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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 [...]

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: 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, [...]

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 [...]

An Exciting 2010 APA Convention for Division 29

By Jack C. Anchin, Program Chair & Jeffrey J. Magnavita, President.
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, [...]

Book Review: Bringing Psychotherapy Research to Life Legacies from the Society of Psychotherapy Research

A Review of
Bringing Psychotherapy Research to Life: Legacies from the Society of Psychotherapy Research
Editors: Louis G. Castonguay, J. Christopher Muran, Lynne Angus, Jeffrey A. Hayes, Nicholas Ladany, and Timothy Anderson
Review by Donald K. Freedheim, PhD
Louis Castonguay and his team of editors (six all together) have undertaken a gigantic task in organizing this biography of renowned psychotherapy [...]

National Health Service Corps Announces a New Loan Repayment Program

The National Health Service Corps (NHSC) Announces a New Loan Repayment Pilot Program for Part-Time Clinicians. This program joins the Full-Time Program in recruiting “fully-trained health professionals to provide culturally competent, interdisciplinary primary health services to underserved populations [...]

Early Career Mentoring

Facilitated by Michael J. Constantino (Early Career Domain Representative) & Rachel Gaillard Smook (Early Career Committee Chair)
Division 29 Early Career Mentoring is a feature on the website of the APA Division of Psychotherapy that provides a forum for asking questions broadly related to one’s early career. Through this interactive column, [...]

Division 29 President Jeffrey Magnavita Announces Task Force on Psychologist-Psychotherapists

The Task Force on Psychologist-Psychotherapists (TOPP) of the Division of Psychotherapy was formed as a Presidential initiative of Jeffrey J. Magnavita and led by Jeffrey Barnett to explore the myriad of issues related to this topic and make recommendations to the Board of Directors during the October 2010 board meeting. The task force was initiated [...]

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