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2024 President Elect’s Column 59 (4)
APA’s Population Health Model and Psychology Becoming a Multi-Tiered Profession: The Emerging Opportunity for the Society for the Advancement of Psychotherapy The Society for the Advancement of Psychotherapy (SAP) is a leading organization dedicated to the enhancement of psychotherapy practice, research, and education. Our mission is to promote mental health and well-being by supporting the […]
Stewart E. Cooper, Ph.D., ABPP
October 24, 2024
Fostering Global Collaboration in Psychotherapy: The Development of Two Regional Consortia
Utilizing Practice-Based Evidence for Tailored Approaches Reducing the gap between therapists and researchers is crucial to advancing mental health care. One effective strategy is generating practice-based evidence across various contexts. This approach involves systematically collecting data from real-world clinical settings, thereby allowing researchers to analyze treatment outcomes and therapeutic processes that are most directly relevant […]
Clara Paz, Ph.D. + 5 more
October 15, 2024
Moving Far Away for Internship: Helpful Takeaways and Lessons Learned
As November approaches some of us may be preparing for family get togethers, thinking about Christmas décor, or enjoying the change of the season. For many psychology graduate students, November’s hasty approach signifies application deadlines and match day anxieties. No matter where you are in the process, internship is an exciting time where students begin […]
Deanna Young, PsyD
October 14, 2024
My “Best Practices” in Psychotherapy: Part I
As I write this, I am 75 ½ years old, doing psychotherapy part-time, and coming off the highest practice income month ever in the history of my 50-year career. I continue to find the work captivating and meaningful. As one of my graduate school professors, the renowned psychiatrist Viktor Frankl, M.D., used to remind us, […]
Steven J. Hendlin, Ph.D.
October 14, 2024
My “Best Practices” in Psychotherapy: Part II
Techniques: Weaving and Blending Surface and Depth I have found it a powerful combination to utilize both pointing out and working with surface behaviors as they occur and alternatively, interpreting unconscious dynamics as appropriate. The surface—what is happening in the present as the patient presents themself—blended with making conscious what has been unconscious, may work […]
Steven J. Hendlin, Ph.D.
October 14, 2024
Suicide Prevention Using Artificial Intelligence: Collaborative Support Approach
The World Health Organization (WHO) asserts that suicide is a significant global health problem. In 2016, the suicide rate was estimated to be 10.6 per 100,000 individuals, with 80% of these cases occurring in low-income and middle-income countries (Fazel et al., 2020). Often, individuals at risk of suicide do not seek help from their clinicians […]
Caleb Onah, MS
October 14, 2024
2024 Editor’s Column 59(4)
Welcome to the Fall Bulletin, SAP. My oh my, what a quarter it has been for the Electronic Communications team. For the last year, we have been working on upgrading the website with Website Design Specialist, TJ Slade. It was quite the task! The previous website was established for a decade and housed over 44,000 […]
Zoe Ross-Nash, PsyD
October 13, 2024
Out of Balance: National Institute of Mental Health Spending in 2012 and 2020
NIMH Study of Physiology, Treatment, and Psychotherapy In 2012, the NIMH spent 72% of its budget on studying physiology, i.e. the brain and genetics. In 2020, that percentage increased to 75%. Examples of studies include a 2012 study on neuronal signaling pathways during learning and their effects on memory and a 2020 study looking at […]
Al Galves, Ph.D.
September 30, 2024
A First Year Doctoral Student’s Introduction to Evidence-Based Practice in Psychotherapy: What I’m Taking with me Into Sessions as a New Therapist
As a first year doctoral student in counseling psychology, I have been immersed in scholarship surrounding the topic of how to be a successful therapist. Now, as I am approaching the start of practica, I am beginning to consider how I will integrate what I have learned into my own client sessions in a more […]
Jill D. Paquin, PhD + 1 more
September 25, 2024
What to Expect When Therapying – Understanding Change Process Expectations
When patients walk into the first therapeutic session, meet their therapist for the first time, and sit (perhaps comfortably, perhaps uncomfortably) on the sofa, we would say therapy has begun. But did the therapy actually begin even before this moment? With their thoughts about their therapy, their fears about how it will be, their expectations […]
Dana Elberg, MA + 3 more
September 25, 2024
A Most Queer Language: The Case Against an All-Inclusive Buffet in Therapy
The vantage point of a queer-identifying therapist is uniquely translucent; I see some things in sharp resolution, while there are other things that remain opaque. How does a queer therapist affirm a queerness that endangers them as well? How does a queer therapist affirm a queerness that bemuses them? Sitting across from a patient tussling […]
Damini Yadav, MS
September 22, 2024
Measurement-Based Care and Cultural Responsiveness
While the case has been made that measurement-based care (MBC) is an evidenced-based intervention that improves outcomes and reduces dropouts (de Jong et al., 2021), and recently, that it provides a transparent collaborative process to engage clients in treatment (Boswell et al., 2023), it has not been widely considered as a methodology for cultural responsiveness. This […]
Robert J. Reese, Ph.D. + 1 more
September 21, 2024