President's Welcome
Amy L. Reynolds, Ph.D., SCP President 2021-2022

Welcome to the official website of the Society of Counseling Psychology (SCP), Division 17 of the American Psychological Association. We invite you to engage with and contribute to our amazing family of counseling psychologists and affiliates. Every day we strive to build a more inclusive, just, and equitable profession and ensure that our work is centered in liberation and healing to dismantle oppression in all its forms, uplift all communities who are marginalized, erased, and harmed, and transform our policies, structures, and practices so that we may all one day be free.

It is with humility and deep gratitude that I continue my leadership journey in the Society of Counseling Psychology which has always been my professional home and the foundation of my professional identity. I am proud to continue in the most recent leadership traditions of Anneliese Singh who inspired and challenged us with the vision of liberation as both a value and a practice and Mary O’Leary Wiley who reminded us of the importance of engagement and connection. I also look forward to working closely with the inclusive and brilliant leadership of President-Elect Shavonne Moore-Labbon. With the support of our Counseling Psychology family, I am eager to address the many challenges and opportunities that await us with the goal of highlighting our strengths and interrogating where we fall short in order to live up to our values and commitments.

The focus of my presidency is on TRANSFORMATION and my theme is:

TRANSFORMING COUNSELING PSYCHOLOGY THROUGH CRITICAL CONSCIOUSNESS AND RADICAL CHANGE
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What is Counseling Psychology?

Counseling Psychology is a specialty within professional psychology that maintains a focus on facilitating personal and interpersonal functioning across the life span. The practice of Counseling Psychology encompasses a broad range of culturally-sensitive practices that help people improve their well-being, alleviate distress and maladjustment, resolve crises, and increase their ability to function better in their lives. With its attention to both to normal developmental issues and problems associated with physical, emotional, and mental disorders, the specialization holds a unique perspective in the broader practice-based areas of psychology.

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The Benefits of Membership 

With more than 2000 members and affiliates who live these values through a wide diversity of identities, interests, and professional activities and commitments, SCP can offer YOU a home. If you are not yet a member or an active participant in SCP, we heartily invite your involvement!

The success of our efforts rests heavily on the membership and the work of SCP volunteer leaders – our Executive Board, our committee chairs and members, our task group chairs and members, our student affiliate organization, and the staff of our central executive office.  We currently have 13 Sections and Special Interest Groups (SIGs) tailored to specific foci in counseling psychology. I encourage you to browse our websites and join as many Sections or Special Interest Groups as you like, many of which offer free or very inexpensive membership. We also have a nationally ranked journal, The Counseling Psychologist, a useful blog, SCP Connect, and a Facebook page for more frequent updates of SCP activities. I hope you will make use of these many means of communication and connection with SCP.

Depending on your needs, you have several membership options. Regardless of which option you choose, you will receive a welcome packet by email within 2-3 weeks of joining Division 17. You will begin receiving The Counseling Psychologist shortly thereafter or at the beginning of the new membership year.

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