline
Abstract: Boswell et al. (2022) persuasively make the case for and propose professional practice guidelines (PPG) for measurement-based care (MBC). Although the evidence for MBC is robust, implementing MBC effectively in practice requires skills and processes not discussed in the PPG. We discuss five problems with the PPG for MBC: The “what’s in a name?” problem, lack of […]
Bruce E. Wampold, Ph.D., ABPP + 1 more
April 10, 2023
2023 Candidate Statements
Candidates for President-elect Stewart E. Cooper, PhD, ABPP Stewart E. Cooper, PhD, ABPP I am honored to be considered for leading the Society for the Advancement of Psychotherapy. My presidency, should I be elected, will focus on four overlapping and synergistic priorities: (1) furthering our focus on the salience and incorporation of identity and culture […]
Society for the Advancement of Psychotherapy
April 10, 2023
The Need for a Measurement-Based Care
Abstract Professional practice guidelines (PPGs) are intended to promote a high level of professional practice and serve as an educational resource, providing pragmatic guidance in a clinical area for psychologists. Measurement-based care (MBC) is an evidence-based psychological practice with accumulating empirical support and alignment with patient-centered care. In connection with the American Psychological Association’s Advisory […]
James F. Boswell, Ph.D. + 12 more
April 10, 2023
Measurement-Based Care Professional Practice Guideline
Abstract Question: Does the professional practice guideline (PPG) presented by Boswell et al. (2022) outline a clear path for MBC’s implementation in routine practice? Findings: Although thoroughly summarizing findings from the extant literature, the PPG fails to provide therapists and clinical administrators with actionable and practical suggestions. Meaning: To foster the implementation of MBC, an […]
Matteo Bugatti, Ph.D. + 4 more
April 10, 2023
“Heard A Sound, Turned Around, Looking Up, Looking Down”
The Politically Divided 118th Congress: NBC News recently noted that more than 50 years ago, two female lawmakers led a Congressional Committee for the first time: the House of Representatives Select Committee on the Beauty Shop. This Congress, women will hold all four of the top positions on the House and Senate Appropriations Committees for […]
Pat DeLeon, Ph.D.
April 9, 2023
How Psychotherapists Can Promote Psychotherapy: A Study of Teachers’ Referral Decisions
Psychotherapy research often focuses on the client and the psychotherapist, but rarely on other stakeholders. This is reasonable given that the client and the psychotherapist are the sole players in a psychotherapy session; understanding how they each contribute to the session will illuminate a significant part of the process and outcome of psychotherapy. However, one […]
Harold Chui, Ph.D.
April 9, 2023
Addressing Religion and Spirituality in Psychotherapy: Ethical and Clinical Perspectives
Psychotherapists strive to provide their clients with the best treatment possible, something highly dependent on our ability to achieve high standards of competence. An important aspect of one’s clinical competence that has received increasing attention in recent years is multicultural competence. It is recognized that a psychotherapist cannot be clinically competent without being multicultural competent […]
Jeffrey E. Barnett, Psy.D., ABPP
April 9, 2023
Shame and Self-Stigma Among Suicidal Patients
Many psychotherapists have treated patients who denied suicidal ideation, and then attempted suicide later. This can leave the treating psychotherapists upset, bewildered, and asking what they could have done differently. Sometimes patients who unexpectedly attempted suicide developed their suicidal thoughts after their psychotherapists asked them about suicide. At other times, these patients already had suicidal […]
Samuel Knapp, Ed.D., ABPP
April 9, 2023
The Role of Empathic Listening in Rupture-Repair Training
The association between the therapeutic alliance and outcome is now well-established and widely known (Flückiger et al., 2018), highlighting a need to better understand the factors that influence the quality of the alliance. Thinking around therapists’ capacities to establish and maintain the alliance has grown increasingly sophisticated, as researchers have long-investigated ruptures and repairs in […]
Shannon L. McIntyre, Ph.D.
April 9, 2023
2023 Editor’s Column 58(1)
Happy 2023! While many of you may be quite used to the change in the calendar by now, at the Bulletin, this is our first opportunity to welcome you to a new and exciting year of events and opportunities with Division 29. Thank you for your membership and for your role in helping the Society […]
Joanna M. Drinane, Ph.D.
April 9, 2023