Psychotherapy Bulletin
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Teaching and Learning Evidence-Based Relationships
Introduction The following video series titled, Teaching and Learning Evidence-Based Relationships: Interviews with the Experts is brought to you by The Society for the Advancement of Psychotherapy/APA Division 29 and is a companion project to the third edition of Psychotherapy Relationships that Work. The overall goal of the project is to translate relationship research to teaching and learning, from the […]
Rayna D. Markin, Ph.D. + 1 more
March 15, 2018
Caucasian Therapist Self-Disclosure to Cultural Minority Clients
In offering further commentary to the article on Caucasian therapist self-disclosure to cultural minority populations, it is important to begin by more generally acknowledging both individual and between group differences. This is an important beginning because aspects of cultural competency are so often avoided as a larger subject through the statement ‘everyone is different.’ While […]
Graham Danzer, Psy.D.
March 11, 2018
Division 29 Fellow Receives 2018 American Psychological Foundation Gold Medal for Life Achievement Award
I am very pleased to let you know that Marvin R. Goldfried, PhD, a Fellow of Division 29, has been selected as the recipient of the 2018 APA/APF Gold Medal Award for Life Achievement in the Application of Psychology. This award recognizes a distinguished career and enduring contribution to advance the application of psychology through […]
Michael J. Constantino, Ph.D.
February 28, 2018
Session Frequency and Psychotherapy Outcome in a Naturalistic Setting
The dose-response model of psychotherapy aims to determine the specific number of sessions necessary to achieve clinically significant change across populations (Hansen, Lambert, & Forman, 2003; Howard, Kopta, Krause, & Orlinsky, 1986). While there are few studies that include session frequency as an aspect of the psychotherapy “dose,” Orlinsky’s (2009) generic model of psychotherapy suggests […]
Taylor Rodriguez, B.S. + 1 more
February 25, 2018
Improving Mental Health in Health Care Practitioners
Health care practitioners are at elevated risk for burnout, depression, and suicide (Fahrenkopf et al., 2008; Schernhammer & Colditz, 2004; West et al., 2006). Moreover, a practitioner’s occupational stress can contribute to impaired concentration and decision making and in turn have a negative impact on patient care (Barger et al., 2006; Fahrenkopf et al., 2008; […]
Taylor Rodriguez, B.S. + 1 more
February 11, 2018
Psychotherapy for Pregnancy Loss
Pregnancy loss is an umbrella term for the death of a conceptus, fetus, or neonate before the 21st day of life and affects a substantial amount of women and their partners. It has been estimated that 20-50% of all pregnancies end in miscarriage, or the loss of a pregnancy before 20 weeks gestation. Moreover, about […]
Rayna D. Markin, Ph.D.
January 28, 2018
The Role of Therapists Crying in Therapy
An important aspect of psychotherapy is the therapist’s reactions to his or her client during session (Kahn & Fromm, 2001; Summers & Barber, 2010). One type of emotional expression that has garnered interest throughout the psychological literature is the phenomenon of therapists crying with their patients (McWilliams, 1994; Alden, 2001; Summers & Barber, 2010; Guntrip, […]
Taylor Rodriguez, B.S. + 1 more
January 14, 2018
A Call for “Negotiation” in the Termination Process
Psychotherapy termination is that moment in which therapists and clients say goodbye (or “call me if you need me”). As part of the first author’s doctoral dissertation, we conducted a research study in which we asked former clients about their treatment. Surprisingly, when clients were asked about their treatment, many started the recount by addressing […]
Julieta Olivera + 2 more
January 7, 2018
Heroes of the Heart
Listen to Dr. Gaztambide narrate the Prologue of this piece: Prologue “When are you going to stop splitting like this?” I almost spilled my coffee. I often wondered why shrinks talk like this-using words like “splitting” and “distortion” and “automatic thoughts” as if they were a part of everyday language. They’re not. But we do […]
Daniel Jose Gaztambide, Psy.D.
December 30, 2017
2017 Bulletin Editors’ Column 52(4)
Welcome to the final issue of Psychotherapy Bulletin for 2017. This is a rich issue, and includes the final pieces in our “Difficult Dialogue” series, on powerful topics ranging from microaggressions in psychotherapy to self care and the difficulty of saying “no” to navigating politics in therapy sessions to responding to genocide; make sure and […]
Lynett Henderson Metzger + 1 more
December 30, 2017
Publishing Psychotherapy Research
Throughout 2017, the Psychotherapy Research Committee and the Scholarship Domain have been providing Psychotherapy Bulletin articles with recommendations for sharing our research with others. In the first Bulletin issue of the year, we included suggestions for sharing our research with policy makers. In the second issue, we focused on sharing our research with psychotherapy clients. […]
Joshua K. Swift, Ph.D. + 1 more
December 30, 2017
Microaggressions in Psychotherapy
Microaggressions have been linked to reductions in psychological and physical health (Sue, 2010). The term racial microaggression is a term first utilized by Pierce (1970) to describe the subtle, jarring, typically automatic or unconscious, verbal and nonverbal exchanges; often perceived as understated, insulting “put downs” directed at people of color. Sue et al. (2007) did […]
TaShara D. Williams, M.A. + 2 more
December 30, 2017