Furthermore, in addition to Dr. Castonguay, Division 29 would like to acknowledge all recipients of the the 2010 award for Best Empirical Research Article (an award co-sponsored by John Wiley and Sons, who have generously funded this award for five years) for their contributions to the winning article “Helpful and Hindering Events in Psychotherapy: A Practice Research Network Study” in Psychotherapy. They authors are: James Boswell, Sanno Zack, Sally Baker, Mary Boutselis, Nancy Chiswick, Diana Damer, Neal Hemmelstein, Jeffrey Jackson, Marolyn Morford, Stephen Ragusea, J. Gowen Roper, Catherine Spayd, Tara Weiszer, Thomas Borkovec, and Martin Grosse Holtforth

(Click here to view the award winners!)

President-Elect Designate: Bill Stiles

Secretary: Barry Farber

Domain Rep for Public Interest and Social Justice: Armand Cerbone

President-Elect Designate: Bill Stiles

Their terms will begin Jan. 1, 2012.  We look forward to welcoming them to the Board of Directors at the 2012 winter meeting.  We also thank all those that ran on slates.  We are very lucky to have such a large and dedicated group of people who are interested in being involved in the Division.

Their terms will begin Jan. 1, 2012.  We look forward to welcoming them to the Board of Directors at the 2012 winter meeting.  We also thank all those that ran on slates.  We are very lucky to have such a large and dedicated group of people who are interested in being involved in the Division.

Secretary: Barry Farber

I would also like to take the opportunity to thank our outgoing Board members (Secretary Jeff Younggren, Domain Rep Rosie Adam-Terem, and Past President Jeffrey Magnavita).  We are grateful for your service to the Division.  You are wonderful friends and colleagues.  We are also thankful that you are   continuing in your terms through the end of the year so that we may thank you in person at the 2011 fall Board meeting.

Domain Rep for Public Interest and Social Justice: Armand Cerbone

All my best,

Libby Williams

Elizabeth Nutt Williams, Ph.D.
President, Division 29 Psychotherapy, The American Psychological Association

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Stephanie is currently a doctoral candidate at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the Department of Counseling Psychology. At present, she is a pre-doctoral intern at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities counseling center (UCCS). In April, she successfully defended her dissertation regarding mental health outcomes for transsexual individuals throughout their transitioning process. As the recipient of the Charles Gelso Psychotherapy Research Grant, she will be conducing three separate meta-analyses regarding the efficacy of research trials for personality disorders. The first meta-analysis will be conducted regarding trials that compared evidence-based treatments to treatment-as-usual for personality disorders. The second meta-analysis will determine differences in efficacy for bona-fide treatments for personality disorders. Last, a cost-effectiveness analysis will be conducted on those trials that have compared treatments for personality disorders.

Please see the awards section of the Division 29 website for more information on the grant program and watch for upcoming details of the call for applications for the coming year’s grant awards. Eligibility for the Charles J. Gelso Psychotherapy Research Grant rotates biannually between graduate students/predoctoral interns and doctoral level psychologists/postdoctoral fellows. In 2011, doctoral level psychologists and postdoctoral fellows will be eligible.

The Division of Psychotherapy is pleased to offer an exciting convention program this year in San Diego!  We want to thank everyone for their fine submissions and let you know that we very much appreciate the time and effort that goes into these. Unfortunately, because of limitations of program hours (based on the number of members in our Division who attend the APA Convention), we are unable to accept all the quality submissions that we would like. Our blind raters work very hard at rating each program and there are many submissions that we hope to see again next year. This year’s program will be exciting and inspiring for both our younger and later career members. Many of the leaders in the field will present their latest thinking, research, and clinical strategies for us to take back to our offices and institutions. We were also able to participate in planning the plenary sessions that APA sponsors, which will be very relevant to psychotherapy.

We are conducting suite programming this year and hope that you will all drop by when you have a few minutes or more to share your experience, to network, and to share some nourishment. We are very excited this year to offer “Brunch with Barnett,” a suite program on psychotherapists’ self-care and life balance on Saturday morning with Dr. Jeff Barnett.  Please check back to our website for greater details and information on registering. We will keep you posted about further suite programming as we go.

Please carefully review our program and highlight those sessions that you want to attend. Don’t forget to encourage early career psychologists and students to attend our “Lunch with the Masters” where there will be copious food and a very popular book raffle. This year, our masters include Drs. Jeffrey Magnavita Judith Beck, Louise Silverstein, Florence Kaslow, and others.

We think there is an abundance of riches here and (unfortunately!) deciding what to attend will be a challenge.

See you all in San Diego!

2010 Division 29 Convention Program

Learn more about the members of the Task Force and their agenda.

Melba Vasquez

The provision of psychotherapy is the basis of my work.  Providing psychotherapy is an activity that is profound in its meaning and effectiveness as a change process.  The evolving evidence base helps us to more fully understand the factors that contribute to therapeutic effectiveness.  We must ensure that these services are fully included and funded in the evolving health care reform systems.

Leadership

As a member of the Board of Directors, I have advocated consistently for the Practice Directorate, and the APA Practice Organization.  I currently Chair the Task Force to revise the Model Licensing Act, whose charge is to bring the MLA in line with other APA policies including proposing increase in licensure mobility, and ensuring that the doctorate is the level of credential required for the title “psychologist” and the independent practice of psychology.

I served as Chair of the Board of Professional Affairs, and as member of the Committee for the Advancement of Professional Practice. I also served on the Ethics Committee, as member of the Examination Committee for the Association of State and Provincial Psychology Boards, and helped to develop the oral exam for licensure in Texas.

Education and Training

I completed a psychotherapy videotape series as part of the APA DVD Videotape project, focusing on multicultural psychotherapy.  These series are available for training students about psychotherapy skills.

I previously worked at two university counseling centers as senior psychologist and as internship training director (Colorado State University and University of Texas at Austin).  I’ve taught various doctoral courses in supervision and training of psychotherapy. I helped to plan and coordinate the Supply and Demand Conference and the Competencies Conference, both of which yielded important directions for the training of  psychotherapy.

Scholarship

I have authored/coauthored over 30 books, journal articles and chapters in the areas of ethics in psychotherapy, multicultural competency, and psychotherapy with women and with men. I am currently completing a volume, Multicultural Theory as part of the APA Theories of Psychotherapy Series.  I have served on the editorial boards of practice journals such as Professional Psychology:  Research and Practice, The Counseling Psychologist, and Ethics and Behavior.

Advocacy

I have participated in activities with the Association for the Advancement of Psychology such as raising funds for legislators and in making visits to Congress.  Those efforts have included extending the restoration of Medicare outpatient mental health reimbursement cuts, and ensuring that health care reform integrates psychological services. While serving as president of the Texas Psychological Association, I helped ensure that our practice laws remained intact during the 12-year sunset review.  I have received an Advocacy Award from the Association for the Advancement of Psychology (2008), and the APA Karl F. Heiser Presidential Award for Advocacy (2007).

I would very much appreciate the #1 vote from members of the Division.  Please visit my website www.melbavasquezforapapresident.com.

Melba J T Vasquez, PhD ABPP

Independent Practice
Anderson House at Heritage Square
2901 Bee Cave Road, Box N
Austin, Texas 78746
melvasquez@aol.com