Psychotherapy Bulletin
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Continuing Care
What is Continuing Care? Continuing care for substance use disorders (SUDs) encompasses any services delivered on an outpatient basis after the initial or “primary” treatment episode, which serve to help patients move towards their goal of recovery (McKay, 2009). The treatment of SUDs has historically been comprised of two phases. The primary phase typically consists […]
Steven L. Proctor, Ph.D. + 1 more
March 31, 2019
Therapy for Youth with ADHD
Children and adolescents with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) exhibit frequent and severe inattentive (e.g., difficulty sustaining attention to and completing tasks) and/or hyperactive-impulsive (e.g., interrupting others, difficulty remaining seated) behaviors that lead to significant impairment in academic and/or social functioning (American Psychiatric Association, 2013). ADHD symptoms and associated impairment typically are chronic and thus require ongoing […]
George J. DuPaul, Ph.D.
March 17, 2019
2019 Candidate Statements
Candidates for President-elect Tony Rousmaniere, Psy.D. I am honored and humbled by the nomination to serve the Society for the Advancement of Psychotherapy (SAP) in the role of president. The Division has long been my APA home. I was pleased to be able to serve as Chair of its Continuing Education Committee from 2014 through […]
Society for the Advancement of Psychotherapy
March 11, 2019
Call for SAP Psychotherapy Bulletin Nominations
The Publications & Communications Board of the Society for the Advancement of Psychotherapy (SAP) is seeking nominations (including self-nominations) for the position of Editor of the Psychotherapy Bulletin. Candidates should be available to assume the position of Editor on January 1, 2020, for a three-year term. During the first year of the term, the incoming […]
Society for the Advancement of Psychotherapy
March 11, 2019
Call for SAP Internet Editor Nominations 2020
The Publications & Communications Board of the Society for the Advancement of Psychotherapy (SAP) is seeking nominations (including self-nominations) for the position of Internet Editor. Candidates should be available to assume the title of Incoming Editor January 1, 2020, for a three-year term. Starting approximately July 2019 the incoming Editor will begin shadowing and coordinating […]
Society for the Advancement of Psychotherapy
March 11, 2019
Therapist Responsivity to Patients’ Early Treatment Beliefs and Psychotherapy Process
Abstract As the conceptualization of evidence-based practice expands beyond the phasic application of treatment manuals for specific mental health diagnoses, greater attention is being paid to treatment personalization, including at its very first steps. One approach to such early personalization involves therapist flexible responsivity to patients’ presenting nondiagnostic characteristics, such as their treatment-related beliefs, that […]
Alice E. Coyne, PhD + 2 more
March 5, 2019
Why Psychotherapists Should Measure and Monitor Client Treatment Response
Background Thousands of clinical trials and naturalistic studies have now been conducted on the effects of psychotherapy. Reviews of this research have shown that about 75% of those who enter treatment in clinical trials show some benefit (Lambert, 2013). This finding generalizes across a wide range of disorders except for severe biologically based disturbances (e.g., […]
Michael J. Lambert, Ph.D. + 1 more
March 3, 2019
Want to Know Your Blind Spots? Ask Your Clients!
While there is little debate about whether psychotherapy works, there remains disagreement about how it works (Barlow, 2004; Lilienfeld, Ritschel, Lynn, Cautin, & Latzman, 2014; Lorenzo-Luaces, German, & DeDubeis, 2014; Messer & Wampold, 2002; Shafran et al., 2009; Tracey, Wampold, Lichtenberg, & Goodyear, 2014; Wampold, 2015). This lack of consensus has understandably led to continued […]
Sean Woodland, Ph.D.
February 17, 2019
Making Group Psychotherapy More Effective with Progress Feedback
Suzy Suzy is a 42-year-old woman who has been suffering from depressive symptoms for at least six months. Most of the time she is feeling grumpy, irritable, and down. Normally, Suzy was never this quickly startled or negative, and people close to her almost do not recognize her anymore. Suzy has become isolated. After a […]
Marjolein M. W. Koementas-de Vos, M.Sc.
February 3, 2019
The Group Questionnaire
Evidence-Based Practice (EBP) represents a standard of practice as clinicians seek increasingly effective ways to provide therapeutic services to their clients. Comprised of three main approaches, EBP seeks to apply a structured, systematic approach to the provision of therapy through the use of empirically supported treatments, practice guidelines, and practice based evidence (Burlingame & Beecher, […]
Klinton Hobbs, Ph.D. + 5 more
January 20, 2019
Division 29 Professional Awards – Nominations due 1.31.19
Dear Members of Division 29 (Society for the Advancement of Psychotherapy), I am writing in my role as the Society’s Past-President and Chair of the Committee on Professional Awards to remind you of the current calls for nominations for our seven professional awards: 1. American Psychological Foundation/Society for the Advancement of Psychotherapy Early […]
Michael J. Constantino, Ph.D.
January 17, 2019
Overcoming Loneliness
We are currently living in a time of epidemic loneliness. For gender and sexual minority individuals – those who do not identify as heterosexual or cisgender – the deleterious effects of loneliness and exclusion are amplified by societal bias. This is expressed at the highest level with a harmful effect when government actions specifically target […]
Matthew D. Skinta, Ph.D., ABPP + 3 more
January 6, 2019