If you work with or are a student of personality or psychological assessments, the SPA Annual Workshops & Convention is where your peers, mentors, and thought leaders gather to advance the field. This is the only event dedicated entirely to assessment—offering in-depth sessions on tools like the MMPI, Rorschach, PAI, and performance-based methods, along with cutting-edge research, case-focused presentations, and practical applications. Whether you’re a student, clinician, or researcher, you'll walk away with insights you can immediately apply—and a network of people who share your passion for understanding personality in all its complexity.
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Click here to access our schedule at a glance. As we finalize details, we will publish a program book that will be updated periodically as we get closer to the convention. If you have any questions, please visit our FAQ page or contact us at info@personality.org.
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The Society for Personality Assessment is responding to the call for action from our membership to foster equity, inclusion, and social justice in our work as assessment psychologists. Our goal is to encourage work that applies to groups who are not typically represented in assessment research, presentations, and dialogues. This special track will be a home base and a launchpad for infusing the entire conference with energy and momentum towards these goals. Please be prepared to present and/or attend with a curious, positive and non-shaming attitude. All are welcome to participate.
Programs requested will be proposals that include systematically oppressed groups in their study, that extend the application of a test to other populations such as through translation to another language or establishment or new/updated norms, theoretical programs based on assessment with non-dominant groups or proposals that foster discussion of equity, inclusion, and social justice values and issues as they apply to assessment psychology.
Equity means that everyone gets what they need to succeed (Project READY, 2021). Inclusion is reflected in “organizational strategies and practices that promote meaningful social and academic interactions among persons and groups who differ in their experiences, their views, and their traits” (Tienda, 2013, p. 467). Social justice “is the virtue which guides us in creating those organized human interactions we call institutions. In turn, social institutions, when justly organized, provide us with access to what is good for the person, both individually and in our associations with others. Social justice also imposes on each of us a personal responsibility to collaborate with others...[and] to design and continually perfect our institutions as tools for personal and social development” (Center for Economic and Social Justice, 2021).
Featured Lecturers
ABSTRACTS COMING SOON!
Thursday, March 26
5:30PM–6:30PM
Bruno Klopfer Award Lecture
Dr. John Kurtz
Friday, March 27
5:15PM–6:15PM
Reflections on the Measurement and Nomological Network of Wisdom
Dr. Marc Fournier
Saturday, March 28
11:30AM–12:00PM
From Self-Erasing to Standing True – Same Trait, Different Function
Åse-Line Baltzersen
Workshops
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Wednesday
Morning Half-Day Workshops
(A1) | Applying the Personality Inventory for DSM-5 (PID-5) and the DSM-5 Alternative Model of Personality Disorders (AMPD) in Clinical Settings–(Dr. Bob Krueger, Dr. Tanya Freedland, & Dr. Kelsey Hobbs-Matteson)
This four-hour workshop will focus specifically on how to apply the DSM-5's Alternative Model of Personality Disorders (AMPD) in clinical practice. The emphasis will be on novel case material (new for 2026) and practical clinical issues in assessment and case conceptualization. In 2024, the American Psychiatric Association published the official manual for the Personality Inventory for DSM-5 (PID-5), the instrument designed to assess maladaptive personality traits within the AMPD framework. Thus, the focus of the workshop is timely, and specific attention will be devoted to familiarizing attendees with the contents of the PID-5 manual and practical aspects of applying the PID-5 in clinical personality assessment.
(A2) | Assessing for Personality Pathology, Bias, and Extreminism in Police & Public Safety Applicants–(Dr. Casey Stewart)
Preemployment psychological evaluations (PPEs) of prospective police and public safety personnel, like all competent forensic investigative/assessment endeavors, require a multi-method approach and following the analytical model of scientific parsimony. Legally mandated in most state in the United States, PPEs of police applicants consists of psychological testing, formal life history data collection, a psychological/behavioral interview, and the harvesting of other collateral/supplemental information. Data relevance, formal assessment frameworks, and valid and reliable assessment tools inform the application of mechanical decision rules. Emerging technologies have advanced the science and practice of PPEs on numerous fronts, from enhancing data collection strategies to increasing capacity for more complex analytics (e.g., combining data and detecting historically obscured patterns of problematic data) to examining digital fingerprints/footprints (e.g., social media activity) for activities revealing high risk factors, such as radical extremism and bias/prejudice.
