2022-Summer Issue-COR Corner -APA Council of Representatives

Michele D. Ribeiro Ed.D. ABPP, CGP, FAGPA The Council of Representatives met in late February 2022 in an on-line format and made some strong headway on new business items that are highlighted in the meeting summary below.  Following this summary, I will also briefly mention highlights from a recent in-person and on-line summit that just […]

2022-Summer issue-Adventures of a Participant Observer in Group Psychotherapy

David Chirko, A.B. (humanities/social sciences), Psychologically oriented researcher and author, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada When I was in university some colleagues of mine, who were completing their BSW’s, invited me to engage in participant observation within their group psychotherapy sessions at a local mental health facility.  Participant observation is defined as: “a quasi-experimental research method in […]

2022-Summer Issue-Group Therapy – Ecotherapy

Group Therapy Plein Air:  Promoting Agile Resilience through Ecotherapy Gail Schrimmer, Ph.D. Rutgers University A complex dilemma emerged quickly in the spring of 2020: How can psychologists most ethically serve those clearly not benefiting from telehealth, while retaining the necessary quarantine recommendations outlined by the CDC?   In addition to its successes, a few cracks with […]

2022-summer issue-Future Leaders

Division 49 Results of Candidates Josh Gross Ph.D. Division President Francis Kaklauskas, Psy.D. Division Secretary Amelia Black, Ph.D., Domain Representative: Early Career Kathryn White APA Council Representative Michele Ribeiro, Ed. D, ABPP, CGP, FAGPA Student Representative Rita M. Rivera

2022-summer issue-Experiential Column Action Methods: Treatment for Depression

             Scott Giacomucci, DSW, LCSW, CTTS, CET III, TEP Depression is one of the most common mental health conditions impacting millions of people each year. Studies in the early phases of the covid-19 pandemic suggested that the prevalence of depression tripled in samples in the United States from 8.5% pre-pandemic to nearly 27.8% in […]

2022-summer issue-EBGT Project Evidenced Based Group Treatment Project Update

Tate Paxton Ph.D., Brigham Young University  APA, Division 49, American Group Psychotherapy Association, and German Health Ministry have provided funding and support for the creation of an evidence-based group treatment website. This website will serve clinicians and the public and will be updated and enhanced on an ongoing basis. Right now, the project is in […]

EBGT Project Evidenced Based Group Treatment Project Update

Tate Paxton Ph.D., Brigham Young University  APA, Division 49, American Group Psychotherapy Association, and German Health Ministry have provided funding and support for the creation of an evidence-based group treatment website. This website will serve clinicians and the public and will be updated and enhanced on an ongoing basis. Right now, the project is in […]

2022-Summer Issue Fellowship for Members of Historically Excluded Groups

Giorgio A. Tasca, Ph.D., Editor: Group Dynamics: Theory, Research, and Practice                        Description Group Dynamics: Theory, Research, and Practice and Division 49 of the American Psychological Association (the Society for Group Psychology and Group Psychotherapy) provides a Fellowship for a group psychology or group psychotherapy scholar from an historically excluded group. We encourage applications from […]