Psychotherapy Bulletin
Browse articles, research, and updates from the Society for the Advancement of Psychotherapy.
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Replication and Open Science
Replication has been a recent hot topic in Psychology research. With all of the concerns that have been raised, many of us may wonder how replication problems will impact practitioners and psychotherapy researchers. The purpose of this article is to review some recent research on publication and replication. I will make suggestions and argue that […]
Cody D. Christopherson, Ph.D.
November 11, 2016
Guidelines for Clinical Supervision in Health Service Psychology
Counseling psychology has demonstrated a long-standing interest and respect for clinical supervision as a unique domain that warrants its own preparation for practice. Counseling psychologists have distinguished themselves in the supervision literature (e.g., Borders et al., 1991; Goodyear et al., 2000), and counseling psychology programs have been much more likely than clinical and school psychology […]
Carol A. Falender, Ph.D. + 8 more
November 7, 2016
Doctor, Professor, or First Name Basis?
If you haven’t seen it already, check out this hilarious video of a student seeking advisement from her professor on whether to get her doctorate in psychology. If you don’t have time to watch this, or perhaps are at work, the gist is that a student approaches her professor and states her intentions to get […]
Amy E. Ellis, Ph.D.
November 6, 2016
Our New Partner – Oriental Insight, An Organization of Chinese Psychologists
We are partnering with OI to promote psychotherapy in China and the United States, facilitate dissemination of psychotherapy research across language and national boundaries, promote collaboration in research and training between the two organizations, and to recruit non-APA affiliate members in China to join our organization. Watch excerpts from the historic signing of an agreement […]
Society for the Advancement of Psychotherapy
November 2, 2016
Clinicians Self-Judgment of Effectiveness
Background Research has demonstrated significant between-therapist variability in both process (e.g., working alliance) and outcome (e.g., symptom reduction), pointing to the so-called therapist effect (Baldwin & Imel, 2013). Although still in its infancy with regard to empirical scrutiny, thinking in this area has largely assumed that more effective therapists possess specific characteristics that foster consistently […]
James F. Boswell, Ph.D. + 1 more
October 30, 2016
Deliberate Practice for Early Career Psychotherapists
Domain Note: The Role of Deliberate Practice across the Professional Lifespan The Society for the Advancement of Psychotherapy Education and Training Committee is excited to be providing a series of articles on the role of deliberate practice (DP) in the development of highly effective psychotherapists. The initial article (Love, Davis, & Callahan, 2016) focused on […]
Tony Rousmaniere, Psy.D.
October 28, 2016
What About the Words?
By ‘augmenting human intellect’ we mean increasing the capability…to approach a complex problem situation…a way of life in an integrated domain where hunches, cut-and-dry, intangibles, and the human ‘feel for a situation’ usefully co-exist with powerful concepts, streamlined terminology and notation, sophisticated methods, and high-powered electronic aids. (Engelbart, 1962/2001, p.1) Psychotherapy is certainly a complex […]
Brian T. Pace, M.S. + 7 more
October 25, 2016
6 Strategies for Ethical Termination of Psychotherapy
Termination is the term typically used when referring to the ending of the psychotherapy relationship. It may occur as an anticipated and well-articulated treatment plan that indicates the next phase of the psychotherapy process or it may occur precipitously or by surprise. Abandonment is a term that implies that the psychotherapist either ended the psychotherapy […]
Jeffrey E. Barnett, Psy.D., ABPP
October 23, 2016
Ethical and Safety Considerations for Use of Animals in a Therapeutic Setting
Studies have demonstrated notable benefits of the use of Animal Assisted Therapy (AAT) with clients (Hart & Yamamoto, 2015; Nimer & Lundahl, 2007). As AAT gains in popularity and becomes more prominently used by psychologists and psychology trainees in mental health settings (Fine, Tedeschi, & Elvove, 2015), it is crucial that the American Psychological Association […]
Kirsten Allen, M.A. + 1 more
October 19, 2016
This Time It’s for Real
My first session with a real, live psychotherapy patient[1] was at a university counseling center in New England. I was in my second year of graduate school. My only previous experience that even resembled doing therapy was limited to interviewing my classmates as pretend patients. In those role-plays, everyone was agreeable and talkative. They gave […]
Michael Hendery, Psy.D.
October 17, 2016
Lessons from the ECP Playbook
I have always appreciated having a plan. Much to the chagrin of my partner, I am known to wake up in the morning and immediately start talking about what the plans are for the day ahead or what we would like to make for dinner that night. In my defense, I come from a long […]
Leigh Ann Carter, Psy.D.
October 16, 2016
A New International Partnership
By far the most significant and far-reaching achievement since I wrote three months ago has been the pact made between Oriental Insight (OI) and our Society for the Advancement of Psychotherapy (SAP). OI is an organization of Chinese psychologists who wish to partner with us for mutual benefit. The partnership aims: To increase exchange between […]
Armand R. Cerbone, Ph.D., ABPP
October 15, 2016