(A3) | Bloodspots and Inkblots: Using Rorschach's Test in Forensic Murder Case Assessments-Theory, Concepts, Classifications, & Case Presentations–(Dr. Reneau Kennedy & Dr. Nancy Kaser-Boyd)
Murder is a legal construct that describes the illegal taking of a human life. Although the act is interpersonal, it may only have intrapersonal meaning for the offender. The underlying meaning of murder cannot be clearly understood without a study of the agent who commits the act. This workshop will demonstrate how Rorschach’s Test has been used to evaluate the psychological structure and personality functioning of individuals who have killed. After providing a description of organizing concepts for understanding types of homicidal behaviors, the presenters--senior forensic psychologists and advanced Rorschach clinicians--will present Rorschach Test data and protocols to illuminate personality characteristics-- self and object relations as well as cognitive and affective functioning--in those who have killed. Case examples will be used to illustrate the power of Rorschach’s Test for developing a clinical and forensic understanding of homicide and those who commit the acts, with direct application to clinical and forensic personality assessment.
(A4) | Integrating and Combining Different Test Results to Distinguish Authentic/Credible From Feigned/Noncredible Clinical & Forensic Presentations–(Dr. Luciano Giromini & Dr. Laszlo Erdodi)
Distinguishing whether the cognitive, somatic, and/or psychiatric problems reported by an assessee are authentic/credible or feigned/noncredible is one of the main tasks of forensic evaluators. Several instruments have been developed for this purpose, including symptom validity tests (SVTs), which assess the credibility of self-reported symptoms and will be the focus of this half-day workshop, and performance validity tests (PVTs), which assess the credibility of observed scores on cognitive tests. Like PVTs, SVTs also can either be embedded in broader and more complex instruments or serve as free-standing measures whose purpose is specifically to assess the credibility of the clinical presentation. Among the best-known examples of embedded SVTs are the validity scales focusing on negative response bias of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI-2-RF / MMPI-3) and Personality Assessment Inventory (PAI). As for free-standing SVTs, the Structured Inventory of Malingered Symptoms (SIMS) and the Inventory of Problems – 29 (IOP-29) are probably among the best known examples. Because the results of these different validity tests are often inconsistent with each other, it would be advisable to use an evidence-based method to integrate and combine the results of multiple SVTs. After attending this half-day workshop, participants will be able to select the most empirically supported cutoff scores for a large number of widely used SVTs and apply psychometrically sound algorithms for combining and integrating results from different administered SVTs.
Full-Day Workshops
(A5) | An Introduction to Therapeutic Assessment with Adolescents–(Dr. Raja David & Dr. Pamela Schaber)
Therapeutic Assessment with Adolescents (TA-A) is a semi-structured form of collaborative assessment developed by Dr. Stephen Finn and influenced by the work of Connie Fischer and Len Handler (Finn, 2007; Fantini et al., 2022). Psychological testing is not only used for diagnosis, treatment planning, and outcome evaluation, but also as the centerpiece of a brief therapeutic intervention with adolescents and their families. TA-A is especially helpful at the adolescent stage of development, as teens are forming their identities for adulthood and developing their self-narratives (Tharinger et al., 2013). TA-A can be a ripe opportunity to help teens develop more accurate, compassionate narratives. Since it actively involves parents and caregivers, TA-A can also help families make systemic changes and see their teens more accurately and compassionately. This workshop will detail the underlying theories, structure, and supporting research of TA-A. Participants will be exposed to the different steps that are part of the model and come to appreciate how to develop questions to be answered through testing, and how to explore test results to build insight. As the steps of the model are explained, clinical vignettes, including video and test data, will bring TA-A to life. Participants will come to understand important aspects of the model that they can use to enhance client care.
(A6) | Multi-Method Assessment of Suicide Risk & Clinical Case Review–(Dr. Ali Khadivi & Dr. James Kleiger)
Understanding and evaluating the risk of suicide is a crucial skill for assessment psychologists. The focus of this intermediate workshop is to provide an updated, practical, and evidence-based approach to suicide risk assessment.
