Psychotherapy Bulletin
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A Primer on Educative-Experiential Psychotherapy
The Educative Aspect of the Educative-Experiential Model The educative-experiential (EE) model is educative in that the knowledge of human behavior embedded in the fundamental disciplines of this approach is thoughtfully and thoroughly explained to clients within an experiential framework. For instance, to normalize teen behaviors, clinicians might introduce the work of Erikson (1950), Marcia (1966), […]
Michael Pica, PsyD
September 10, 2025
From Data to Intervention: Four International Case Studies of Practice-Research Networks in Mental Health
Abstract The gap between psychotherapy research and clinical practice remains a significant challenge, hindering the translation of evidence into real-world settings and the generation of practice-based evidence. Practice-research networks (PRN) have emerged as a powerful collaborative model to bridge this divide. This paper presents and synthesizes insights from four distinct international PRNs to illustrate their […]
Stewart E. Cooper, Ph.D., ABPP + 5 more
September 10, 2025
A Meeting of Brains: Inter-Brain Synchrony and Plasticity in the Clinic
The in-session relationship between therapists and clients has been widely recognized as an essential component of the therapeutic meeting (Baier et al., 2020). One of the key relationship-building mechanisms used across interpersonal interactions is synchrony, or the tendency to coordinate their verbal and non-verbal behaviours. There are a variety of types of behavioural synchrony that […]
Haran Sened, PhD + 1 more
September 8, 2025
Pitfalls in Ethical Decision-Making: Settling, Fading, and Drift in Psychological Practice
The American Psychological Association’s Ethical Principles and Code of Conduct (2017) provides the foundations and standards for addressing ethical practice. However, these standards cannot provide direction for psychologists in every situation (Cicero, 2021). Therefore, psychologists need a decision-making model when ethics codes or laws do not provide adequate direction. Nonetheless, practitioners frequently encounter subtle processes […]
John Gavazzi, PsyD, ABPP + 1 more
September 8, 2025
SEISMIC CHANGES IN THE SCIENCE, PRACTICE, AND EDUCATION OF PSYCHOTHERAPY
A note from Stewart Cooper, PhD: As with most of society, the advancement of the practice, science, education, supervision, and administration of psychotherapy is facing a time of unparalleled change. It is certain that few psychologists have done more to advocate for the improvement of these very facets than Dr. Pat DeLeon. I invite you […]
Pat DeLeon, Ph.D. + 1 more
August 16, 2025
“You Have to Be It to See It” – And Other Phrases to Improve Psychotherapist Well-Being
The work of a psychotherapist can be emotionally taxing. Psychotherapists must deal with the day-to-day micro-stressors, such as treating people with unpleasant emotions and difficult interpersonal situations. In addition, many psychotherapists will experience, at some time in their careers, a macro-stressor, such as having patients die from suicide, being threatened with an assault from a patient, […]
Samuel Knapp, Ed.D., ABPP + 2 more
August 10, 2025
From Clinical Judgment to Machine Learning: Rethinking Psychotherapeutic Decision-Making with Artificial Intelligence
According to the World Health Organization (WHO; n.d.) mental health disorders, such as anxiety disorder, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), are some of the most significant public health challenges in the WHO European Region. Within this region (which includes 53 countries across Europe and parts of Central Asia), mental health disorders are […]
Caleb Onah, MS + 1 more
August 10, 2025
Entering the World of Private Practice: What Graduate School Did Not Teach You
Abstract Young psychologists entering the world of private practice often find themselves holding naïve concepts about this area of psychotherapy and may be ill-prepared to work for a group private practice and/or start their own practices. This may be related to various obstacles surrounding credentialling and billing, insurance operations and processes, restrictive covenants, marketing tasks, […]
Michael Pica, PsyD
August 10, 2025
SAP Who’s Who: Dr. John Norcross, PhD, ABPP
SAP Who’s Who: John C. Norcross, Ph.D., ABPP Can you tell me about your educational background and professional experience? I am a proud graduate of Rutgers University, where I was a first-generation college student and was expertly mentored in clinical research and psychotherapy integration by Drs. Michal Wogan, Andy Bondy, and Arnie Lazarus. I was […]
Society for the Advancement of Psychotherapy
August 1, 2025
Nominations Ballot 2026
Dear SAP (Division 29) Colleague: The Society for the Advancement of Psychotherapy (APA Division of Psychotherapy, 29) seeks nominations of creative individuals and great leaders! We would like both new and experienced voices to advance our increasingly important work on behalf of psychotherapy. The SAP Board encourages candidates from diverse backgrounds to seek nomination. NOMINATE […]
Society for the Advancement of Psychotherapy
July 29, 2025
2025 President’s Column 60 (3)
Perhaps one of the most famous first lines from a novel is from Charles Dickens’ A Tale of Two Cities (1859). “It was the Best of times, it was the Worst of times, it was the age of Wisdom, it was the age of Foolishness… it was the season of Light, it was the season […]
Stewart E. Cooper, Ph.D., ABPP
July 10, 2025
“AT FIRST I WAS AFRAID, I WAS PETRIFIED”
Intriguing APA Initiatives: Katherine McGuire, APA Chief Advocacy Officer, recently reported: “This year, thanks to the dedication of psychologists, researchers, and students the Psychology PAC reached a historical milestone, achieving a record-breaking membership of 738 and raising $93,000.” This allows the PAC to strengthen their strategic advocacy efforts and thereby empowering it to champion initiatives that […]
Pat DeLeon, Ph.D.
July 9, 2025