Past Presidential Columns
Explore a collection of columns written by past presidents of the Society for Psychotherapy. These reflections offer valuable insights into the evolving landscape of psychotherapy and the society’s role in shaping the future of the profession.
51 articles found
2022 President’s Column 57(3)
In this column, I want to give a shout-out to a new book that you all should read if you are interested in the training and supervision of and the practice of psychotherapy….and I imagine that is almost everyone in the Society for the Advancement of Psychotherapy. The book is edited by Louis Castonguay and […]
Clara Hill, Ph.D.
September 1, 2022
2022 President’s Column 57(2)
We have just finished our winter/spring board meeting and there’s a lot of exciting things happening in the Society for the Advancement of Psychotherapy (SAP). We have 231 students who have taken advantage of the free membership…welcome aboard!!!! Of course, we hope you’ll stay and contribute to SAP. We need your energy, ideas, and enthusiasm. […]
Clara Hill, Ph.D.
June 1, 2022
2022 President’s Column 57(1)
Many therapists tell me that they never learned how to do dream work and don’t feel comfortable addressing them in therapy. How sad because they are then missing out on potentially valuable aspects of clients’ lives. After all, if the average person spends two hours in REM sleep per night, that adds up to 51,000 […]
Clara Hill, Ph.D.
March 23, 2022
2021 President’s Column 56(4)
For my Presidential Initiative, I have chosen a topic dear to my heart, that of what therapists DO in sessions that help clients change. I assert that while client factors (e.g., personality, diagnoses, motivation), therapist factors (e.g., personality, training, theoretical orientation) and the therapeutic relationship (e.g., working alliance) are incredibly important, what therapists do is […]
Clara Hill, Ph.D.
December 2, 2021
2021 President’s Column 56(3)
The Seventh Edition of Bergin and Garfield’s Handbook for Psychotherapy and Behavior Change, edited by Michael Barkham, Wolfgang Lutz, and Louis Castonguay, and published by Wiley, is due out this summer (Amazon says September 22, 2021)! This book is considered the “lodestar” or “bible” for psychotherapists and psychotherapy researchers…it reviews the major research in the […]
Clara Hill, Ph.D.
November 15, 2021
2021 President’s Column 56(2)
In this column, I want to highlight all the wonderful work that so many of our colleagues are doing to contribute to the vitality of the Society for the Advancement of Psychotherapy (SFAP). It truly is a labor of love, and I want to thank all of you for your vision and enthusiasm. We have […]
Clara Hill, Ph.D.
June 1, 2021
2021 President’s Column 56(1)
As the incoming President of the Society for the Advancement of Psychotherapy, I am delighted by the opportunity to share with you some of the passion I have for psychotherapy, psychotherapy research, and psychotherapy training. As a professor of psychology, I have been lucky to be able to “do it all” and want to use […]
Clara Hill, Ph.D.
March 1, 2021
2020 President’s Column 55(4)
To say that 2020 has been remarkable would be an understatement. It has demanded much of us, across every role we occupy in our diverse lives. Despite the personal and professional challenges your division leadership team has encountered, they have worked hard to model resiliency and accomplish a great deal on behalf of the Society […]
Jennifer L. Callahan, Ph.D., ABPP
December 1, 2020
2020 President’s Column 55(3)
Across my presidential year, I have used this column to reflect on professional competency. My first column focused on competency development and the importance of multigenerational connections to thwart professional isolation and competency stagnation. My second column felt the weight of the pandemic and centered on self-care as a professional competency that underlies our sustained […]
Jennifer L. Callahan, Ph.D., ABPP
August 27, 2020
2020 President’s Column 55(2)
My first lessons in self-care as a core professional competency were unwanted and unexpected. After a “normal” pregnancy, I went into labor five days past my due date and navigated to the hospital in the middle of the night under blizzard conditions. I made it to the hospital, but by the time I got there, […]
Jennifer L. Callahan, Ph.D., ABPP
August 3, 2020
2019 President’s Column 54(4)
How time flies when one is having fun! I am amazed to find myself writing my final presidential column as the weather chills and we near the holidays. It has been a great honor to serve the Society for the Advancement of Psychotherapy over the past year and I look forward to continuing my involvement […]
Nancy L. Murdock, Ph.D.
April 21, 2020
2020 President’s Column 55(1)
As a third-year graduate student, I recall being asked to engage in a classroom debate on the question of whether good psychotherapists were “born versus made”. We were allowed a few weeks to prepare arguments before our teams faced off to debate the issue, with notecards of points and citations at the ready. As a […]
Jennifer L. Callahan, Ph.D., ABPP
March 8, 2020