2026-sp-Black, Queer & Liberated:
Black, Queer & Liberated: Pilot & Evaluation of a Community-Partnered Mental Health Intervention for Black Queer Young Adults Jacquelyn (Jackie) Chin Doctoral Candidate Dept. of Counseling, Clinical, & School Psychology Abstract: Black LGBTQIA+ (queer) young adults face elevated mental health risks, including high rates of major depressive disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, and suicidality (SAMHSA, 2020). […]
2026-SP- The Role of Group Dynamics Among Children
the Feb 20th WEBINAR 1:30 MST 2:30 CST 3:30 EST Free on Zoom The Role of Group Dynamics in Learning and Growth among Children and Adolescents: Perspectives from Central America with Tony Sheppard, PsyD, ABPP, (Moderator), Gabriel Arauz, M.Sc. & Rita Rivara, PsyD (speakers) Conversation Hour – February 20 at 3:30 PM EST Register Here ************************************************************************************* […]
2026-sp-Creating Spaces for Survival:
Creating Spaces for Survival: HIV Mental Health Support in Crisis Julio J. Fonseca I wonder now, as I look around me, who will pick up the torch? — Pedro Zamora, 1994 Silence is the deadliest weapon.— Marlon Riggs, Director/Narrator, Tongues Untied, 1989 I wonder now, as I look around me, who will pick up the […]
2026-sp-/Division 49 Midwinter Meeting
Division 49 Midwinter Meeting January 24, 2026 11:00am-4pm EST Virtual meeting https://us06web.zoom.us/j/82924723804?pwd=iLTAOPjfU6uEi2fvaEvWlWnFj8u44c.1 Board Members Board members present: Division members present: Amanda Acevedo-Morales David Chirko Ilana Ander Lisa Huelskamp Joshua “Ale” DeSilva Abigail Johnson (student member) Leann Diederich Debra O’Connell Dennis Kivlinghan Martyn Whittingham Martin […]
2026-sp-Collective Mourning: The Act of Being Present
Tev Zukor PhD There is an irony in the best advice I’ve ever received: “Never get old. It hurts too much.” While this comment is usually delivered with a wink and a nudge; as the years pass, the humor behind that sentiment begins to give way to cold, hard truth. We often assume the “hurt” […]
2026-sp-: COR-Update
Division 49 members: COR-Update Ale DeSilva, Psy.D., CGP, AGPA-F I am honored to begin serving as your representative to the APA Council of Representatives. I sought this role to make sure that group therapy remains part of the conversation at the highest levels of APA governance, and I am committed to being a voice for […]
2026-sp-Group Dynamics in Sport Psychology
Group Dynamics in Sport Psychology David Chirko, A.B. Chirkoart.ca Sudbury, Canada Baseball is 90 percent mental. The other half is physical. Yogi Berra (Ugur, 2025) History, Definitions Gary R. VandenBos (2015) defines the term “sport psychology” (now dated), as the molding and implementing of psychological theory for comprehension and amelioration of personal behavior in […]
2026-sp-Mingus: Intersectionality, Loyalty, and Small Group Dynamics
Mingus: Intersectionality, Loyalty, and Small Group Dynamics Francis Kaklauskas with Issa Lucas “I’m like Mingus, Charles Mingus,” Andre said and winked at me as the group leader. The group had been talking about musical tastes when a member asked Andre, who had been quiet, about his racial and ethnic identity. Externally, the request seemed fragmented […]
2026-sp-The Digital Auxiliary: Reclaiming AI…
The Digital Auxiliary: Reclaiming AI for the Psychodramatic Stage Özge Kantaş Ph.D. Can I replace therapists? That is a huge question recently. I believe psychodrama and group psychotherapy principles already have an innate answer. Yes and no! In a recent workshop, I invited a group of psychodramatists and leaders to play a game: “If Artificial […]
2026-sp-Group Psychotherapy During Black History Month
“I Am Because We Are”: Ubuntu as a Foundation for Group Psychotherapy During Black History Month Michele Ribeiro, EdD, ABPP, CGP, APA-F, AGPA-F Dr. Joseph White Since the current Administration has dismantled so much of what we, as a country, have been attempting to reconcile regarding equity and diversity, I feel called to lift up and […]