Author
Jennifer L. Callahan, Ph.D., ABPP
9 articles
2020 President’s Column 55(4)
To say that 2020 has been remarkable would be an understatement. It has demanded much of us, across every role we occupy in our diverse lives. Despite the personal and professional challenges your division leadership team has encountered, they have worked hard to model resiliency and accomplish a great deal on behalf of the Society […]
Jennifer L. Callahan, Ph.D., ABPP
December 1, 2020
2020 President’s Column 55(3)
Across my presidential year, I have used this column to reflect on professional competency. My first column focused on competency development and the importance of multigenerational connections to thwart professional isolation and competency stagnation. My second column felt the weight of the pandemic and centered on self-care as a professional competency that underlies our sustained […]
Jennifer L. Callahan, Ph.D., ABPP
August 27, 2020
2020 President’s Column 55(2)
My first lessons in self-care as a core professional competency were unwanted and unexpected. After a “normal” pregnancy, I went into labor five days past my due date and navigated to the hospital in the middle of the night under blizzard conditions. I made it to the hospital, but by the time I got there, […]
Jennifer L. Callahan, Ph.D., ABPP
August 3, 2020
2020 President’s Column 55(1)
As a third-year graduate student, I recall being asked to engage in a classroom debate on the question of whether good psychotherapists were “born versus made”. We were allowed a few weeks to prepare arguments before our teams faced off to debate the issue, with notecards of points and citations at the ready. As a […]
Jennifer L. Callahan, Ph.D., ABPP
March 8, 2020
Mastering the Inner Skills of Psychotherapy
Competency in psychotherapy appears to generally follow a fairly prototypical growth curve (Callahan & Watkins, 2018). Via life experience or other learning, some incremental gains in basic competencies (e.g., caring for others) begin even before formal training (Hatcher and Lassiter, 2007). Empirical evidence suggests that formal training encapsulates a period of accelerated growth in a […]
Jennifer L. Callahan, Ph.D., ABPP
September 1, 2019
Deliberate Interleaving Practice in Psychotherapy Training
“Do that scale again.” “Do that fingering transition again.” “Let me hear that again.” Even if the scale was correct, it had to be done…again. As a novice musician, the word, “again,” became synonymous with repetitive practice. Practice for the sake of practice, because practice makes perfect. I (voice of 3rd author; true story) had […]
Patrick K. Love, B.S. + 2 more
August 20, 2017
A Multi-site Study of Mindfulness Training for Therapists
The past decade has seen a spike in research testing the use of mindfulness in the treatment of many physical and mental health problems. As one example of the increasing popularity, a PsycInfo search using the keyword “mindfulness” identified 2,672 peer-reviewed articles published through 2014. When citations are separated by year, the recent popularity is […]
Joshua K. Swift, Ph.D. + 1 more
July 21, 2015
Seeking the “Perfect” Match
Despite ongoing efforts to conceptualize and envision possible solutions to resolve the internship imbalance, the problem has continued to escalate (e.g., Baker, McCutcheon, & Keilin, 2007; Grus, McCutcheon, & Berry, 2011; Keilin, Baker, McCutcheon, & Peranson, 2007; McCutcheon, 2011; Rodolfa, Bell, Bieschke, Davis, & Peterson, 2007). The number of students entering the Association of Psychology […]
Jennifer L. Callahan, Ph.D., ABPP + 5 more
September 24, 2014
Subjective Well-Being Among Internship Applicants
Internship match is a topic of pressing national interest to the training community (Keilin, Baker, McCutcheon, & Peranson, 2007). As such, over the last 18 months the Division’s Training and Education Committee developed a series of six articles on this topic. The first article examined how internship is a scare resource that can create a […]
Lindsey R. Hogan, M.S. + 5 more
July 16, 2014