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Mental Health Impacts of Climate Change: A Transdiagnostic Approach – Part I
Undoubtedly, climate change is causing lasting impacts on our natural environment (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, 2023). The climate crisis is exacerbating unprecedented extreme weather events, like Hurricane Helene in North Carolina in 2024 (Thiem & Lindsey, 2024) and the devastating Los Angeles wildfires in 2025 (Smith, 2025). It is increasing the risk of more […]
Maggie Grandsire, BS + 1 more
June 24, 2025
SAP Who’s Who: Dr. Susan Heitler
Who’s Who: Dr. Susan Heitler Can you tell me about your educational background and professional experience? I enjoyed undergraduate school at Harvard, went to Boston University for a Masters Degree in education, and then applied to NYU for a clinical psychology PhD where I almost didn’t get accepted. For the opportunity to earn my doctorate, […]
Society for the Advancement of Psychotherapy
June 5, 2025
The Effects of Social Media on Self-Esteem
This paper will discuss the impact of social media on an individual’s self-esteem in different stages of development through a psychosocial lens. Psychosocial theory of human development focuses on the inner world of an individual who is trying to find a sense of self in society. “The process of growth results from the interaction of […]
Hannah Belisle, BA + 1 more
June 3, 2025
Increasing Accessibility to a Brief, Couple-Based Group Intervention for Veterans and their Intimate Partners: A Quality Improvement Project
Introduction Veterans experience relationship difficulties including divorce (Cohan et al., 2005; Mouritsen & Rastogi, 2013) and intimate partner violence (McGinn et al., 2017) at higher rates compared to non-Veterans. Veteran intimate relationships also present risk and protective factors for Veteran mental health service utilization (Logan et al., 2012), morbidity (Bolkan et al., 2013; Martin et […]
Narayan B. Singh, PhD, ABPP + 4 more
May 19, 2025
Resilience as a Goal in Psychotherapy
Our collective tolerance for distress seems to be declining since the pandemic. The number of Americans who currently have or are being treated for depression has increased to 17.8%, a seven-percentage point increase since 2015 and the highest percentage recorded by Gallup (Witters, 2023). An alarming 43% of adults say they feel anxious, an increase […]
Jared Scherz, PhD, MEd
May 7, 2025
Anorexia Nervosa in Chinese Women and Adolescents
Anorexia nervosa (AN) is a chronic and debilitating mental illness characterized by an intense fear of weight gain, restriction of energy intake leading to significant weight loss that interrupts the developmental trajectory, and distorted body image (American Psychiatric Association, 2013). AN is considered the deadliest mental illness and is particularly difficult to treat due to […]
Dalemarie Johannesson, MS + 1 more
May 5, 2025
Sharing
Sometimes this is called “identification”. Sometimes this is called “empathy”. Sometimes this is found in years of marriage. When couples finish each other’s sentences, share the same dreams, begin to look more like each other. What happens is that we become more like the people we spend the most time with. Or even with animals. […]
Robert F. Morgan, PhD
April 28, 2025
Beyond the Binary: Challenging American Gender Policies Through Philosophy, Biology, and Cultural History
The rigid binary classifications imposed by the American government on gender and the corresponding policies targeting transgender individuals rest on an outdated and essentialist understanding of sex and identity. These policies, which legislate bodies and identities through restrictive definitions, stand in stark contrast to both contemporary gender theory and a long history of cultural recognition […]
Limor Ast, LMFT
April 21, 2025
Women Leaders on Unsolicited Advice and Competence-Questioning Communication
The field of psychology has increasingly been making calls for psychologists to engage in advocacy as “citizen psychologists” (APA, 2020). Indeed, 2017 APA President Henderson Daniel made a call to action for engagement in volunteer efforts within professional organizations (e.g., APA and its divisions), as well as leadership within these organizations, as one primary avenue […]
Amy E. Ellis, Ph.D. + 1 more
April 17, 2025
The Future of Master’s-Level Psychotherapists Trained in Psychology
Master’s-level psychotherapists have been receiving degrees and practicing psychotherapy for many years. As most are aware, there are different types of training programs at the master’s level. Importantly, some of those training programs are explicitly grounded in psychology. For example, programs in Counseling Psychology often offer both master’s and doctoral training, and there are some […]
Jake Jackson-Wolf, LCPC + 1 more
April 16, 2025
SAP Who’s Who: Danny Wedding, PhD, MPH
Danny Wedding, PhD MPH Can you tell me about your educational background and professional experience? I joined the USAF right after high school, and the Air Force made me a medic. I discovered I liked working with doctors and nurses, and I especially enjoyed working with patients on the psychiatry wards. I used the GI […]
Society for the Advancement of Psychotherapy
April 10, 2025
Empathy in Chinese Culture: The Role of Differential Mode of Association
Empathy is a fundamental concept in psychotherapy. As a robust predictor of client outcomes (Elliott et al., 2018), its importance is self-evident. Most therapists are able to recognize the significance of empathy when they first begin their training, and additionally spend a significant amount of time learning how to practice empathy. However, both trainees and […]
Xu Zhu, PhD + 2 more
April 9, 2025