Psychotherapy Bulletin
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2021 Award Winners
Lorenzo Lorenzo-Luaces, Ph.D. – Winner of the APF/Society for the Advancement of Psychotherapy Early Career Award Prof. Lorenzo-Luaces completed his undergraduate degree at the University of Puerto Rico (2011) and hnska Duarté-Vélez. He completed his doctorate at the University of Pennsylvania (2017), where he worked with Dr. Robert DeRubeis studying predictors and processes of therapies […]
Society for the Advancement of Psychotherapy
August 18, 2021
2021 Society Awards – Call for Nominations
The Society for the Advancement of Psychotherapy is pleased to share our calls for awards for the 2021 year. Please see below and be sure to check out our full listing of awards and grants here: https://societyforpsychotherapy.org/members/awards/ Distinguished Psychologist Award DESCRIPTION The APA Society for the Advancement of Psychotherapy (APA Division 29) invites nominations for […]
Society for the Advancement of Psychotherapy
August 9, 2021
Exploring Suicide and Violent Videogames
Claiming the lives of over 48,000 Americans per year, suicide is the 10th leading cause of death in the United States (CDC, 2018). This number alone may present as shocking to many; however, this number only depicts the amount of deaths due to suicide. It does not take into account the estimated 1.4 million suicide […]
Joshua W. Deitte, PsyD + 1 more
August 8, 2021
The Relationship Between Measures of Alliance and Outcome in Psychotherapy Lasting More Than Five Sessions
The purpose of this paper is to explore the relationship between alliance measures and improvement on the outcome measure for clients in longer term treatment (six to 20 sessions). This is the second of a two part series. The first article (Mahon et al., 2021) explored the relationship between alliance scores and improvement on the […]
Daryl Mahon, D.SoC, MA + 2 more
August 1, 2021
Gab with the Greats Event 2021
We are very excited to announce the upcoming Gab with the Greats virtual event which is designed for early career psychologists and students in the field of psychology. This event is jointly organized by the Early Career Psychology Domain and the Student Domain from the Society for the Advancement of Psychotherapy (Division 29 – APA). This event is taking place on Saturday, August […]
Society for the Advancement of Psychotherapy
July 20, 2021
The Relationship Between Session-to-Session Change on a Therapeutic Alliance Measure and Outcome of Treatment for Short Term Psychotherapy
The therapeutic alliance (Bordin, 1979) remains one of the most studied constructs in psychotherapy outcome research (Norcross & Lambert, 2019), and is a robust predictor of client outcome (Flückiger et al., 2018; 2020; Wampold & Imel, 2015). It has been established that therapists vary in their ability to build and maintain an effective alliance, which […]
Daryl Mahon, D.SoC, MA + 2 more
July 18, 2021
Instagram and Disordered Eating
Social media has become a driving factor in today’s society. It can create and maintain business and social relationships. Of the many social media platforms, Instagram has become a major resource for those using it to follow and share photos for friends and family. It has even become a platform for people to launch their […]
Zoe Ross-Nash, PsyD + 1 more
July 4, 2021
Clinician Engagement in Feedback Informed Care and Patient Outcomes
Abstract Aim This paper presents analyses of outcome data for 615 clinicians treating 107,194 patients over a three-year period to determine if clinicians’ mean effect sizes increased over time. Method A standardized measure client global distress was used to measure patient improvement over the course of therapy. Improvement is reported in a statistic known as […]
George (Jeb) S Brown, Ph.D. + 2 more
June 20, 2021
Division 29 Endorsement for President-Elect Candidate (2021)
The Board of Directors of the Society for the Advancement of Psychotherapy (Division 29) has endorsed two candidates equally for President-elect of the American Psychological Association, Diana Prescott and Kirk Schneider. In the Board’s estimation, both candidates have demonstrated a clear and noteworthy record of commitment to advancing psychotherapy in education and training, research, practice, […]
Society for the Advancement of Psychotherapy
June 16, 2021
Clinical Impact of School-based Interventions
Abstract Aim This paper presents results of a five-year project to implement measurement and feedback processes, also referred to as feedback informed treatment, within seven agencies providing school-based mental health services to K-12 students. The purpose was to monitor rates of improvement on a measure of global distress over time. Method A standardized measure of […]
S. (Jeb) Brown, Ph.D. + 2 more
June 6, 2021
APA Annual Convention Division Programming (2021)
All Sessions Released August 12th All division sessions will be released at the beginning of the convention on Thursday, August 12 for on-demand access by registrants. There are no timed releases for these sessions. There are also 2 live Division 29 events via zoom. We hope that you will join us this year! Posters Participant/1st Author/Title Susanna […]
Society for the Advancement of Psychotherapy
June 1, 2021
2021 Editor’s Column 56(2)
Hello Division 29 and SAP Membership! In addition to the warm weather and the blooming flowers, spring has been accompanied by the slow reopening of many spaces and places that we hold dear. Our professional lives too will begin to feel more engaging as we get opportunities to convene in person for conferences, meetings, and […]
Joanna M. Drinane, Ph.D.
June 1, 2021