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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.

Ego Development and the Contextual Model of Trauma Treatment
Childhood sexual abuse survivors frequently present with ruptures in attachment, myriad mental health stressors, as well as histories of subsequent victimization in adulthood (e.g., Marx, Heidt, & Gold, 2005). The Contextual Model of trauma posits that survivors of CSA largely have an ineffective family of origin; this maladaptive family environment, in conjunction with the effects […]

Nicole Sciarrino, M.A., M.S. + 1 more
January 3, 2016

Advancing Psychotherapy Beyond the English-Speaking World
Bienvenue • 欢迎 • Bem-vindo • ترحيب • Welkom The Society for the Advancement of Psychotherapy has taken a meaningful step towards more effectively sharing our thought-provoking articles, clinical expertise and wisdom, and dedication to advancing psychotherapy to audiences across the globe. All of our website content is now available in 90 languages. From traditional and […]

Amy E. Ellis, Ph.D.
March 12, 2015

Welcome to Society for the Advancement of Psychotherapy’s New Website
A year ago we asked the members of Division 29 to give us their opinions about our website. Although respondents told us that they saw promise in our efforts to date, we heard loud and clear that we could design a more effective and engaging site for our Society. Growing out of that feedback came […]

Amy E. Ellis, Ph.D.
January 13, 2015

Top 5 Psychotherapy Posts for 2014
Season’s Greetings from Division 29! This past year has been a big year for us. In October, we changed our name to The Society for the Advancement of Psychotherapy. All year we (Brad Brenner and Amy Ellis) worked to create a brand new website, designed to showcase the brilliant psychotherapy content of expert clinicians, researchers, […]

Amy E. Ellis, Ph.D. + 1 more
December 28, 2014