In addition to examining the evidence-based literature on suicide risk assessment, the workshop focuses on utilizing and integrating clinical interviews with MMPI-3, PAI-PLUS, and the Rorschach (R-PAS and CS) in suicide risk evaluation.
This workshop employs a lecture format with slides, case examples, and audience participation to examine suicide risk factors in different settings and contexts and to illustrate how to conduct a suicide preventive evaluation. Our discussion highlights:
- Diversity related to suicide risk,
- the significance of suicide risk formulation,
- the limitation of suicidal ideation as a risk factor,
- effective use of self-report and performance-based measures in suicide risk assessment
- psychosis and suicide risk,
- countertransference in assessing suicide risk, and
- the use of suicide contracts.
Additionally, we discuss the strengths and limitations of psychological testing instruments and other specialized tools in assessing suicide risk.
Goals and Objectives:
- Participants will be able to discuss two limitations of suicidal ideation as a risk factor.
- Participants will be able to list two strengths of multi-scale personality measures in the assessment of suicide risk.
- Participants will be able to explain two conditions under which a suicide protective factor could become a risk factor.
- Participants will be able to make two key distinctions between Risk Status and Risk State.
- Participants will be able to describe three conceptual approaches to the use of the Rorschach in suicide risk assessment.
(A7) | The Bot Joins Here: Implementing AI-Assisted Narrative Assessment in Psychological Research and Practice–(Dr. Caleb Siefert & Dr. Barry Dauphin)
Narrative assessment can assist in the assessment of motivation, unconscious processes, relational patterns, and psychological dynamics. Narrative methods can be used in multi-method personality assessment to complement data from interviews and self-report. However, these methods face significant practical barriers (e.g., training raters and rating narratives can take months). Resource limitations may push researchers away from these approaches. This workshop demonstrates and reviews steps researchers can take to implement artificial intelligence (AI) to assist in narrative rating. Workshop attendees will get hands-on experience practice in creating Generative AI bots, developing system prompts, generating synthetic narratives (for prompt refinement), using multiple AI families, and using systematic steps to assess validity and reliability. Additionally, they will learn about important ethical considerations regarding consent and confidentiality. This workshop is intended for researchers, clinicians, and educators interested in personality assessment. The workshop requires no prior programming experience or experience with AI. We welcome participants at all levels of technological familiarity. The presenters will provide an overview of AI and will review steps for developing, refining, and validating AI assistants using systematic approaches. Workshop attendees will get hands-on practice with prompt development and refinement, bot assessment, synthetic narrative generation, and bot validation. Attendees will be required to have a Poe.com subscription. Depending on plan, Poe.com costs between $10-$30 (per month). This will grant attendees access to several AI families and web-based hosting for AI bot development.
Afternoon Half-Day Workshops
(A8) | Applying the MMPI-3 in Presurgical Psychological Evaluations–(Dr. Ryan Marek)
Dr. Ryan Marek will discuss the use of the MMPI-3 in presurgical psychological evaluations of persons seeking a spinal procedure and metabolic and bariatric surgery (MBS). Current practices of presurgical psychological evaluations will be discussed. Following, the research that supports use of the MMPI-3 in these higher-risk interventions will then be discussed. Case illustrations will then be presented where the newest, empirically based MMPI-3 report, the Spinal Procedure Candidate Interpretive Report (SPCIR), will be shown and demonstrate how it will assist in accurately and efficiently evaluating patients seeing spinal surgical procedures.
(A9) | Beyond the Wall of Reason: A Journey Through Attachment, Emotion, and Healing with the Early Memories Procedure–(Dr. Serena Messina, Dr. Filippo Aschieri, & Dr. Diane Santas)
One of the central aims of clinical work—whether in psychotherapy or psychological assessment—is to help clients connect with their emotional experiences. This emotional access is often the gateway to understanding the roots of suffering, developing self-compassion, and building the strength necessary for growth and change. Yet, for many clients, this work is complicated by entrenched defenses that protect them from emotional pain. These are often deactivating defenses—protective strategies that mute emotional expression and distance clients from vulnerable states.
