For those of you who were not able to attend this year’s banquet, here are some of the videos that were shown:

“Center Stage” dance performance starring Jay Manalo, Dr. Campbell, & Dr. Delgado-Romero:

Third Year Slide Show:

Heather Dukes, Allie Smith, Jenny Wu, Alessandra Urbano, Cassaundra Govan, Uma Dorn, & Jay Manalo pose for a group photo on Internship Match Day 2/22/2010

We are pleased to announce our internship placement results for the 2010 – 2011 year.  Congrats everybody!

CPSA President Jessica Brooks with Dr. Debra Alvis of CAPS

Dr. Debra Alvis of UGA’s Counseling & Psychiatric Services (CAPS) was our guest speaker at the Wednesday 2/10/2010 meeting.  She spoke and conducted some experiential exercises with us around the use of mindfulness and meditation in counseling.  We thank Dr. Alvis for visiting with us!

Ashley Kirk & Ryan Couillou pose in front of their posters at the 2009 3rd Annual Counseling Psychology Research Colloquium

The 2009 3rd Annual Counseling Psychology Research Colloquium was held on 11/18/2009 and 12/4/2009. Thanks to all of our student poster presenters as well as Jenny Wu for organizing this event!

Abstracts from Poster Session

Visit our photos page to see all the photos from both days.

Dr. Sylvia Knight visits CPSA meeting on 12/2/2009 to discuss private practice

At the Wednesday 12/2/2009 CPSA meeting, Dr. Sylvia Knight, a member of the Athens Area Psychological Association and UGA Counseling Psychology program aluma, joined us to discuss private practice in psychology. Thanks very much to Dr. Knight for sharing her experience with us!

Dr. Gerry Koocher’s visit to our counseling psychology program on 11/4/2009 was a great success! Dr. Koocher hosted a roundtable discussion with our students and addressed both ethical and professional development issues with the group. We appreciate the opportunity to have met with such a leader in the field and for giving us permission to post the video of his talk online.

To see more photos from his visit, please visit our Photos page.

To view the video, click the play button on the embedded video above, or visit our Vimeo page.

Team PhDiddy after their season closer: Ashley Kirk, Jon Harvey, Dara Williams, Amy Todey, Ben Snyder, Jessica Brooks, Ryan Couillou, Eckart Werther

Flag football Team PhDiddy ended their season on Wednesday 11/4/2009 with a tough Round 1 tournament loss to Team Finally. Despite the loss, we are proud of our team’s accomplishments this past season!

Here are the team’s season results:

View the full schedule, scores, and standings on the UGA Rec Sports website. All games are played at the UGA Intramural Fields/Rec Sports Complex.

For more photos of the team, see our Photos page.

Go Big Blue!

Dr. Gerry Koocher

Dr. Gerry Koocher will be visiting our program and meeting with students on Wednesday, November 4th from 2:00-4:30. Dr. Koocher is the preeminent expert on ethics and professional development in psychology. He is the author of the most frequently adopted textbook in ethics, “Ethics in Psychology and the Mental Health Professions.” His book is used in our doctoral ethics class. Dr. Koocher is also immediate past president of the American Psychological Association and has published hundreds of articles and book chapters in ethics, pediatric child psychology, and children with chronic illness.

All of our counseling psychology students are encouraged to attend this round table, meet, and talk with Dr. Koocher. This is a very rare opportunity to meet and talk with a leader in our profession. A count of students who can attend will be taken about a week before his visit and at that time, several articles written by Dr. Koocher recently will be circulated so that students may be familiar with his recent work. The location of the meeting will be announced later.

CPSA Vice President Ashley Kirk, GPA Representative Dr. Angela Lodono-McConnell, AAPA President Dr. Michelle Swagler, President Jessica Brooks, 3rd Year Representative/Past-President Jay Manalo

At the October 14, 2009 CPSA meeting, we had the opportunity to meet with two prominent Athens area psychologists, Dr. Angela Lodoño-McConnell and Dr. Michelle Swagler. Dr. Lodoño-McConnell is in private practice in Athens and is chair of the Public Education Committee of the Georgia Psychological Association. Dr. Swagler is also in private practice and is the current president of the Athens Area Psychological Association. We thank them for taking the time to visit us!