Invitation to Join the SAP Professional Practice Committee
Amy E. Ellis, Ph.D. & Marcy Rowland, PhD
October 31, 2024
We invite you to take an active role in our division by joining our Professional Practice Committee. As a committee member, you’ll have the opportunity to shape policies, advocate for needed changes, and set standards that benefit therapists and clients alike. Enhance your professional development, connect with leaders and peers, and expand your expertise on critical practice issues. This is your chance to grow as a leader, build lasting connections, and give back to the psychotherapy community.
If you’re interested in promoting the practice of psychotherapy and want to get involved in some of our exciting projects, or just want to find out more about what we’re all about, please join our upcoming meeting on 12/12/24 at 12:30pm. You can email our Committee Chair, Marcy Rowland (marcykrowland@gmail.com) or Domain Representative, Amy Ellis (amyellisphd@gmail.com) for the link.
More about our domain and it’s mission:
The purpose of the Professional Practice Domain, along with the Professional Practice Committee, is to facilitate awareness of relevant practice issues to Division 29 members, APA membership, and the public at large. The domain promotes awareness of, as well as provides access to, new theoretical understandings, therapeutic methodologies, and research evidence to inform the professional practice of psychotherapists in delivering relationally attuned, culturally competent, evidence-informed care. The domain also provides high quality and state-of-the-art Continuing Education programs and presentations at the APA Annual Convention to enhance training and education for professionals as well as the public.
About the Author
Amy E. Ellis, Ph.D.
Dr. Amy E. Ellis is an Assistant Professor and the Director of the Trauma Resolution & Integration Program (TRIP) at Nova Southeastern University. She provides training and consultation on the provision of trauma-informed affirmative care and treating complex clinical cases. She is also has a private practice with a clinical focus in treating trauma, eating disorders, and personality disorders, and a special niche focusing on trauma-informed affirmative care for the LGBTQ+ community. She is a Consulting Editor on three of APA’s journals and recently served as Guest Editor of APA Division 42’s journal Practice Innovations on a special issue focusing on the role of evidence-based relationship variables in psychotherapy with sexual and gender minority individuals. Her current clinical and research interests focus on underserved populations who have increased exposure and risk to trauma (i.e., men, LGBTQ+, racial and ethnic minorities), tailoring evidence-based trauma treatments to these populations, and training and supervision in the field of trauma. She is currently the co-Principal Investigator of a large national grant funded through the Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute focusing on the effectiveness of a peer-delivered online motivational interviewing intervention for GBTQ+ men with histories of sexual trauma.