The Society for the Advancement of Psychotherapy student award competitions include four awards for the best papers submitted on specific topics and two standard awards: Donald K. Freedheim Student Development Paper Award: Best paper on psychotherapy theory, practice, or research Diversity Paper Award: Best paper on issues of diversity in psychotherapy Mathilda B. Canter Education […]
Student Diversity Award Brien J. Goodwin is a sixth-year PhD student in the Clinical Psychology program at the University of Massachusetts Amherst who is starting his pre-doctoral internship this fall at the Institute of Living. His Master’s thesis examined the association between early-treatment patient motivational language and proximal treatment outcomes. His dissertation examines in-session interpersonal […]
The Society for the Advancement of Psychotherapy’s (APA Division 29) Jeremy Safran Memorial Poster Award, developed in collaboration with the Society for the Exploration of Psychotherapy Integration (SEPI), is an award that is given by Division 29 to recognize an outstanding poster presented during the annual SEPI poster session. Meital Bendet, as lead author, is […]
Jean Carter, PhD – Winner of the Society’s Distinguished Psychologist Award Dr. Jean Carter has maintained a psychotherapy practice in Washington, DC since receiving her Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology in 1980. In her work at the Washington Psychological Center, PC, she offers psychotherapy with individuals and couples, with primary emphases on serious trauma, relationship issues, […]
The Society for the Advancement of Psychotherapy is pleased to share our calls for grants for the 2019 year. Please see below and be sure to check out our full listing of grants and awards here: https://societyforpsychotherapy.org/members/awards/ Society for the Advancement of Psychotherapy Distinguished Award for the International Advancement of Psychotherapy Description Concurrent with the mission […]
Diversity Award Winner Alayna Park, MA, C.Phil, is a fifth-year graduate student in the Clinical Psychology Doctoral Program at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), working under the mentorship of Dr. Bruce Chorpita. She is currently completing her pre-doctoral internship at the VA Long Beach Healthcare System. Her research focuses on improving the quality […]
Each year, the Society for the Advancement of Psychotherapy offers an array of psychotherapy research grants to psychologists and students to further the field of psychotherapy. The Charles J. Gelso, Ph.D., Psychotherapy Research Grants, offered to graduate students, predoctoral interns, postdoctoral fellows, and psychologists (including early career psychologists), provide three $5,000 grants toward the advancement […]
Recently became a member and need a place to get started? Renewed your membership but wondering how to make the most out of it? Thinking about becoming a member, but feel overwhelmed? This article is aimed at sharing all the ins and outs and getting you acquainted with the division. And as always, if there […]
As one of Michael Constantino’s past-presidential initiatives, Division 29 held its second Student Poster Award competition at the 2019 APA Convention. The Division awarded a $500 prize to the most meritorious poster in each of its two poster sessions. As a first step, a committee reviewed and rated all student-authored poster abstracts that were accepted for presentation at Convention. […]