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Book Review: Healing the Incest Wound by Christine A. Courtois, PhD

Review by James A. Chu, MD.
Healing the Incest Wound, originally published in 1988, was a landmark achievement in the modern era of trauma psychiatry and psychology. Christine Courtois, PhD is one of the pioneers who helped rediscover the long-neglected effects of pandemic childhood sexual abuse and to introduce treatment models that could help incest victims [...]

Diversity Challenge 2010 Conference: Race and Culture in Teaching, Training, and Supervision

Diversity Challenge 2010 Conference: Boston, MA
Race and Culture in Teaching, Training, and Supervision
October 15-16, 2010 in Boston , Massachusetts
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Two days of presentations and workshops for teacher educators, researchers,
mental health professionals, community members, and students interested in
community activities and activism, developments in research, professional practice,
education, and/or social initiatives as they pertain to teaching, training, [...]

Is there a Duty to Warn When Working with HIV-Positive Clients?

Stephanie Chervenak Asks:
I am curious about ethical considerations when treating individuals who are HIV positive. What are my responsibilities as a clinician if I know that my client (HIV positive) is engaging in risky/unsafe sexual practices with someone? In this case, the other person’s life is endangered.
This issue always stumps me, thank you for your [...]

Graduate Student Stephanie Budge Awarded First Charles J. Gelso Psychotherapy Research Grant

Congratulations to Stephanie Budge, who has been awarded the first Charles J. Gelso, Ph. D. Psychotherapy Research Grant. Division 29 created this grant program to provide annual grants (up to $2000) supporting the advancement of research on psychotherapy process or psychotherapy outcome.
Stephanie is currently a doctoral candidate at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the Department [...]

Ask the Ethicist: Supervisors Need Competence Too!

Taline Andonian Asks:
As graduate students we receive training not only in academia but in a myriad of different clinical settings, which often lead to a wide range of experiences in terms of supervision. Because of the emphasis that is placed on clinical/practical training for clinical psychology programs in particular a graduate student’s competencies are strongly [...]

Book Review: Choose to be Happily Married, How Everyday Decisions Can Lead to Lasting Love

By Staci Weiner, Psy.D.
Apple Psychological, LLP.
www.applepsychological.com.
Choose to be Happily Married, How Everyday Decisions Can Lead to Lasting Love by Bonnie Jacobson, Ph.D., Publisher Adams Media, May 2010.
This is a relationship road map; a manual for relationships that leads to successful communication, listening skills, and ultimate connection between two people. Illustrating twenty-five crucial turning points, [...]

Ask the Ethicist: Couples Therapy in an Abusive Relationship

Question by Faith Prelli.
I have a client (18yr female) who I have seen twice a week for 8 months who is currently in a relationship plagued with intimate partner violence. This has been dubbed “mutual combat” by several of my co-workers, but in exploration with her, it appears as though the severity of his violence, [...]

Read the Latest Edition of the Psychotherapy Bulletin: 2010 45(2)

Psychotherapy Bulletin 45(2): Online Version

Ask the Ethicist: The Ethics of Making or Not Making Medication Referrals.

Question By Jennifer Weinstein.
Currently, there is a push for people to be on medication, and clients often come in stating that they want medication. This is especially true in multidisciplinary environments where psychiatrists and APRNs work alongside psychotherapists. However, some people do not have this mindset. For therapists [...]

Clinical Implications of Therapist-Client Interactions on the Internet: Boundary Considerations in Cyberspace

By Dr Keely Kolmes and Dr. Dan Taube.
Our society and, indeed, the world, is becoming increasingly networked via the Internet, and mental health practitioners are beginning to rely more heavily on the World Wide Web. As this happens, reports of encounters with clients and treatment complexities have begun to emerge (Grohol, 2008; Hsiung, 2009). The [...]

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