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🧠✨ Call for Submissions

This month's Division 29 Bulletin inspiration centers on Cultural Competence & Inclusivity in Therapy—

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Eating disorders are nearly twice as prevalent in athletes compared to the general population—and in some sports, the risk is even higher.

LINK: https://bit.ly/45JLh3X

What's one small intervention that's made a big difference in your therapy work?

A question, phrase, or moment you come back to often.

Reply below — community wisdom welcome. 🧠💬

🕊️ Honoring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

On #MLKDay, we reflect on his legacy of justice, equity, and compassion—and the role psychotherapy can play in healing individuals and communities.
#MentalHealthEquity #Psychotherapy

💬 Therapy Talk — a new weekly series
Question of the week:
What do you wish more people understood about psychotherapy? 🧠
Join the conversation 👇
#TherapyTalk #Psychotherapy

🎄✨ Happy Holidays from APA Division 29!

Wishing our psychotherapy community a season filled with peace, warmth, and gratitude.
Thank you for your ongoing commitment to healing, research, training, and compassionate care. 💙
Here's to a meaningful, connected, and inspiring new year ahead! 🌟🥂

Our tolerance for distress is shrinking—and therapy may need to adapt. 🧠
With depression and anxiety at historic highs, this article explores resilience as a prerequisite for mental health, not just an outcome.
LINK: https://bit.ly/49qy4OL

📝 January Submissions Now Open!

What works in your clinical practice—and why?

Have a case example, a reflection, or a perspective to share? We'd love to feature your voice.

➡️ Submit your piece and join the discussion.

🧠✨ Feature Article

Emotional change is experiential—built through awareness, validation, and self-compassion. ❤️‍🩹

https://bit.ly/44QVHOI

Our Fall Psychotherapy Bulletin is live! 🍁
Read our International and Diversity Domains, thoughtful discussions on therapist support, and more.

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Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Working with Trauma Related Nightmares. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar. This webinar will provide background and rationale for working with trauma-related nightmares. It will review the steps of the model and how it was adapted for working with nightmares. We will then guide participants through an experiential component using a case example that will allow them to work through the steps of the model with a nightmare.

🌙Join us Dec 5, 12–3 PM EST for a FREE webinar working with trauma-related nightmares.

✔ Free for everyone
✔ Div 29 members get 3 free CE credits
✔ Membership is just $40 ($20 for students)

Register now: https://bit.ly/4rwyfQr

Grateful for this season of reflection and for everyone who supports, studies, and practices psychotherapy.

Here's to connection, care, and showing up for one another.

Warm wishes for a gentle, meaningful close to the year. 💫

💭 How do weight biases show up in therapy — even when we mean well?

Read here ➡️ https://bit.ly/3LCKCKD

✨ December marks both endings and new beginnings —
Whether it's about closure, transition, or lessons learned at the end of the therapeutic journey, we'd love to hear your voice.
🔗 https://bit.ly/47Hn1AT

“Retirement from therapy isn’t a clean break — it’s a series of sacred goodbyes. 💬
Dr. Connor shares the tender, often unseen side of closing a private practice — where each farewell carries years of shared growth, courage, and care.

READ HERE ⬇️
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🧠 October is World Mental Health Month — a time to reflect on our shared commitment to healing, understanding, and connection. 💙

Division 29 believes that psychotherapy transforms lives — one relationship at a time.

#WorldMentalHealthMonth #Psychotherapy #PsychologistLife

🍁 Division 29 invites members to explore gratitude in psychotherapy.

Submit your reflections, research, or insights on how gratitude enhances the therapeutic process.

🔗 Learn more about submission guidelines on our website.

#Psychotherapy #Gratitude #MentalHealth

We’re closing another year of the Bulletin! 🎉 Thank you to our dedicated authors for your scholarship and contributions. 🙏

✨ Submissions for Bulletin 61(1) are open

#Bulletin #AcademicWriting #Scholarship

🏫💙 Suicide prevention on campus requires more than crisis response—it takes community-wide action, strong counseling centers, and evidence-based strategies.

Check out 8 powerful approaches ⬇️
societyforpsychotherapy.org/suicide-prev...

#SuicidePrevention #MentalHealth

Dreams aren’t just stories from sleep—they’re tools for healing. 🌙
Oct 24, Clara E. Hill, PhD, will guide us through Working with Dreams in Psychotherapy.
📅 Friday, Oct 24 | 12–3 PM EST
🎓 Free registration for all
🎓 3 FREE CE credits for APA Div. 29 members

Register here: tinyurl.com/bd9verw2

Psychotherapists face the reality that even with training and compassion, suicide remains a mighty foe. New insights remind us that humility—not certainty—is essential.

Link: societyforpsychotherapy.org/the-role-of-...

#SuicidePrevention #Psychotherapy #MentalHealth

📢 Call for Submissions

In recognition of International Day for Older Persons (Oct 1), we encourage members of the SAP to share articles focused on psychotherapy and older adults.

We also welcome submissions on other topics at any time!
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This Labor Day, APA Division 29 recognizes the commitment of psychotherapists and workers everywhere whose efforts promote healing and resilience. May this day bring you rest and reflection on the value of your work.

#LaborDay #Psychotherapy

Social media doesn’t just connect us — it shapes us. This article examines how self-esteem develops across different life stages and how online spaces can both help and harm our sense of self.

READ MORE HERE:
societyforpsychotherapy.org/the-effects-...

Pat DeLeon (former APA President) offers a striking warning: a tsunami of change is transforming psychology, health care, and policy. The question isn’t whether change is coming—it’s whether we’ll step up as leaders.

Read more in this engaging article!
#Psychotherapy #Leadership #PolicyChange

💡 A 5-week communication skills group for Veteran couples improved relationship satisfaction and lowered anxiety and depression symptoms. societyforpsychotherapy.org/increasing-a...

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#Veterans #CouplesTherapy #MentalHealth #VA #CommunicationSkills

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The new Psychotherapy Bulletin is live!
Inside:

• Resilience as a goal in psychotherapy
• Climate change & mental health
• Gender diversity advocacy
• Social media’s effect on self-esteem

#Psychotherapy #MentalHealth #Diversity #TherapyResearch

Going to APA? Let’s lift each other up. 💬

Division 29 is celebrating members throughout the convention—if you’re presenting, tabling, or attending, tag us and use #Div29APA so we can repost and amplify your voice.

Let’s make our presence known together.

Therapists, let’s talk burnout.

This article tackles what happens when the healer needs healing.

🛠️ Read here: societyforpsychotherapy.org/distress-the...

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#burnout #psychotherapy #mentalhealth #selfcare