Distinguished Psychologist Award for Contributions to Psychology and Psychotherapy

Description

The APA Society for the Advancement of Psychotherapy (APA Division 29) invites nominations for its Distinguished Psychologist Award, which recognizes lifetime contributions to psychotherapy, psychology, and the Society.

This award was established in 1970 as the Distinguished Professional Award in Psychology and Psychotherapy. At the Mid Winter meeting in 1984, the Board of Directors changed its name to Distinguished Psychologist Award for Contributions to Psychology and Psychotherapy.

Funding Specifics

The awardee will receive a certificate and award of $500 as well as up to $500 reimbursement for qualified expenses to attend the Society’s Awards Ceremony to be held at the annual APA Convention.

Nomination Requirements

A nomination letter outlining the nominee’s career contributions (self-nominations are welcomed)
A current Curriculum Vitae.

Submission Process & Deadline

Submission Process: All items must be sent as electronic files in PDF format. Letters of nomination outlining the nominee’s credentials and contributions (along with the nominee’s CV) should be emailed to the Chair of the Professional Awards Committee at SAP.AwardsCommittee@gmail.com

Submission Deadline: December 31 (annually)

Distinguished Psychologist Award for Contributions to Psychology and Psychotherapy

2022 Recipient: Dennis Martin Kivlighan, Jr., PhD

Dennis M. Kivlighan, Jr. PhD, is Professor in the Department of Counseling, Higher Education and Special Education and Interim Chair in the Department of Human Development and Quantitative Methodology at the University of Maryland-College Park. He received his Ph.D in Counseling Psychology from Virginia Commonwealth University in 1982. His primary areas of interest are process-outcome relationships in individual, group, couples and family therapy. He teaches Didactic Practicums in group and individual therapy and supervises trainees in the Maryland Psychotherapy Clinic and Research Lab. Kivlighan has published over 170 articles in peer reviewed journals and his work has been cited more than 13,700 times (h-index = 58; i10-index = 165 (from Google Scholar).

Professional Service (Editorial Boards, Offices)

Kivlighan is the editor of the Journal of Counseling Psychology the Co-Editor of Small Group Research and a past editor of Group Dynamics: Theory, Research and Practice, and serves on the editorial boards of the Psychotherapy Research, Psychotherapy, and Group Dynamics: Theory, Research and Practice. Kivlighan is past president of The Society of Group Psychology and Group Psychotherapy (49) of the American Psychological Association.

Honors

Kivlighan is a Fellow, Division 29 (Society for the Advancement of Psychotherapy), Division 17 (Society of Counseling Psychology), and Division 49 (Society of Group Psychology and Group Psychotherapy), American Psychological Association. He was selected a Fulbright Teaching/ Research Fellowship (2015) to the University of Palermo, Italy. He was the Arthur Teicher Group Psychologist of the Year (2013), Division 49 (Society of Group Psychology and Group Psychotherapy), received the Lifetime Achievement Award (2012) from the Society of Counseling Psychology, Section for the Promotion of Psychotherapy Science, and Lifetime Mentoring Award, 2009, The Society of Counseling Psychology. Kivlighan is an Honorary Member, Taiwan Counseling Psychological Association (Member serial number: 130615016) and was an Honorary Chair Professor (2018), National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan