Psychotherapy Bulletin
Browse articles, research, and updates from the Society for the Advancement of Psychotherapy.
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Slowing it Down
Acting in an ethical manner requires careful consideration, deliberation, consultation, and reflection (Knapp, VandeCreek, & Fingerhut, 2017). Answers to ethical dilemmas cannot be found through a quick internet search or superficially sought through queries on professional listservs. When faced with ethically ambiguous and challenging situations for which there appears to be no readily evident “right” […]
Maria Hochuli, B.S. + 1 more
December 30, 2017
“This Country Will Not Be a Permanently Good Place for Any of Us . . .”
Developing a Visionary Perspective After nearly four decades of involvement at the federal policy level, we have come to appreciate how those who serve in higher office (whether within the Congress, the Administration, or their national professional associations) often develop an intuitive understanding of the “waves of change” and how their interests and expertise must […]
Pat DeLeon, Ph.D.
December 30, 2017
Social Justice, Advocacy, and Early Career Practice
Colin Kaepernick kneeling for Black Lives Matter. Protests at Standing Rock. Fighting against the elimination of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA). #MeToo. Social justice movements are abundantly present in our current political/cultural climate. Where is psychology’s role in these movements? What are our personal roles, as early career practitioners? How do we help those […]
Apryl Alexander, Psy.D.
December 30, 2017
Intern Wisdom
Although a number of printed materials or professionals provide great tips on how to land an ideal psychology predoctoral internship, we at Division 29 were lucky to gather “real time” and valuable insider information. Current and recent psychology predoctoral interns from across the United States were recently asked to share their insights about the internship […]
Karen W. Tao, Ph.D. + 2 more
December 30, 2017
Navigating the Minefield of Politics in the Therapy Session
If, indeed, the personal is political and the political is personal, where does that leave psychotherapists—whose profession is intensely personal—when clients voice strong political views counter to ours or when their political stress resonates with our own sense of a rending of the civic and cultural fabric of the country? In the aftermath of one […]
Patricia T. Spangler, Ph.D. + 3 more
December 30, 2017
Thank You, Dr. Barnett
In awarding Dr. Jeffrey Barnett a Presidential Citation on August 4, 2017, SAP President Jeffrey Zimmerman described Jeff as “an active and vital member of the Society for the Advancement of Psychotherapy, Division 29 of the American Psychological Association, serving in many important roles including its President and its Publications Board Chair” and noted his […]
Jean Carter, Ph.D.
December 30, 2017
The Genealogy of My Guilt Towards Self-Care and Saying “No”
At times, I can be really bad at asking for help. This trait, for better or worse, is most likely a byproduct of a variety of factors in my life, most notably playing sports, my history of asthma, and my identity as a young Black professional. As athletes, we are conditioned from an early age to persevere and ignore thoughts of quitting or “taking a break” in order […]
Jonathan Jenkins, Psy.D.
December 30, 2017
What Are We Missing?
I presented my first research poster at the 2016 American Psychological Association (APA) Conference in Denver, Colorado. My name had been on other posters in previous years, but never as first author. I was especially excited about this opportunity. The research I presented was about graduate student stress and how it may be important for […]
Jennifer A. Schager, M.A. + 2 more
December 30, 2017
President’s Column 52(4)
The privilege of serving as your 2017 President was capped off by the amazing work that your Board of Directors did at its final meeting for the year. The commitment, thoughtful deliberation, mutual respect and creativity was a pleasure to witness and be a part of. I’d like to share some examples with you and […]
Jeffrey Zimmerman, Ph.D., ABPP
December 30, 2017
From Difficult Dialogues to Courageous Conversations?
Over the summer, I attended the American Psychological Association Annual Convention. There, I listened with enthusiasm to a talk by Dr. David Rivera entitled Perspectives and Strategies for Addressing Resistance in Multicultural Psychology Courses. During this talk, Dr. Rivera made the point that perhaps in approaching interactions around multiculturalism, our field should replace the commonly […]
Cara Jacobson, Psy.D.
December 30, 2017
Meaningfulworld’s Response to Suffering in Armenia
The landscape of the world is becoming increasingly connected and globalized. It is difficult to exist, even in the United States (U.S.), without hearing about the events happening across the globe: hurricane in Puerto Rico, earthquake in Haiti, war in Syria, mudslides in Sierra Leone, to name a few. Many of us living and practicing […]
Daria Diakonova-Curtis, Ph.D. + 1 more
December 30, 2017
The Society for the Advancement of Psychotherapy Welcomes You to Its New Website
In 2014, we redesigned our website to be interactive, engaging, and user friendly. With the redesign, we also began cultivating more and more exclusive web-only content. We could not have anticipated the overwhelming interest in our web-only content, which often solicits authors to write companion pieces to works they have published in our Psychotherapy journal […]
Amy E. Ellis, Ph.D.
December 29, 2017