2024 SPA Convention & Workshops

Westin San Diego Gaslamp Quarter | San Diego, CA

March 13 - 17, 2024

Featured Lectures | Workshops | Full Schedule |  Pricing | Poster Awards | Convention Scholarships | Hotel Reservations | Wild Connections | Program Committee | Volunteer

The SPA Annual Convention is for personality researchers and practitioners alike is a must-attend event. Stay updated with cutting-edge research, network with experts, enhance professional development, gain diverse perspectives, earn continuing education credits, and be part of an inspiring community. Join us and elevate your knowledge of personality assessment.

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Continuing Education Credits 

If you would like to receive continuing education credits (CEs) for sessions that you attended at the 2024 SPA Convention both virtually or in-person, please click the button below to do so. Remember, you MUST be logged into your convention profile using your personality.org credentials before starting the CE process. 

You will need to complete one survey for each session that you wish to receive CEs in its entirety. However at this time, you are only allowed to answer one survey per time block for the sessions you attended in-person. To receive in-person CE credit, the deadline for claiming CEs has been extended until April 17, 2024 at 11:59pm ET. Credit claiming after this date will require a quiz to be completed, with a passing score of 70%, before the session evaluation can be completed. 

If you have any questions about this process, please contact us at info@personality.org.

Extended Deadline is April 17, 2024! 

*Note*: This is the ONLY way to obtain CE Credits.

Click Here to Complete Evaluations

Featured Lectures

More information on our Featured Lectures coming soon!

• Friday, March 15: Decolonising Psychological Practice: An Indigenous Aotearoa New Zealand Perspective  
  • Suzanne Pitama

• Saturday, March 16: Bridging the GAP: Bringing Assessment & Gender Affirming Practices Together
  • Col Williams 

Workshops 

*Workshops will NOT be made available virtually. Please keep in mind that all times listed are in the Pacific Time Zone (PT)* 

Below you will find titles for Workshops by day. Click on workshop titles to access abstracts, learning outcomes, and additional information on presenters.  

Wednesday | March 13th

Half-Day Workshops: Morning 8:00 am - 11:45 am (PT)

• (A6) Using the Adult Attachment Projective Picture System (AAP) as a Therapeutic Tool (3.5 CEs) 
  • Stephen Finn, Carol George, Caroline Lee, and Melissa Lehmann
• (A7) Using the Rorschach with Individuals from Diverse Cultural Backgrounds (3.5 CEs)
  • Luciano Giromini, Nancy Kaser-Boyd, and Madeleine Starin

Half-Day Workshops: Afternoon 1:00 pm - 4:45 pm (PT)

• (A3) Interpreting and Integrating Symptom Validity Tests: Use of the PAI and MMPI-2-RF/3 (3.5 CEs)
  • Nicole Morris, Megan Keen, and Paul Ingram
• (A8) Using the Thurston Cradock Test of Shame (TCTS) to Uncover Hidden Dynamics in Personality Assessment (3.5 CEs)
  • Julie Cradock O'Leary 

Full-Day Workshops: 8:00 am - 5:00 pm (PT)

• (A4) Introduction to the Rorschach Comprehensive System Revised (CS-R) (7 CEs)
  • Patrick Fontan
• (A5) MCMI-IV and MACI-II: Operationalizing and Contextualizing the Millon Inventories (7 CEs) 
  • Robert Tringone and Seth Grossman

Thursday | March 14th 

Half-Day Workshops: Morning 8:00 am - 11:45 am (PT)

