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Meditation and the Mindfulness Trend in Psychotherapy
Adding to the neurological research findings on the benefits of meditation, a recent study found that long-term meditators who are age 50 and older have a younger brain age than non-meditators (Luders, Cherbuin, & Gaser, 2016). Using a validated approach based on high-dimensional pattern recognition, brains of meditators were found to be 7.5 years younger […]
Steven J. Hendlin, Ph.D.
January 27, 2017
Cross-Training Your Therapeutic Ear Through Hip Hop
Clinical Notes with Dr. J …Initially rap was America’s informal CNN because when Rap records came out somebody from far away could listen to a Rap record because it uses so many descriptive words and get a visual picture from what was being said…Rap is now a worldwide phenomenon. Rap is the CNN for young […]
Jonathan Jenkins, Psy.D.
January 25, 2017
Patient Selection in Group Psychotherapy
The importance of group composition – the particular blend of patient characteristics in a therapy group – is widely recognized by group psychotherapists. Skilled clinicians try to have an ideal composition in mind when selecting patients for group therapy. Notwithstanding such ideals, the task of selecting group members is complicated by the fact that no […]
Joanna Cheek, M.D., FRCPC + 2 more
January 15, 2017
Top 5 Psychotherapy Posts for 2016
Did you know? Every other Sunday, the Society publishes web-only content that can’t be found anywhere else. Check out our top 5 articles for the 2016 year: Top 2016 Psychotherapy Web-Only Article #1: Top 10 Things Learned After Two Decades of Tracking Client Treatment Progress Top 2016 Psychotherapy Web-Only Article #2: Therapist Characteristics that Impact Outcome Top […]
Amy E. Ellis, Ph.D.
January 1, 2017
Bulletin Announcement
Announcement about the Society for the Advancement of Psychotherapy’s Bulletin The Society for the Advancement of Psychotherapy is going green! We’ll be publishing and mailing two more issues of the Bulletin before moving to our online-only format. You will still be able to get the same great content, in the same great format. When will […]
Society for the Advancement of Psychotherapy
January 1, 2017
The Importance of Learning to Give and Receive Critical Feedback
When psychologists believe that there may have been an ethical violation by another psychologist, they attempt to resolve the issue by bringing it to the attention of that individual, if an informal resolution appears appropriate and the intervention does not violate any confidentiality rights that may be involved. (American Psychological Association, 2010, Standard 1.04) Given […]
Amanda R. Simmons, B.S.
December 31, 2016
A Taxonomy for Education and Training in Professional Psychology Health Service Specialties
In 2012, the American Psychological Association (APA) endorsed as policy, The Education and Training Guidelines: A Taxonomy for Education and Training in Professional Psychology Health Service Specialties, hereafter referred to as “the Taxonomy.” This Taxonomy was developed in response to confusing inconsistencies across education and training in professional psychology training programs that would describe offerings […]
Roberta L. Nutt, Ph.D., ABPP
December 31, 2016
The Politics of Mental Health
On January 20, 2017, Donald Trump will be inaugurated as the 45th President of the United States due to his overwhelming Electoral College victory over Hilary Clinton in November 2016. Throughout this long and seemingly never-ending election cycle, the ferocity of the primary battles and the eventual bedlam between the two major party candidates left […]
Jonathan Jenkins, Psy.D.
December 31, 2016
Student Experience of Partially Affiliated Internship Consortia
Introduction To complete a doctoral degree in Clinical or Counseling Psychology, a year-long internship during the final year is required (American Psychological Association [APA], n.d.). Yet, the process to obtain an internship accredited by the APA is competitive, with many students needing to relocate to other states across the country due to historical imbalances between […]
Liliana Almeida, M.A. + 10 more
December 31, 2016
A Bouquet of Experimental Designs in Psychotherapy Research
A Horse Race … Psychological treatments that are intended to be fully therapeutic and that are provided by trained professionals (bona fide psychotherapy; Wampold & Imel, 2015; Wampold et al., 2011) have been found to be effective compared to no-treatment and treatment-as-usual for individuals who suffer from a number of disorders, including anxiety and depression […]
Christine Wolfer, M.Sc. + 1 more
December 31, 2016
Necessity and Urgency of Increasing Graduate Training in Chinese Clinical and Counseling Psychology
There have been several articles published in English describing the development of clinical and counseling psychology in China (e.g., Chang, 2005; Hou, 2007; Qian & Chen, 1998; Qian, Smith, Chen, & Xia, 2001). The authors consistently argue that one of the greatest needs in further developing the discipline is increasing graduate education for practitioners. Although […]
Xiubin Lin, M.A. + 2 more
December 31, 2016
Expectations of Psychotherapy
It is well-documented that Millennials—(those born between 1980 and 2000 ± 5 years)—exhibit behaviors and attitudes that are distinct from previous generations (Fromm & Garton, 2013; Smith & Nichols, 2015). For example, compared to the Baby-Boomers constituting their parents’ generation—individuals born between 1946 and 1955 ± 5 years—Millennials are more likely to expect immediate results. […]
Jay Steinberg + 1 more
December 31, 2016