APA Division 56 - Trauma Psychology

APA Division 56 - Trauma Psychology The American Psychological Association's Division 56 is psychology's focal point for research, practice, policy development and education on trauma psychology.

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Congratulations to our division 56 award winners who we acknowledged and celebrated at APA! -Joseph P. Gone, Ph.D...
08/17/2026

Congratulations to our division 56 award winners who we acknowledged and celebrated at APA!

-Joseph P. Gone, Ph.D. Lifetime Achievement in the Field of Trauma Psychology
-George F. Rhoades, Jr., Ph.D. Outstanding Service to the Field of Trauma Psychology
-Chiara Sabina, Ph.D. Outstanding Contributions to the Diversity in Trauma Psychology
-Shane W. Adams, Ph.D. Outstanding Contributions to Trauma Psychology by an Early Career Psychologist
-Ernestine C. Briggs-King, Ph.D. Outstanding Contributions to the Science of Trauma Psychology
-Colleen A. Sloan, Ph.D. Outstanding Contributions to Practice in Trauma Psychology
-Tiffany Parisi, Ph.D., MPH Outstanding Dissertation in the Field of Trauma Psychology

08/03/2026

Join us Friday at the American Psychological Association convention to celebrate and connect with our members!

We hope you will join us in our engagement space at American Psychological Association convention in just a few weeks! ...
07/21/2026

We hope you will join us in our engagement space at American Psychological Association convention in just a few weeks!

https://apatraumadivision.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/APAD56-Engagement-Space-Program-Schedule-2.pdf

Research Spotlight: Nicholas Pierorazio and Heidi Levitt Ph.D., completed a qualitative meta-analysis investigating how ...
07/08/2026

Research Spotlight: Nicholas Pierorazio and Heidi Levitt Ph.D., completed a qualitative meta-analysis investigating how therapists adapt psychotherapy to meet the needs of clients who experience dissociation. Synthesizing findings from 16 qualitative studies representing at least 239 therapists, they developed the dissociation-responsive therapy model, a four-phase framework describing how clinicians build the alliance, foster self-directed coping and safety, repair stigma-related harms, and support deep emotional processing. The study highlights a central therapeutic paradox: honoring dissociation as an adaptive survival strategy while helping clients develop greater agency over relying less on it. By translating therapists’ experiences into practical clinical principles, this research offers an empirically grounded, transtheoretical roadmap for improving psychotherapy with dissociative and trauma-affected clients.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42241055/

Member Spotlight: Dr. Carolyn Allard. As one of its inaugural members, Carolyn has served the division in various ways, ...
06/29/2026

Member Spotlight: Dr. Carolyn Allard. As one of its inaugural members, Carolyn has served the division in various ways, including as President (right in the middle of the pandemic!). Currently, she serves on the APA Council of Representatives for the division. In her day job, Carolyn is Distinguished Professor and Program Director for the Clinical Psychology PhD Program at Alliant University, San Diego, and has a clinical and consulting practice. Carolyn has contributed to psychological science through her research for over 20 years, and she is committed to making our collective knowledge more accessible. She is co-author of the evidence-based Trauma Informed Guilt Reduction (TrIGR) therapy manual, and more recently published a self-help guide, Transform Your Guilt and Shame. Carolyn Allard, PhD

https://www.carolynallardphd.com/publications

Join us for our free July Webinar on Friday July 10th, 2026 12:00pm EST titled "PTSD Treatment Considerations for South ...
06/18/2026

Join us for our free July Webinar on Friday July 10th, 2026 12:00pm EST titled "PTSD Treatment Considerations for South Asians" hosted by Ateka Contractor, Ph.D. We will review the need for and gaps in traumatic stress research in the South Asian community; Identify how traumatic stressors impact the South Asian community; and discuss factors that need to be considered when developing and/or providing culturally responsive traumatic stress interventions to the South Asian community.

https://apadiv56.talentlms.com/plus/catalog

The Practice Committee would like to invite you to our next Fireside Chat on Thursday, May 7 at 7PM CST addressing legal...
04/22/2026

The Practice Committee would like to invite you to our next Fireside Chat on Thursday, May 7 at 7PM CST addressing legal and practice issues facing clinicians in the context of increased ICE presence and immigration actions. We are delighted to host Lynn Bufka, PhD, ABPP, APA Executive Lead for Psychology of Practice, and Deborah Baker, JD, head of the APA Professional Legal and Regulatory Affairs Office, who will address practical, ethical, and legal questions clinicians may encounter in their work. Attendees are required to pre-register for this event and may submit specific questions for our speakers in advance to [email protected] by May 1 at 7:00pm CST. Registration link in below.

https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_2IKQQcd9SRq2T4TXzx-Ldg?_x_zm_rtaid=W9V3HzL-SdK48PZZ8_TVpA.1776867161947.82f1a95489bb1140eafa7c4d638ab2ab&_x_zm_rhtaid=602 #/registration

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