Society for the Advancement of Psychotherapy

Fellows

Welcome to the Fellows page, where we honor distinguished members who have made significant contributions to the field of psychotherapy and have been recognized for their exceptional leadership, research, and dedication to advancing our profession.

Society for The Advancement of Psychotherapy Fellows

List of Current Society for the Advancement of Psychotherapy Fellows

Updated as of September, 2025

Norman Abeles
Jules Abrams
David Adams
Robert Alberti
Mary Alvord
Timothy Anderson
Michael Andronico
Barry Anton
Joseph Aponte
L Ascher
Elgan Baker
Lawrence Balter
Laura Barbanel
Jacques Barber
Jeffrey Barnett
Godfrey Barrett-Lennard
Lauren Behrman
Lorna Benjamin
Juris Berzins
Larry Beutler
Mae Billet-Ziskin
Jeffrey Binder
Leonard Blank
Joel Block
Bruce Bobbit
Arthur Bohart
Bruce Bongar
James Boswell
James Bray
Chrisanthia Brown
Laura Brown
Ronald Brown
Steven Bucky
Barry Burkhart
Gary Burlingame
Lester Butt
Jennifer Callahan
Linda Campbell
Dorothy Cantor
Jon Carlson
Jean Carter
Louis Castonguay
Armand Cerbone
Harold Chenven
Pauline Clance
Lillian Comas-Diaz
Andres Consoli
Michael Constantino
Stewart Cooper
Christine Courtois
Kenneth Critchfield
Jessica Daniel
Priscilla Dass-Brailsford
Patrick DeLeon
Paul Dell
Garland DeNelsky
Frank DePiano
Edward Dreyfus
Changming Duan
Michael Duffy
Jay Efran
Gary Elkins
Robert Elliott
Thomas Ellis
Alan Entin
Norman Epstein
Franz Epting
Jennifer Erickson-Cornish
Catherine Eubanks
Carol Falender
Barry Farber
Eugene Farber
Iris Fodor
Leila Foster
Donald Freedheim
Arthur Freeman
Jairo Fuertes
Jesse Geller
Charles Gelso
Marvin Goldfried
George Goldman
John Gonsiorek
Carol Goodheart
Morris Goodman
Rodney Goodyear
Stanley Graham
Jerry Grammer
Leslie Greenberg
Beverly Greene
Les Greene
Thomas Greening
Barney Greenspan
Lisa Grossman
Alan Gurman
Milton Gurvitz
Sandra Haber
Richard Halgin
David Hargrove
Robert Hatcher
Susan Heitler
Barbara Held
Steven Hendlin
Clara Hill
Diane Hill
Mark Hilsenroth
Dorothy Holmes
Richard Horevitz
Steven Huprich
Leon Hyer
Arpana Inman
Mary Jansen
Adelbert Jenkins
Judith Jordan
Michael Kahn
Florence Kaslow
Nadine Kaslow
Howard Kassinove
Jennifer Kelly
Dennis Kivlighan
Michael Knox
Joseph Kobos
Gerry Koocher
Arthur Kovacs
Doris Kraemer
David Lawson
Jay Lebow
Frederick Leong
Ronald Levant
Hanna Levenson
Allan Leventhal
Gerald Leventhal
Donald Levis
James Lichtenberg
Bruce Liese
Leslie Lothstein
Don-David Lusterman
Beryce MacLennan
Jeffrey Magnavita
Brent Mallinckrodt
Cheri Marmarosh
Thomas Marra
James McCullough
Susan McDaniel
Kevin Meehan
Stanley Messer
Scott Miller
Stanley Moldawsky
Robert Morgan
Wilbur Morley
J. Christopher Muran
Nancy Murdock
Ray Naar
Thomas Nagy
Michael Newcomb
Frederick Newman
Michelle Newman
Edmund Nightingale
John Norcross
Mary Norfleet
Edgar Nottingham
Alexander Nurse
Roberta Nutt
Elizabeth Nutt Williams
Kevin O’Connor
Juan Penedo Gomez
Andres E. Perez-Rojas
Jacqueline Persons
Steven Pfeiffer
Joseph Poirier
John Porcerelli
James Prochaska
Patricia Raskin
Jeff Reese
Jerome Resnick
Robert Resnick
Joseph Reyher
Joy Rice
P Scott Richards
David Rodgers
Morris Roseman
Vin Rosenthal
Tony Rousmaniere
Ronald Rozensky
Alice Rubenstein
Lisa Samstag
Francisco Sanchez
Louis Schlesinger
Kirk Schneider
Edward Shafranske
Jerome Siller
Wade Silverman
Edward Smith
Douglas Snyder
K Sossin
Leonard Sperry
M Stanton
William Stiles
Billie Strauss
George Stricker
Daniel Strunk
Richard Stuart
Clifford Swensen
Joshua Swift
Faith Tanney
Giorgio Tasca
Richard Tedeschi
Richard Thoreson
Alan Tjeltveit
Steven Tovian
Terence Tracey
Georgiana Tryon
Barbara Van Horne
Gary VandenBos
Melba Vasquez
Paul Wachtel
Lenore Walker
Elizabeth Walker Seagull
Pauline Wallin
Bruce Wampold
Clifton Watkins
Jeanne Watson
Danny Wedding
Joel Weinberger
Marcella Weiner
Samuel Weiss
Jack Wiggins
Edward Wise
Janet Wolfe
Barry Wolfe
Robert Woody
Marian Yeager
Jeffrey Younggren
Jeffrey Zeig
Heidi Zetzer
Jeffrey Zimmerman

Fellows Chair:

James Lichtenberg | jlicht@ku.edu

Call for Fellow Applications

THE DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION TO BE CONSIDERED IS DECEMBER 15 OF EACH YEAR.

