2022-Fall-Division 49 Specialty Update
Noelle lefforge Ph.D., ABPP Specialty Council – The Group Specialty Council approved the revised taxonomy for Group Psychology and Group Psychotherapy at our July meeting. The revised taxonomy has been submitted to the Council of Specialties for review and approval. Once it is approved, it will be distributed. It will also be included in CoS’s […]
2022-Fall-Division 49 Foundation Award Winners
2022 winners from the APF/Division 49 Foundation Group Psychotherapy and Group Psychology Awards: Richard Moreland Dissertation of the Year Award: Dr. Stephen Cameron Alldredge, Brigham Young University “Group Therapy for [pain: A Meta-Analysis Brigham Young University
2022-Fall-DEIB Column DEIB Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, & Belonging Committee Update
Eric hen, Ph.D. At the APA convention in August, 2022, The Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, & Belonging (DEIB) Committee presented The Award for Outstanding Professional Contribution to Diversity in Group Psychology or Group Psychotherapy to Jill Paquin, PhD. In addition, Cara L. Solness was the recipient of the 2022 Student Award for Outstanding Contribution to Diversity […]
2022-Fall-Early Career Psychologist
Psy.D., C.G.P., ABPP On People’s Fit Misha Bogomaz, People are on a spectrum from those who are a good fit for us to those who are not. You know it when you met someone who is a good fit! It’s easy with them, something just clicks. The relationship just flows. On the other end of […]
2022-Fall-Action Methods: Psychodrama as an Effective Treatment for Complex PTSD
Experiential Column Scott Giacomucci, DSW, LCSW, BCD, CGP, FAAETS, TEP Complex trauma and Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (CPTSD) are increasingly becoming recognized as commonly presenting clinical issues in group therapy. Though it has not been recognized in the DSM-5 as a mental health disorder, it was recognized in the ICD-11. CPTSD is caused by […]
2022-Hdll-Group Therapy Column
Tevya Zukor, Ph.D. The Outsider and the Need for Boundaries Children learn from an early age the value of fitting in. It feels important to be the same as other kids. Wearing certain shoes, certain clothes; it connotes as sense of oneness and belonging. “Go along to get along” is a message that gets conditioned […]
2022-Fall-Navigating Academic Departments-Series-1
Navigating Academic Departments Nina W. Brown, EdD, LPC, NCC, Introduction This is the first in a set of six essays about academic departments using the framework of many group therapy concepts to describe some of the aspects of an academic department. These essays grew out of my experiences at a university where a few years […]
2022fall-Arthur Teicher Award
Division 49’s 2022 Arthur Teicher Award identifies a distinguished group psychologist whose theory, research or practice has made important contributions to our knowledge of group behavior. The award was presented to Dr. Verlander Hinsz. Verlin is Dale Hogoboom Professor of Psychology at North Dakota State University.
2022-Fall-Memorial
Division 49 APA Dr. Rex Stockton Memorial Rex Stockton: The Life and Impact of a legend in the field After a long, productive and happy life, Rex Stockton passed away the July 1, 2022 after a series of health issues at 86 years old. Rex was a legend in the field of group therapy, who […]
2022-fall-From Your Editors
From your editors: We are pleased to announce a series of essays on Navigating Academic Departments. Dr. Nina Brown has devoted much energy in developing a map of group dynamics and group therapy concepts as they apply in academia. Academic departments are ripe for this analysis. They can be posited as conflictual, yet are charged […]