Psychotherapy Bulletin
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It’s (Still) All About the Relationship
It has long been assumed that asking a supervisee to explore her conscious and unconscious feelings toward a client will help her work with that client, understand herself better, and ultimately facilitate her professional development (e.g., Ekstein & Wallerstein, 1972; Kagan, 1984). Underlying this assumption is an appreciation for the therapist as the instrument of […]
Myrna L. Friedlander, Ph.D. + 1 more
February 12, 2015
Lessons From a Concussion
Imagine: You’ve been in an accident. Now, your thinking is clouded and unclear, you are terrified that you have lost your ability to reason and think clearly and it might never return, and you have a caseload of clients. What would you do? If you didn’t (or couldn’t) turn to anyone, is there someone in […]
Sarah Lukens
February 8, 2015
The Psychotherapy Relationship: What Every Psychologist Should Know
Join us for a members-only opportunity to learn from an internationally recognized authority on the Psychotherapy Relationship. We’re excited to present this online mentoring ECP event for early career psychotherapists and psychologists who graduated 10 years or less from their graduate degree program, featuring Dr. John Norcross. It will begin with a focused summary of meta-analyses […]
Society for the Advancement of Psychotherapy
February 4, 2015
Am I a Person-Centered Therapist?
I was recently asked to be part of panel of psychotherapists who use the theories of Carl Rogers in their practice. I had to take a few minutes to really think about it. Am I a person-centered therapist? Upon reflection, I realized that some of the best ways I am a therapist, I am a […]
Barbara J. Thompson, Ph.D. + 1 more
February 2, 2015
The Big Reveal
I was recently at a lecture where an audience member asked the speaker, psychologist Dr. Richard Schwartz, about his stance on the role of therapist self-disclosure. Dr. Schwartz paused for a moment before responding that he often urges supervisees to bring to mind the acronym WAIT before engaging in self-disclosure in a session (personal communication, […]
Sherry Sadighim, M.A.
January 22, 2015
Keeping Diversity at the Forefront of the Society’s Work
The Society for the Advancement of Psychotherapy is committed to increasing both its relevance to and membership of psychotherapists who are members of traditionally underrepresented and marginalized groups in the United States. It has a corresponding commitment to providing its members with resources (convention programming, publications, and web content) that will help in their continuing […]
Rodney K. Goodyear, Ph.D.
January 21, 2015
Divorce and Alternative Dispute Resolution
Psychotherapists are often called on to help families of divorce. It can be to help a couple peacefully disentangle their relationship or help a child cope with the changes in the family. While the courts try to help children and families of divorce, they are limited by statute, the utility of custody evaluations, and the […]
Jeffrey Zimmerman, Ph.D., ABPP
January 18, 2015
Most Valuable Paper in Psychotherapy
The Society for the Advancement of Psychotherapy is considering papers published in Psychotherapy in 2014 for the annual award of Most Valuable Paper. Most Valuable Paper (MVP), is for a paper published in Psychotherapy chosen by the editorial board to be the most valuable to the field of psychotherapy. Any paper published in that volume year is eligible; […]
Society for the Advancement of Psychotherapy
January 18, 2015
Creating Meaning in Treatment
Although not popular or necessarily the easiest tool to utilize, the significant events approach to change process research, as described by Elliot (2010), can provide explanations and causal evidence that other approaches (e.g. process-outcome) may not. Within the significant events approach literature, specific moments within psychotherapy treatment have been identified and analyzed to tie in-session […]
April Krowel, Ph.D.
January 15, 2015
Welcome to Society for the Advancement of Psychotherapy’s New Website
A year ago we asked the members of Division 29 to give us their opinions about our website. Although respondents told us that they saw promise in our efforts to date, we heard loud and clear that we could design a more effective and engaging site for our Society. Growing out of that feedback came […]
Amy E. Ellis, Ph.D.
January 13, 2015
Six Strategies for Successful Supervision
Download a free accompanying PowerPoint presentation from Dr. Barnett here. Clinical supervision is an essential aspect of the training of every psychotherapist (Bernard & Goodyear, 2014). It supplements and significantly adds to the academic education that those in training receive. Clinical supervision received during one’s training can lay the foundation for the neophyte psychotherapist’s clinical […]
Jeffrey E. Barnett, Psy.D., ABPP
January 11, 2015
10 Ways to Improve Psychotherapy Outcome
In Laska, Gurman, & Wampold (2014) and Laska & Wampold (2014) I discussed how to improve the quality of mental health care from a common factor (CF) perspective. Unfortunately, one fundamental misunderstanding of CF theory is that “anything goes” and therapists can do whatever they want. Let me be crystal clear, from a CF perspective, […]
Kevin M. Laska, Ph.D.
January 4, 2015