This advanced-level workshop will explore deactivating defenses from an attachment theory perspective, with a focus on how these defenses emerge, function adaptively, and—at times—become maladaptive. The presenters will reflect on clients’ “dilemma of change”, and the forces that make it difficult for clients to embrace a change. Drawing from the conceptual framework of the Adult Attachment Projective Picture System (AAP; George & West, 2012), we will review common deactivating strategies such as intellectualization, normalization, rationalization, compartmentalization, minimization, overemphasis on independence or achievement, and emotional numbing.
The workshop will then demonstrate how the Early Memories Procedure (EMP; Bruhn, 1992) can be used as a clinically powerful tool to explore and soften these defenses both in the context of a psychological assessment as well as therapy. The EMP is a brief, narrative-based assessment method that offers deep insight into clients’ world view, including attachment defense, unspoken conflicts, and adaptations. Through real clinical cases, participants will learn to identify subtle markers of defenses, generate attachment-informed hypotheses, and use clients’ early memories to create therapeutic bridges that invite emotion and help make meaning of current struggles. Furthermore, attendees will be able to reflect on their own deactivation defenses and on the countertransference that they experience when they work with clients who employ strong deactivation defenses.
Importantly, this workshop will not only present theory and case material—it will immerse attendees in experiential learning through video segments, structured role-play, and small group discussion. Participants will have the opportunity to practice identifying deactivating defenses in the Early Memories Procedure, reflect on case conceptualization and clinical interventions, as well as their own countertransference.
This workshop is considered advanced due to its focus on the integration of narratives as they emerge in the Early Memories Procedure and the attachment frameworks, and its emphasis on experiential methods that foster skill development and self-reflection in clinicians.
(A10) | Contemporary Integrative Interpersonal Assessment and Case Formulation–(Dr. Christopher Hopwood)
In this workshop, sponsored by the Society for Interpersonal Theory and Research, Dr. Hopwood will present the assumptions of Contemporary Integrative Interpersonal Theory, walk attendees through the interpretation of multisurface interpersonal circumplex data, and illustrate the use of contemporary integrative interpersonal assessment for case formulation at the beginning and during psychotherapy. The presentation will describe the features of interpersonal situations, including motives, affects, perceptions, and behaviors. Strategies will be described for how these features can be measured across different levels of analysis and time (including as dispositions, across situations, and within situations). The presentation will also discuss how dynamic concepts such as complementarity and developmental copy processes can support case formulation.
(A11) | Neuropsychological Rorschach Assessment: Empirical Research and Clinical Applications–(Dr. Emiliano Muzio, Dr. Luciano Giromini, & Dr. Philip Keddy)
Our wokshop is designed to help assessors expand their toolkit and broaden the scope of Rorschach use to include the assessment of psychological functioning in neurocognitive and neurodevelopmental disorders. We first provide an overview of neurocognitively correlated variables, beginning with the seminal work of Hermann Rorschach and Zygmunt Piotrowski's 10 "organic signs". In our overview, we divide neurocognitively correlated Rorschach variables into four broad categories: (1) variables related to adaptive coping resources and the capacity to mentalize; (2) variables related to perceptual-cognitive sophistication and complexity; (3) variables related to psychotic phenomena; and (4) additional neuropsychologically correlated variables. Next, we provide an overview of neuroimaging and psychophysiological studies using the Rorschach, as well as an overview of studies describing Rorschach performance in a range of neurocognitive and neurodevelopmental disorders, such as dementia, traumatic brain injury, attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder, autism spectrum disorder, and other conditions. Finally, we provide assessors with guidelines for interpreting neurocognitively correlated Rorschach variables, and present two brief case illustrations showing how the Rorschach can be used from a neuropsychological perspective. We will also provide an extensive list of recommended reading materials relevant to neuropsychological Rorschach assessment.
(A12) | Teaching & Supervising Psychological Assessment: Using a Social Justice Approach–(Dr. Hadas Pade & Dr. Alea Holman)
This workshop identifies common challenges in teaching and supervising psychological assessment, including discussing its complex, paradoxical history while also teaching explicit skills and grappling with critical social justice issues. The workshop will review and critique the assessment and multicultural benchmarks expected as part of clinical training towards practicum, internship, and eventually clinical practice. Particular focus is on establishing a social justice-oriented training environment and teaching/supervising approach. Participants will be introduced to a variety of activities that help incorporate cultural humility in the teaching and learning process. Participants will explore ways to assess for both their own culturally-related skills, as well as the skills of their students/trainees. The workshop will allow space for discussion and sharing expertise among participants and presenters to strengthen assessment training and services that support justice and empowerment for diverse clients.
