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
2023 Recipient: Danny Wedding, PhD, MPH
Dr. Danny Wedding retired from the American University of Antigua, a Caribbean medical school, where he was Chair of the Department of Behavioral Science & Neuroscience. He previously served four years as the Associate Dean for Management and International Programs with the California School of Professional Psychology, Alliant International University. Although based at the San Francisco campus, he was responsible for psychology training programs in Tokyo, Hong Kong and Mexico City. Danny has also worked in a variety of roles or the American University of the Caribbean in Sint Maarten.
Danny spent two decades teaching for the University of Missouri-Columbia School of Medicine where he was Professor of Psychiatry and Director of the Missouri Institute of Mental Health (MIMH). He has also served on the faculty of three other medical schools: East Tennessee State University, Marshall University, and the American University of the Caribbean (Sint Maarten). Danny is a retired Captain in the U. S. Navy Reserves, and he spent two years working for the U.S. Congress.
Danny has published a dozen books; his books include the 11th edition of Current Psychotherapies and the 5th edition of Movies and Mental Illness. He recently published the 6th edition Behavior and Medicine, a widely used medical school textbook. He was the longtime editor of PsycCRITIQUES, APA’s weekly journal of book and film reviews, and he edits the Society of Clinical Psychology book series titled Advances in Psychotherapy: Evidence Based Practice.
Danny is now retired, but he still enjoys consultation, travel, lecturing, writing and editing. He is married and the father of two sons.
Distinguished Psychologist Award for Contributions to Psychology and Psychotherapy
Previous Recipients
2022- Dennis Martin Kivlighan, Jr., PhD
2021- Mark J. Hilsenroth
2020 - Jean Carter
2019 - Armand Cerbone
2018 - Jacques Barber
2017 - William B. Stiles
2016 – Jeffrey J. Magnavita
2015 – Douglas Snyder
2014 – Lorna Smith Benjamin
2013 – Les Greenberg
2012 – Paul L. Wachtel
2011 – Jack C. Anchin
2010 – Jeffrey E. Barnett & Judith Jordan
2009 – Norine Johnson & Jon Carlson
2008 – Bruce E. Wampold
2007 – Gary VandenBos & Carol Goodheart
2006 – Louis Castonguay
2005 – Gerald Koocher
2004 – John C. Norcross & Wade H Silverman
2003 – Clara Hill & Charles J Gelso
2002 – Ronald F. Levant & Frank Dattillio
2001 – Lenore E Walker & Michael J Lambert
2000 – Marvin R Goldfried & Linda F Campbell
1999 – Ellen McGrath
1998 – David Orlinsky
1997 – Alvin R. Mahrer
1996 – Norman Abeles & Alice K. Rubenstein
1995 – Stanley Moldawsky & Harry Sands
1994 – Rachel Hare-Mustin
1993 – Patrick H. DeLeon
1992 – Arnold A Lazarus
1991 – Donald K. Freedheim
1990 – Tommy T. Stigall
1989 – Jack G. Wiggins
1988 – Ernst G. Beier
1987 – Mathilda B. Canter
1986 – Ronald E. Fox
1985 – Stanley R. Graham
1984 – Robert A. Harper
1983 – Herbert J. Freudenberger
1982 – Arthur L. Kovacs
1981 – Carl N. Zimet
1980 – Jules Barron
1979 – Max Siegel
1978 – Jack D. Krasner
1977 – Gordon F. Derner
1976 – Nicholas A. Cummings
1975 – Sidney Jourard (Posthumous Award)
1974 – Haim Ginott (Posthumous Award)
1973 – Albert Ellis & Hans H. Strupp
1972 – Carl R. Rogers
1971 – Victor Raimy
1970 – Eugene T. Gendlin
