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Pitfalls in Ethical Decision-Making: Settling, Fading, and Drift in Psychological Practice
The American Psychological Association’s Ethical Principles and Code of Conduct (2017) provides the foundations and standards for addressing ethical practice. However, these standards cannot provide direction for psychologists in every situation (Cicero, 2021). Therefore, psychologists need a decision-making model when ethics codes or laws do not provide adequate direction. Nonetheless, practitioners frequently encounter subtle processes […]
John Gavazzi, PsyD, ABPP + 1 more
September 8, 2025
From Clinical Judgment to Machine Learning: Rethinking Psychotherapeutic Decision-Making with Artificial Intelligence
According to the World Health Organization (WHO; n.d.) mental health disorders, such as anxiety disorder, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), are some of the most significant public health challenges in the WHO European Region. Within this region (which includes 53 countries across Europe and parts of Central Asia), mental health disorders are […]
Caleb Onah, MS + 1 more
August 10, 2025
Entering the World of Private Practice: What Graduate School Did Not Teach You
Abstract Young psychologists entering the world of private practice often find themselves holding naïve concepts about this area of psychotherapy and may be ill-prepared to work for a group private practice and/or start their own practices. This may be related to various obstacles surrounding credentialling and billing, insurance operations and processes, restrictive covenants, marketing tasks, […]
Michael Pica, PsyD
August 10, 2025
SAP Who’s Who: Dr. John Norcross, PhD, ABPP
SAP Who’s Who: John C. Norcross, Ph.D., ABPP Can you tell me about your educational background and professional experience? I am a proud graduate of Rutgers University, where I was a first-generation college student and was expertly mentored in clinical research and psychotherapy integration by Drs. Michal Wogan, Andy Bondy, and Arnie Lazarus. I was […]
Society for the Advancement of Psychotherapy
August 1, 2025
2025 President’s Column 60 (3)
Perhaps one of the most famous first lines from a novel is from Charles Dickens’ A Tale of Two Cities (1859). “It was the Best of times, it was the Worst of times, it was the age of Wisdom, it was the age of Foolishness… it was the season of Light, it was the season […]
Stewart E. Cooper, Ph.D., ABPP
July 10, 2025
“AT FIRST I WAS AFRAID, I WAS PETRIFIED”
Intriguing APA Initiatives: Katherine McGuire, APA Chief Advocacy Officer, recently reported: “This year, thanks to the dedication of psychologists, researchers, and students the Psychology PAC reached a historical milestone, achieving a record-breaking membership of 738 and raising $93,000.” This allows the PAC to strengthen their strategic advocacy efforts and thereby empowering it to champion initiatives that […]
Pat DeLeon, Ph.D.
July 9, 2025
2025 Editor’s Column 60(3)
Welcome to Summer SAP! 60 (3) has articles across the realm of psychotherapy, with topics ranging from climate change impacts on mental health, gender affirming care, and couples work. We are so grateful for the contributions of our authors. While every article is featured on the homepage, we are now brainstorming to see how our […]
Zoe Ross-Nash, PsyD
July 7, 2025
Spiritual Competencies for Psychotherapists: Research Findings and Training Opportunities
This article shares insights from “Improving Psychotherapists’ Spiritual and Religious Competencies: Evaluation of a Live Videoconferencing Training Program,”recently published in Psychotherapy (Richards et al., 2025). The study evaluated the effectiveness of a live videoconferencing training program in spiritually integrated psychotherapy (SIP) offered by ACPE: The Standard for Spiritual Care and Education (ACPE). Here, we summarize […]
Russell Siler Jones, ThD, LCMHCS + 1 more
July 1, 2025
Mental Health Impacts of Climate Change: A Transdiagnostic Approach – Part II
As discussed in Part I (link), mental health can be significantly impacted by climate change. Part II will describe how various mental health disorders intersect with climate change Symptoms of Depression, Major Depressive Disorder, and Climate Change Climate change can have both direct and indirect effects on symptoms of clinical depression (Ellis & Albrecht, 2017; […]
Maggie Grandsire, BGS + 1 more
June 24, 2025
Mental Health Impacts of Climate Change: A Transdiagnostic Approach – Part I
Undoubtedly, climate change is causing lasting impacts on our natural environment (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, 2023). The climate crisis is exacerbating unprecedented extreme weather events, like Hurricane Helene in North Carolina in 2024 (Thiem & Lindsey, 2024) and the devastating Los Angeles wildfires in 2025 (Smith, 2025). It is increasing the risk of more […]
Maggie Grandsire, BGS + 1 more
June 24, 2025
SAP Who’s Who: Dr. Susan Heitler
Who’s Who: Dr. Susan Heitler Can you tell me about your educational background and professional experience? I enjoyed undergraduate school at Harvard, went to Boston University for a Masters Degree in education, and then applied to NYU for a clinical psychology PhD where I almost didn’t get accepted. For the opportunity to earn my doctorate, […]
Society for the Advancement of Psychotherapy
June 5, 2025
The Effects of Social Media on Self-Esteem
This paper will discuss the impact of social media on an individual’s self-esteem in different stages of development through a psychosocial lens. Psychosocial theory of human development focuses on the inner world of an individual who is trying to find a sense of self in society. “The process of growth results from the interaction of […]
Hannah Belisle, BA + 1 more
June 3, 2025