VOL 68 ISSUE 1 SPRING 2015 A publication of the Society of Clinical Psychology (Division 12, APA) CONTENTS PRESIDENT’S COLUMN 1 President’s Column: Meeting Our Goals in 2015 4 Special Feature: A Tribute to Meeting Our Goals Lynn Peterson 8 Division 12 Response to the in 2015 NIMH Strategic Plan 9 Ethics Column: Affrming Our Terence M. Keane, Ph.D. Ethical Responsibilities Headed by Gayle Beck, Ph.D. 11 Notes to a Young Psychologist: during her 2012 Presidency, a Words of wisdom from Phil Kendall team of our members began the important 12 Student Column: You Matched! initiative of adding webinars to our portfolio Now what? of continuing education opportunities for 15 Section Updates our members. The Memphis Meeting set out goals, objectives and timelines while 18 Bringing a Professional Development Seminar to Life, appointing a Committee of seasoned and accomplished members to head Part I: Group Discussions and the effort. Deb Drabick, Ph.D. of Temple University was chosen as chair soon Didactic Presentation thereafter and in the early summer of 2014 the Society of Clinical Psychology 23 History Column: The (SCP) launched its frst ever webinar on PTSD and offered APA continuing Foundation for an Expanded education credits. All at a remarkable price for members ($15.00) and non- Vision members ($50). EDITORIAL STAFF Future presentations will include a focus on early career psychologists to include topics like understanding and applying for the NIH Loan Repayment Editor: Jonathan S. Comer, Ph.D. Program, fnancial planning and management, establishing the business [email protected] of a private practice, negotiation for the best outcomes, etc. For students, Assoc Editor: Kaitlin P. Gallo, Ph.D. we will continue to provide support in multiple ways. Last Autumn’s panel to [email protected] assist advanced students who are applying for internships will be replicated Editorial Asst: Tommy Chou, M.A. on September 7th, 2015. Featured will be: Allisone Ponce from Yale, Mitch [email protected] Prinstein from Chapel Hill, Randi Streisand of George Washington’s Children’s National Medical Center, and Risa Weisberg of the Boston Consortium of Clinical Psychology at Boston University. Last year’s webinar panel sold out Join a Division early, so please advise your students accordingly. Another suggestion might be for students in programs and laboratories to participate jointly to maximize 12 Section the reach of the panel. It promises to be an outstanding briefng once again. In October 2014, SCP hosted the frst Graduate Student Summit at Boston The Society of Clinical Psychology University School of Medicine. Over 125 graduate students from virtually (Division 12) has eight sections every graduate program in clinical psychology in New England who paid $25 covering secifc areas of interest. admission attended it. Also included was an added beneft of a full year’s membership in SCP. This career development workshop presented recent To learn more, visit Division 12’s updates in clinical science by the following speakers who volunteered their section web page: time on a Saturday in October: David Barlow, David Tolin, Denise Sloan, and Liz Roemer. A lecture on the importance of publishing (whether you are in www.div12.org/division-12-sections a clinical or an academic position) was written by Gayle Beck, the editor of ISSN 0009-9244 Copyright 2015 by the Society of Clinical Psychology, American Psychological Association Meeting Our Goals in 2015 (continued) Clinical Psychology: Science & Practice, and presented Matt Gallagher of Boston University School of Medicine by Denise Sloan when Gayle’s travel was cancelled due and VA Boston and Blair Wisco of University of North to equipment failure. Carolina-Greensboro, they have assembled a terrifc The summit also had two separate panels on internships program for us all. With Stephen Hollon, David Barlow, and post-doctoral fellowships that focused upon the Jonathan Comer, and Lauren Alloy as invited speakers why’s, where’s, and what to do’s in the interest of the meetings will be nothing short of outstanding. The furthering one’s career. Tracie Shea, Jennifer Vasterling, symposia, workshops, and posters are an impressive Steve Quinn, Throstur Bjorgvinsson all presented blend of clinical psychology’s major strengths: institutional their perspectives while representing some of the and independent clinical practice, the integration of top internship training programs in the country. The science and practice, and translational clinical science. feedback from the students was sensational. Some said The meetings will surely be an outstanding array of the it was the best professional event they’d ever attended. work of our members. I am very much looking forward to An excitement permeated the entire day and made the the events of the APA meetings. More to come on this as entire event worth all of the effort expended. the details are fnalized. Brad Karlin, President