Psychotherapy Bulletin
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2021 President’s Column 56(1)
As the incoming President of the Society for the Advancement of Psychotherapy, I am delighted by the opportunity to share with you some of the passion I have for psychotherapy, psychotherapy research, and psychotherapy training. As a professor of psychology, I have been lucky to be able to “do it all” and want to use […]
Clara Hill, Ph.D.
March 1, 2021
Remembering Ram Dass
What a wonderful parting gift Ram Dass (also known as Richard Alpert, PhD) has given us with his memoir, Being Ram Dass (Dass & Das, 2021). For those “of a certain age” who know of his life and work, this book takes you knee-deep into the juicy details of the stages of his personal and […]
Steven J. Hendlin, Ph.D.
March 1, 2021
Eating Disorders in Underrepresented Male Populations
Negligence in treating men who display eating disorder (ED) symptomology begins with the history of the criteria in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM). For example, in the DSM-IV-TR, to satisfy a diagnosis of Anorexia Nervosa (AN), it states that an assigned woman at birth (AWAB) must, “have an absence of three […]
Zoe Ross-Nash, PsyD + 1 more
February 27, 2021
2021 Student Paper Award Competition
The Society for the Advancement of Psychotherapy student award competitions include four awards for the best papers submitted on specific topics and two standard awards: Donald K. Freedheim Student Development Paper Award: Best paper on psychotherapy theory, practice, or research Diversity Paper Award: Best paper on issues of diversity in psychotherapy Mathilda B. Canter Education […]
Society for the Advancement of Psychotherapy
February 25, 2021
Using Initial Client Speech Markers to Predict the Quality of the Alliance Later in Psychotherapy
Psychotherapy research has consistently indicated that the quality of the therapeutic alliance is one of the most reliable predictors of treatment outcomes. Indeed, clients with a weaker alliance to their therapist tend to make less progress in therapy and/or prematurely dropout. In a recent study, Nof, Amir, Goldstein, and Zilcha-Mana (2020) attempted to predict the […]
Joshua K. Swift, Ph.D. + 1 more
February 21, 2021
Where’s the Postpartum Anxiety?
Baby blues? Postpartum depression? What about postpartum anxiety? Many people have heard of baby blues and postpartum depression while postpartum anxiety seems to be less researched independently or researched in combined with postpartum depression. Even when one searches postpartum anxiety in the search bar on the National Institute of Mental Health website, only resources for […]
Kourtney Schroeder, Psy.D.
February 7, 2021
Transgender Youths and Eating Disorders
Stereotypes of eating disorders perpetuate common misconceptions regarding who may be at risk for their development. The stigma of disordered eating is that it only affects young, White, cisgender, high socioeconomic status (SES) women. As researchers and clinicians continue to challenge the stigmas associated with eating disorder pathology, it is increasingly evident eating disorders do […]
Veronica Grosse, MS
January 24, 2021
Working with Survivors of Covid-19
At the time this post will be published, according to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), over 340,000 United States (US) citizens will have died from Covid-19. The psychological toll is incalculable. Thousands more have had traumatizing near-death experiences, including enduring medically-induced coma for the purpose of lung ventilation (Zimmerman et al., 2020). Medical trauma […]
Olivia Carelli, Psy.D.
January 3, 2021
Call for SAP Program Proposals APA 2021
2021 Presidential Theme “Understanding those who do not come for psychotherapy: Improving Access for All” Submission deadline for division programs: January 26th 2021 5pm EST Division programs can be symposia or posters. Symposia are focused sessions in which multiple participants present their views about a common theme, issue, or question. Poster sessions allow presenters and […]
Society for the Advancement of Psychotherapy
December 29, 2020
Impact of Coaching on Rates of Utilization and Clinical Change for Digital Self-Care Modules Based on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
The purpose of the current study is to explore if the addition of personalized coaching improves outcomes of an iCBT program, as reported by Brown et al., 2020. The Learn to Live iCBT program offers several modes of enhanced personal coaching support, which is optionally available to the user. Individuals can get coaching support via […]
S. (Jeb) Brown, Ph.D. + 1 more
December 20, 2020
When Adolescents Stop Psychological Therapy
Abstract The therapeutic alliance predicts dropout from psychological therapy, and ruptures in the therapeutic alliance may also predict dropout, yet there is a dearth of research with adolescents. This study investigated whether markers of rupture–repair in the alliance were indicative of different types of treatment ending in adolescents receiving psychological treatment for depression. Data were from the IMPACT study, […]
Sally O'Keeffe + 2 more
December 16, 2020
Utilizing Social Support in Treating Complex Trauma in Sexual and Gender Minorities
Sexual and gender minorities (SGM) are those who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer or questioning. All other affectional and sexual orientations and gender identities are represented by a “plus” (LGBTQ+). Sexual orientation refers to one’s sexual attraction, and affectional orientation refers to one’s emotional attraction towards others (Ginicola, Smith, & Filmore, 2017). […]
Korey Abbriano, M.A., M.S. + 1 more
December 6, 2020