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What is Continuing Care? Continuing care for substance use disorders (SUDs) encompasses any services delivered on an outpatient basis after the initial or “primary” treatment episode, which serve to help patients move towards their goal of recovery (McKay, 2009). The treatment of SUDs has historically been comprised of two phases. The primary phase typically consists […]

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Mar 17, 2019

Children and adolescents with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) exhibit frequent and severe inattentive (e.g., difficulty sustaining attention to and completing tasks) and/or hyperactive-impulsive (e.g., interrupting others, difficulty remaining seated) behaviors that lead to significant impairment in academic and/or social functioning (American Psychiatric Association, 2013). ADHD symptoms and associated impairment typically are chronic and thus require ongoing […]

Candidates for President-elect Tony Rousmaniere, Psy.D. I am honored and humbled by the nomination to serve the Society for the Advancement of Psychotherapy (SAP) in the role of president.  The Division has long been my APA home.  I was pleased to be able to serve as Chair of its Continuing Education Committee from 2014 through […]

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The Publications & Communications Board of the Society for the Advancement of Psychotherapy (SAP) is seeking nominations (including self-nominations) for the position of Editor of the Psychotherapy Bulletin.  Candidates should be available to assume the position of Editor on January 1, 2020, for a three-year term. During the first year of the term, the incoming […]

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The Publications & Communications Board of the Society for the Advancement of Psychotherapy (SAP) is seeking nominations (including self-nominations) for the position of Internet Editor.  Candidates should be available to assume the title of Incoming Editor January 1, 2020, for a three-year term. Starting approximately July 2019 the incoming Editor will begin shadowing and coordinating […]

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Abstract As the conceptualization of evidence-based practice expands beyond the phasic application of treatment manuals for specific mental health diagnoses, greater attention is being paid to treatment personalization, including at its very first steps. One approach to such early personalization involves therapist flexible responsivity to patients’ presenting nondiagnostic characteristics, such as their treatment-related beliefs, that […]

Background Thousands of clinical trials and naturalistic studies have now been conducted on the effects of psychotherapy. Reviews of this research have shown that about 75% of those who enter treatment in clinical trials show some benefit (Lambert, 2013). This finding generalizes across a wide range of disorders except for severe biologically based disturbances (e.g., […]