Psychotherapy Bulletin
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The Illusion of Competence: How AI Tools Can Mask the Erosion of Clinical Judgment
Providing psychotherapy and conducting psychological assessments are among the most cognitively and emotionally demanding activities in professional practice. A psychologist must hold a client’s history, attend to what is said and what is not, monitor the relational moment, integrate theoretical frameworks, and make real-time clinical judgments, often under conditions of genuine uncertainty. This work is […]
John Gavazzi, PsyD, ABPP
July 16, 2026
Living with Mental Illness as a Therapist: Ethical Challenges in Psychotherapeutic Practice
Introduction Psychotherapy centres on the healing relationship between the patient and the therapist, with the goals of every interaction remaining identifying, working through, and ultimately alleviating the patient’s distress (Flückiger et al., 2018). However, the focus of the professional relationship and therapeutic process extends beyond the patient, as it also encompasses the therapist’s mental health […]
Sanyukta Golaya, M.A.
July 16, 2026
Becoming the Therapist I Once Needed: Reflections on Early Career Development, Humility, and Hope in Couples Therapy
I became a therapist because I know what it feels like to search for clarity, confidence, and direction. That is not a slogan for me. It is part of the lived history I bring into the work, and it shapes the kind of early career therapist I am becoming. I do not come to couples […]
Sheri Sterup, LMFTA
July 15, 2026
Summer Electronic Editor Letter
Electronic Communications Editor Letter Zoe Ross-Nash, PsyD, CEDS Division 29, Happy Summer! I hope you can enjoy some down time. This quarter was filled with a lot of growth and changes for the Electronic Communications Team. In April, Lacy Sohn, PsyD stepped down from her position as the Associate Editor that she has held since […]
Zoe Ross-Nash, PsyD
July 15, 2026
Awardees of the 2026 $500 Research Grants for Graduate and Undergraduate/Post- Baccalaureate Students Students
Congratulations to our winners! Click here for more information on the grant. Ms. Maya E. Amestoy, MA University of Toronto ScarboroughThe title of research project: Evaluating the Effectiveness of A Novel Treatment Approach for Self-Stigma in Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD-BOOST)Summary:This project aims to evaluate the effectiveness of Borderline Personality Disorder: Overcoming the Obstacles of Stigmatizing […]
Society for the Advancement of Psychotherapy
July 9, 2026
Practice Committee Office Hours Update: Do You Have to Sacrifice Your Values to Maintain Financial Stability in Private Practice?
The Practice Committee has been hosting “Office Hours” to debunk some of the most common myths about private practice. Our most recent talk was centered around the dichotomy between the financial piece of private practice and concerns of sacrificing values as practitioners in order to make a living in private practice. Private practice can be […]
Wilson T. Trusty, Ph.D + 3 more
June 24, 2026
Psychosocial Stage Theory as a Model for Treating Homeless Veterans
Introduction Erikson (1950) outlined eight stages of psychosocial development across the developmental lifespan. Within each stage arose a “crisis” that the individual needed to resolve before proceeding cleanly into the next. Unresolved resolution at any stage led to a psychological arrest that hindered the negotiation of the following stages: trust versus mistrust, autonomy versus shame, […]
Michael Pica, PsyD
June 22, 2026
Advancing Precision Mental Health Across Cultures: A Multimodal Ecological Momentary Assessment Study
Improving the Prediction of Early Treatment Responses, Dropout, and Outcome using Daily-Life Data Psychotherapeutic approaches have repeatedly been shown to be effective, with effects comparable to those of pharmacological treatment and, in some cases, showing greater durability over time (e.g., Cuijpers et al., 2023). At the same time, overall treatment success remains modest, with more […]
Fabienne Mink, M.Sc. + 11 more
June 22, 2026
When Distress Is Collective: Implications for Clinical Training and Supervision
Over the past several years, a recurring pattern has emerged in clinical consultation and supervision among therapists working with clients from diaspora communities affected by war, political repression, migration, and ongoing sociopolitical instability.Many of these clients are not responding primarily to past trauma in the conventional sense. They are responding to circumstances that are still […]
Bahareh Sahebi, PsyD, LMFT
June 22, 2026
“WE’RE GONNA SIT AND GRIN AND TELL OUR GRANDCHILDREN ‘BOUT THE TIME I CALLED THIS GUY. IT WAS FOUR IN THE MORNING”
The National Academy of Medicine (NAM): Reflections by Victor Dzau, having served 12 years as President of NAM: “When I arrived in 2014 at what was then called the Institute of Medicine, the organization had reached a long-awaited crossroads. Within a year, we became an independent Academy alongside the National Academy of Sciences and the […]
Pat DeLeon, Ph.D.
June 21, 2026
Society for Psychotherapy Research meeting in Osaka
Event Information RSVP:Please contact Samuel Kamohara at samuelkamohara173@gmail.com to reserve your spot. Non-SAP members are also welcome to attend. We simply ask that they mention this in their RSVP email so that we can plan accordingly. In addition, if members are presenting at the conference and would like their presentations to be featured on the APA29 website […]
Society for the Advancement of Psychotherapy
June 12, 2026
Bridging the Gap: Integrating Specialized Experience into Emerging Clinician Identity
This article is for those at every stage of their professional training journey: considering graduate school, navigating it, completing internships, and stepping into the workforce. We share our experiences to highlight common struggles, the hidden strengths we bring, and how to recognize what experiences transfer and which require further refinement. In a field that values […]
Charles Clark, MS + 2 more
June 10, 2026