• (B2) Clinical Use of the Personality Inventory for DSM-5 (PID-5) and the DSM-5 Alternative Model of Personality Disorders (AMPD) (3.5 CEs) 
  • Bob Krueger and Tanya Freedland
• (B3) Embrace the Complexity: Integrating Assessment Results into Client-Centered Feedback Sessions (3.5 CEs)
  • Pamela Schaber and Hilde De Saeger
• (B5) Integrating and Combining Different Test Results to Distinguish Authentic/Credible from Feigned/Non-Credible Clinical and Forensic Presentations (3.5 CEs)
  • Luciano Giromini 
• (B6) Intelligence, Personality Assessment, and Race: Topics at the Intersection Introductory (3.5 CEs)
  • Linda McGhee
• (B1) Introductory Applications and Ethics of Artificial Intelligence for Personality Assessment Practice and Research (3.5 CEs)
  • Adam Natoli and ABM Rezbaul Islam
• (B7) The Use of Narratives in Clinical Practice and Research: Scoring Emotional, Self, and Interpersonal Processes using the SCORS-G (3.5 CEs) 
  • Michelle Stein and Jenelle Slavin-Mulford
• (B8) Thought Disorder and the Rorschach (3.5 CEs) 
  • Martin Leichtman 

Friday | March 15th 

Half-Day Workshops: Afternoon 1:00 pm - 4:15 am (PT)

• (C1) Ethical Forensic Practice: (Some of) What You Need to Know Before Your First Referral (3 CEs)
  • Amanda Fanniff

Sunday | March 17th

Half-Day Workshops: Morning 8:30 am - 12:30 pm (PT)

• (D3) The SPECTRA: Indices of Psychopathology- Introduction, Clinical Application, & Recent Developments (3.5 CEs)
  • Mark Blais

Pricing

Convention Scholarships are now closed. 

*Member pricing is based on individual membership status at the time of the event. At this time, the SPA Annual Convention does not provide the option to join/renew and register in the same transaction. However, you will be given the option to join/renew prior to starting registration when you click the registration link. If you have never been a member and would like to register for the SPA Annual Convention at the member rate, please create a profile and join prior to registering.

In-Person Tickets 

Virtual Tickets 

Half-Day Workshop Tickets 

Full-Day Workshop Tickets

Cancellation Policy: Cancellations will be accepted for the Annual Convention and/or workshop, less a $75 administrative fee, until February 14, 2024. After this date NO REFUNDS will be granted. 

Poster Awards 

All posters have the ability to be judged for the poster awards process, and if you are interested, we just need a PDF or PowerPoint version of your poster by Monday, February 19, 2024. If your poster is not complete by that date that’s OK—just send us your most current draft. We already have your poster abstract on hand from the submission process, and by using that along with the poster itself (either draft or final version), we’ll rate and rank all the posters prior to the convention according to the clarity of the presentation and the method and analyses used.

This year, poster presentations will be set up a bit differently. There will be two posters displayed on each side of the board. We suggest that your printed poster size not exceed 4' x 3.5'.

Poster Evaluation

Hotel Reservations

The Westin San Diego Gaslamp Quarter 

910 Broadway Circle 

San Diego, CA 92101

The Westin San Diego Gaslamp Quarter consistently ranks among the city’s top 10 hotels on TripAdvisor. Recharge and explore downtown San Diego, CA, from our pet-friendly, centrally located hotel. Relax year-round in the San Diego sun with hotel amenities designed to support your well-being. Make a splash in our rooftop pool or take a ride by the bay on our hotel bikes. Elevate your fitness routine with the Peloton bikes and TRX machines in the fitness studio. Grab a cup of coffee to go from Ingredients Café and stroll to nearby attractions, including the Gaslamp District and the picturesque San Diego waterfront. Plan your ideal stay in San Diego, CA, with a reservation at The Westin San Diego Gaslamp Quarter.

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Wild Connections at the San Diego Zoo

Join your fellow convention attendees for food, drink, and fellowship among the Treetops at the the San Diego Zoo. This internationally recognized conservation Zoo is a must stop when visiting San Diego, and attendees of the event will have access to the Zoo from 2-5, and the SPA event will be from 5-9. Transportation to the zoo will be on your own, but it is only 10 minutes away from the SPA convention. Tickets are limited so purchase soon!

Wednesday, March 13th, 2023

The Society for Personality Assessment (SPA) is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. SPA maintains responsibility for this program and its content.

Society for Personality Assessment is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Psychology as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed psychologists #PSY-0218.