Elect of SCP, and I will be planning Finally, I do want to thank all the members who serve on another Summit that will focus on leadership development Committees and programs for the enhancement of our in clinical psychology. This will be scheduled in the Division. The breadth and depth of the efforts encourage next year with, again, a focus on the needs of younger me greatly. With our new administrative offcer, Tara psychologists preparing to move to the next stage of Craighead of Atlanta, we are moving in many directions their career. We will be looking for senior members to in service of our members and our profession. Tara’s assist in the process. More will come on the details of presence is already strongly felt and her diligence is this leadership training very soon. Be on the look out for deeply appreciated. It’s a very exciting time for us as announcements. a group. Concurrently, I thank Lynn Peterson for her two decades of service to SCP. Her warmth, wit, and Finally, you will be receiving more about the APA knowledge of our group can only be replaced in time. convention from multiple sources and directions, but I She was a stalwart for us all and we benefted greatly am deeply grateful to Denise Sloan, our program chair from her conscientiousness and competence. Best of for the Toronto meeting, for the amazing job she’s done. luck to Lynn, Brad, and their family in the next phase. Ψ With the help of Naomi Sadeh, Cassidy Gutner, and BECOME A DIVISION 12 MENTOR Section 10 (Graduate Students and Early Career Psychologists) has developed a Clinical Psychology Mentorship Program. This program assists doctoral student members by pairing them with full members of the Society. We need your help. Mentorship is one of the most important professional activities one can engage in. Recall how you benefted from the sage advice of a trusted senior colleague. A small commitment of your time can be hugely benefcial to the next generation of clinical psychologists. For more information about the mentorship program, please visit www.div12.org/mentorship to became a mentor today. 2 | VOL 68 - ISSUE 1 - SPRING 2015 DIVISION 12 BOARD OF DIRECTORS OFFICERS (Executive Committee) EDITORS (Members of the Board without vote) President (2015) Terence M. Keane, Ph.D.* Te Clinical Psychologist President-Elect (2016) Bradley Karlin, Ph.D., ABPP* Editor (2015 - 2018) Jonathan S. Comer, Ph.D. Past President (2014) David F. Tolin, Ph.D., ABPP* Associate Editor (2015 - 2018) Kaitlin P. Gallo, Ph.D. Secretary (2014-2016) John C. Linton, Ph.D., ABPP* Clinical Psychology - Science and Practice Treasurer (2015 - 2017) Jonathan Weinand, Ph.D. * (2014 - 2018) Gayle Beck, Ph.D. Web Editor: (2012 - 2015) Damion J. Grasso, Ph.D. COUNCIL OF REPRESENTATIVES DIVISION 12 CENTRAL OFFICE Representative (2013- 2015) Danny Wedding, Ph.D. * Representative (2014 - 2016) Guillermo Bernal, Ph.D. * Tara Craighead, Administrative Ofcer Representative (2015 - 2017) Kenneth J. Sher, Ph.D. * (not a Board Member) Representative (2015 - 2017) Mark B. Sobell, Ph.D., ABPP * P.O. Box 98045 Tel: 404-254-5062, Fax: MEMBER AT LARGE Email: [email protected] Cheryl A. Boyce, Ph.D. (2013 - 2015) * = Voting Members of Board SECTION REPRESENTATIVES TO THE DIVISION 12 BOARD Section 2: Society of Clinical Geropsychology Section 7: Emergencies and Crises (2013 - 2015) Michele J. Karel, Ph.D. * (2013 - 2015) Marc Hillbrand, Ph.D. * Section 3: Society for a Science of Clinical Psychology Section 8: Association of Psychologists in Academic (2015 - 2017) David Smith, Ph.D. * Health Centers Section 4: Clinical Psychology of Women (2013 - 2015) Sharon Berry, Ph.D. * (2014 - 2016) Elain Burke, Ph.D. * Section 9: Assessment Psychology Section 6: Clinical Psychology of Ethnic Minorities (2013 - 2015) Paul Arbisi, Ph.D. * (2014 - 2016) Frederick T. L. Leong, Ph.D. * Section 10: Graduate Students and Early Career Psychologists (2014 - 2016) Natalia Potapova * = Voting Members of Board EDITORIAL STAFF EDITORS: SECTION UPDATES: Editor: Jonathan S. Comer, Ph.D. 2: Michele J. Karel, Ph.D. | [email protected] [email protected] 3: David Smith, Ph.D. | [email protected] 4: Elaine Burke, Ph.D. | [email protected] Associate Editor: Kaitlin P. Gallo, Ph.D. 6: Frederick Leong, Ph.D. | [email protected] [email protected] 7: Marc Hillbrand, Ph.D. | [email protected] 8: Sharon Berry, Ph.D. | [email protected] Editorial Assistant: Tommy Chou, M.A. 9: Paul Arbisi, Ph.D. | [email protected] [email protected] 10: Natalia Potapova | [email protected] COLUMN EDITORS: GRAPHIC DESIGN: Ethics Column: Adam Fried, Ph.D. Tommy Chou, M.A. History Column: Donald Routh, Ph.D. Student Column: Christy Denckla, M.A. VOL 68 - ISSUE 1 - SPRING 2015 | 3 SPECIAL FEATURE: A Tribute to Lynn Peterson Edited by Jonathan S. Comer, Ph.D. J. Gayle Beck: How can we ever say thank-you A Tribute to enough? For 20 years, you have kept the wind in the sails of SCP and our oars in the water.