Psychotherapy Bulletin
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Clinicians’ Emotional Responses and Psychodynamic Diagnostic Manual Adult Personality Disorders
Abstract The aim of this study is to explore the relationship between level of personality organization and type of personality disorder as assessed with the categories in the Psychodynamic Diagnostic Manual (PDM; PDM Task Force, 2006) and the emotional responses of treating clinicians. We asked 148 Italian clinicians to assess 1 of their adult patients […]
Francesco Gazzillo + 6 more
June 7, 2015
The Diversity of Perfectionism and the Early Career Psychologist
We used to think things would only get easier after graduate school. To even be considered for doctoral study required perfection: astronomical GRE scores, great field experiences, and evidence of research potential. The pace only picked up during graduate training. We now needed to earn top grades in each and every domain of psychology, become […]
Kevin S. McCarthy, Ph.D. + 1 more
June 2, 2015
Most Valuable Paper in Psychotherapy 2014
The Society for the Advancement of Psychotherapy has selected the Most Valuable Paper published in Psychotherapy in 2014! Expanding the Lens of Evidence-Based Practice in Psychotherapy: A Common Factors Perspective By Drs. Kevin M. Laska, Alan S. Gurman and Bruce E. Wampold Abstract In this article, we examine the science and policy implications of the common factors perspective […]
Society for the Advancement of Psychotherapy
June 1, 2015
Attachment Theory and the Psychotherapy Relationship
In 1988 John Bowlby published a groundbreaking collection of his lectures and essays. He inspired a generation of researchers by asserting that the therapist-client relationship has key features in common with parent-child attachments. Roughly coinciding with the 25th anniversary of Bowlby’s book, four meta-analyses have recently been published. These articles and other summaries take stock […]
Brent Mallinckrodt, Ph.D.
May 31, 2015
Ten Ways to Feel Connected on Your Doctoral Internship
Has reality set in? You are preparing to start your internship. A lot of changes will occur when students leave for internship. It is an exciting time, but also a time of great transition. This transition impacts students who are moving across the country and students staying put. Routines to which students were once accustomed […]
Christopher Leonard, Psy.D.
May 25, 2015
The Therapy Relationship in Multicultural Psychotherapy
The most consistent and robust predictor of outcome in psychotherapy is the quality of the client-therapist relationship (Lambert, 2013). While we know that therapists’ overall competence and client factors, such as motivation, are relevant and important to treatment, the client-therapist relationship is considered essential to effective treatment, at least in most therapies (Norcross & Lambert, […]
Jairo N. Fuertes, Ph.D., ABPP, LMHC + 3 more
May 12, 2015
Confidentiality and its Exceptions
Maintaining the confidentiality of both the existence of and content shared within psychotherapy is one of the foundations of the psychotherapy relationship. In fact, this has been an essential feature of all health care relationships dating as far back as the Fifth Century B.C.E. as articulated in the Hippocratic Oath: Whatever I see or hear […]
Jeffrey E. Barnett, Psy.D., ABPP + 1 more
May 10, 2015
An Important Aspect of Educational Orientation in Psychotherapy Supervision
In my supervision practice, I work with doctoral students at the beginning of their work as therapists. These students have either had no therapeutic experience or limited experience. As Chessick (1971) indicated, three critical issues often confront therapists in their shift from classroom to clinic: (a) learning to manage anxiety early on during the treatment […]
C. Edward Watkins, Jr., Ph.D.
May 6, 2015
APA Convention 2015: Society Programs and Events
Thursday, August 6, 2015 SAP sponsored collaborative program: Clinical supervision around the globe—small world isn’t it? 8:00 – 9:50 Convention Centre, Room 716A Chair Carol Falender, Ph.D. Discussant Rod Goodyear Symposium: Anti-Oppression Psychotherapy™—The Diverse Client 8:00 AM – 8:50 AM Convention Centre Room 206B Cochairs Roberta K. Timothy, PhD, MEd Mercedes D.C. Umana, MEd […]
Society for the Advancement of Psychotherapy
May 4, 2015
Psychodynamic Case Consultation
Watch the Recording Here Psychodynamic Case Consultation with Jon Frederickson, MSW from Internet Editor on Vimeo. Information about the Webinar In the case consultation, we will discuss problem cases where therapists are feeling stuck in the work. We will work together to find out which patient behaviors are blocking therapeutic progress and then suggest strategies […]
Jon Frederickson, M.S.W.
May 4, 2015
Ethical Considerations When a Client Crosses Sexual Boundaries
I’ll never forget the day that a friend of mine quoted a professor from my university: “The only way you can screw up as a psychologist is by having sex with your clients. As long as you don’t do that, you’re set!” Forgive the crass language, but the words and tone used at the time […]
Ashley Herbst, M.S.
April 30, 2015
Reflections on Mental Health Professionals Working with Divorcing Parents Outside the Courtroom
Divorce is major event in the life cycle of the nuclear family. It has the potential to be traumatic and, in some circles, is even referred to as, “The death of the family.” Families torn apart, and parents (with their attorneys) as adversaries, are common to this process that is often described as a “war”. This tends to […]
Jeffrey Zimmerman, Ph.D., ABPP
April 12, 2015