The Society for the Advancement of Psychotherapy
James Lichtenberg: jlicht@ku.edu
Chair, Fellows Committee

The Society for the Advancement of Psychotherapy encourages Society Members who wish to become Fellows of the American Psychological Association to apply for APA Fellow status through our Society. The application period extends from September 1 to December 15 each year. The Society wishes to honor our members who have distinguished themselves by exceptional and impactful contributions to psychotherapy in a variety of ways such as through research, practice, and teaching. Fellow status in APA is awarded to psychologists in recognition of outstanding contributions to the field of psychology.

The Minimum Standards For Fellowship Under APA Bylaws Are:

  • The receipt of a doctoral degree based in part upon a psychological dissertation, or from a program primarily psychological in nature;
  • Prior membership as an APA Member for at least one year and a Member of the Society through which the nomination is made;
  • Active engagement at the time of nomination in the advancement of psychology in any of its aspects;
  • Five years of acceptable professional experience subsequent to the granting of the doctoral degree;
  • Evidence of unusual and outstanding contribution or performance in the field of psychology; and
  • Evidence of (inter)national impact of the field or profession of psychology beyond a local, state, or regional level.
  • Nomination by one of the society or divisions which member status is held.

Application for APA Fellow status is made through the society or division.

The Society For The Advancement of Psychotherapy Criteria for Election to the Category of Fellow are:

  • Prior status of Member of the Society for at least one year.
  • Five years of qualifying experience in the field of psychotherapy.
  • Demonstration of evidence of unusual and outstanding contribution or performance in the field of psychotherapy.
  • Documentation of the ways in which the Member’s activities, contributions, and/or performance have had a discernable and salutary effect on the development or advancement of the discipline of psychotherapy.
  • Endorsement by at least three current APA Fellows, at least one endorser must be a Fellow of the Society for the Advancement of Psychotherapy (endorsements are made via the APA Fellowship portal).
  • Nomination to the category of Fellow by the Society’s Committee on Fellows, such nomination to be conducted in accordance with extant Bylaws and Association Rules of the American Psychological Association.

Contributions may be through any of the following individually or in combination:

  • Excellence in Practice of Those who have demonstrated excellence in the practice of psychotherapy which is evident by national standing. This can include innovative models or programs of practice, applications of scholarship to programs of practice, publications that impact practice, training, etc.
  • Teacher/Trainer/Mentor. Those who have demonstrated excellence and a national reputation as a teacher, trainer, or mentor of psychotherapists, to include the development of innovative models with a wide ranging
  • Scientific Documented research in the area of psychotherapy or related areas that impact the practice of psychotherapy such as neuroscience, psychotherapy process, outcome, training, etc.
  • Theoretical and Treatment Those who have contributed to the field with the development of theory, methods, and techniques of psychotherapy.
  • Leadership, Advocacy, Scholarly Application. Those who have demonstrated leadership in the advancement of the art, science, and policy of psychotherapy or innovative programs of training, or practice

Evidence Related to Criteria Used by Nomination Committee

The following are offered as examples of the range of activities that may be considered when being nominated for Fellow but are in no way to be considered exhaustive:

  • Published scholarly articles in professional journals that are considered important in the field
  • Author of books and texts in the field of psychotherapy or related areas in that have important impact on the field of psychotherapy.
  • Demonstrated a high degree of involvement in the advancement of psychotherapy at the national level.
  • Developed a theory of psychotherapy that is widely considered important to the field.
  • Developed approaches to psychotherapy that are widely considered important to the field.
  • Produced innovations in the practice of psychotherapy such as models of practice that address novel problems or the needs of special populations in the delivery of mental health services.
  • Administered a novel or excellent program for training psychologists in psychotherapy or related areas.
  • Demonstrated evidence of service that is
  • Demonstrated evidence of scholarly work that advances the field such as editor of an influential journal or special editions.
  • Made contributions that advance the status of psychotherapy as a healing art and science.
  • Exhibited excellence in serving as a mentor in the
  • Demonstrate a program of research that advances the society

Fellowship Application Process

Initial Fellowship Application Process

New applications for APA Fellow status are made through the APA Fellows application portal. This webpage has links to concise and very helpful guidance for applicants. Most helpful, valuable, and relevant is the APA Fellows Committee’s guidance for preparing and reviewing applications, available at: https://www.apa.org/members/your-membership/fellows/advice-workshop.pdf

The online application requests a CV and an application letter that addresses how your accomplishments link to the APA and SfAP fellow criteria listed above. It also requests the names and contact information for three endorsers who are current APA Fellows, at least one of whom is a SfAP Fellows. You should contact these endorsers to assure that they are prepared to endorse you! They are contacted directly by the APA Fellows office, and complete their endorsements through the same portal.

Applications are first reviewed by the SfAP Fellows committee, then by the SfAP Executive Committee, then by the APA Fellows Committee, and finally by the APA Board of Directors.

Fellowship Status with the Society for those who are Fellows of other APA Societies or Divisions

Society for the Advancement of Psychotherapy (Division 29 of APA) members who have already attained Fellow status through another APA Society or Division may pursue a direct application for Society Fellow by sending a curriculum vitae and a letter to the Society Fellows Committee, indicating specifically how you meet the Society criteria for Fellowship. These applications are not reviewed by the APA Fellows Committee; they are reviewed by the SfAP Fellows Committee and recommendations are made to the SfAP Board of Directors.

Current Fellows of APA who wish to become a Fellow of the Society for the Advancement of Psychotherapy apply by sending a letter documenting their qualifications with a current CV to the Society’s Central Office at assnmgmt1@cox.net.

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