2018 • February

I am very pleased to let you know that Marvin R. Goldfried, PhD, a Fellow of Division 29, has been selected as the recipient of the 2018 APA/APF Gold Medal Award for Life Achievement in the Application of Psychology. Th​is award recognizes a distinguished career and enduring contribution to advance the application of psychology through […]

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The dose-response model of psychotherapy aims to determine the specific number of sessions necessary to achieve clinically significant change across populations (Hansen, Lambert, & Forman, 2003; Howard, Kopta, Krause, & Orlinsky, 1986). While there are few studies that include session frequency as an aspect of the psychotherapy “dose,” Orlinsky’s (2009) generic model of psychotherapy suggests […]

Health care practitioners are at elevated risk for burnout, depression, and suicide (Fahrenkopf et al., 2008; Schernhammer & Colditz, 2004; West et al., 2006). Moreover, a practitioner’s occupational stress can contribute to impaired concentration and decision making and in turn have a negative impact on patient care (Barger et al., 2006; Fahrenkopf et al., 2008; […]