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Specters of Scientific Racism: Lessons from Beloved for Counseling Psychologists

Beloved, by Toni Morrison, is an iconic novel that I cherish deeply. Morrison’s text taught me what it meant to explore loss and grief. It helped me understand that to experience either state is to… » Read more

Family and the Holidays: More joy and less stress

The leaves are changing colors and the days are getting shorter which reminds us that Fall is is upon us.  With the new season, comes several American and religious holidays. While the holidays are a… » Read more

Raising Awareness of Poverty on College Campuses

APA President and Counseling Psychologist Dr. Rosie Phillips Davis’s Deep Poverty Initiative included a 5-week challenge designed to raise awareness about the broad psychological impacts of poverty in the U.S. As a professor with clinical… » Read more

We are SCP!

I invite all of you to fall in love with SCP — again, or for the first time. Let yourself be open to everything about it that is both quirky and predictable, both small and… » Read more

2020 Counseling Psychology Conference (Registration Now Open!)

2020 Counseling Psychology Conference Sheraton New Orleans Hotel New Orleans, LA April 2-5, 2020 ***Registration Now Open*** Conference Theme: Counseling Psychology at 75 Years: Reflections on Shared Identity, Cultivating Change, and Building a Counseling Psychology of… » Read more

What You Need to Know: SCP’s Strategic Plan

Division 17 Past-President Ruth Fassinger shares the Strategic Planning Committee’s process for how a comprehensive vision for SCP was developed SCP members spent over a year developing a strategic plan for the division, which they… » Read more

Suicide Prevention and Awareness

As a new month dawns, it may be easy to check September off the list and to move on from its deep significance. As you may know, September was Suicide Prevention and Awareness month, but… » Read more

We can get married! Now what?

Four years ago as a newly “out” member of the LGBTQ+ community, I cried when I heard the news that same-sex marriage had been legalized in all 50 states. For me, this decision mirrored acceptance,… » Read more

Dr. Rosie Philips Davis Clarifies Mental Illness and Mass Shootings on CNN’s New Day

On Wednesday, August 21, 2019, APA President, Dr. Rosie Philips Davis responded to President Trump’s claims about mental illness and mass shootings. Dr. Davis asserted that mental illness does not account for a person’s choice… » Read more

We’re here! We’re queer! Come join us at the Annual SLGBTI Dinner!

With convention fast approaching and the number of convention emails ever increasing, I wanted to spotlight the Section on LGBT Issues’ annual dinner. On Thursday, August 8th from 7-9 pm we’ll “break free” at 14… » Read more