(A13) | Turning Numbers into Narratives: Crafting Effective Psychological Reports and Delivering Impactful Feedback Part 1–(Dr. Connor Adams & Dr. Madeleine Starin)
THIS IS A TWO PART WORKSHOP, PART 2 WILL BE HELD THURSDAY MORNING.
This workshop focuses on clinical applications of multimethod test data across different applied settings. The workshop will highlight how to transform test data into meaningful assessment reports and feedback sessions. A multi-method assessment approach will be emphasized and various types of data (e.g. structural, thematic, and behavioral) will be defined and utilized. The workshop will use two practice cases, a forensic case example involving trauma and a psychiatric outpatient case involving psychosis, to illustrate concepts and practice application. Additionally, the needs of different clinical settings and patient populations will be emphasized, with attention to cultural considerations when selecting assessments, writing reports, and delivering feedback. The workshop will walk attendees through the process of taking raw assessment data and translating the data into personalized, tailored case conceptualizations. Then, we will discuss how to translate the case conceptualization into a well written assessment report, offering guidance on writing Personality Functioning, Diagnostic Impressions, and Summary sections. The workshop will then focus on guiding audience members through writing clear, effective, and highly personalized recommendations. The workshop will wrap up with a focus on delivering feedback. Audience members will be introduced to several approaches to structuring feedback sessions, ways to make feedback “stick,” and considerations for tailoring feedback to land with the individual. Empirical literature will be referenced throughout to support the practices used, and attendee discussion, participation, and applied practice of techniques taught will be highly encouraged. This was offered last year in a half-day format, although has been tailored for a full day workshop to foster better pacing, increased attendee engagement and allow time for thoughtful discussion.
Thursday
Morning Half-Day Workshops
(B1) | Enhancing Psychoeducational Evaluations: Incorporating Personality Instruments for Deeper Insight into Student Needs–(Dr. Tayla Lee & Dr. Janay Sander)
This intermediate workshop highlights how personality assessment instruments, using the MMPI-A-RF as an exemplar, can enhance the scope and impact of psychoeducational assessments. Although psychoeducational evaluations are often conducted to assist with high-stakes decisions, these assessments frequently rely on tools that emphasize recent, observable indicators of functioning (Lockwood, et al., 2022; Oakland, 2016). As a result, evaluators may miss critical information about students’ experiences of psychopathology and their standing on key dispositional vulnerabilities, both of which shape how students perceive, engage with, and respond to the academic environment (Flanagan, 2007). The MMPI-A-RF is a broadband personality and psychopathology instrument designed for adolescents that offers psychometrically rigorous, dimensional data aligned with modern models of mental health and personality (Archer et al., 2016; Lee et al., 2024, Stokes et al., 2018). Despite its clinical utility, the MMPI-A-RF is rarely used in schools, in part to practical concerns and limited training opportunities (Lockwood, et al., 2022; Oakland, 2016). This workshop addresses these gaps by helping practitioners understand how the MMPI-A-RF can enhance the accuracy, depth, and utility of psychoeducational evaluations. Through a blend of didactic instruction, case-based illustration, and guided interpretation, participants will learn how MMPI-A-RF data can clarify diagnostic impressions, support classification decisions, and guide development of individualized support planning within tiered service models. The workshop will also explore practical and ethical considerations related to using instruments like the MMPI-A-RF in school settings. Attendees will leave better equipped to integrate MMPI-A-RF data with other sources (e.g., academic, cognitive, behavioral), thereby strengthening their ability to construct comprehensive case conceptualizations and make informed, equitable decisions in school-based evaluations.
(B2) | Integrating the Social Cognition and Object Relations Scale-Global Rating Method (SCORS-G) into the Psychological Assessment Process: Scoring and Interpretative Strategies–(Dr. Michelle Stein & Dr. Jennelle Slavin-Mulford)
There continues to be a growing need in the psychology field to create measures that quantify qualitative data in dynamically rich and meaningful ways. Within the personality assessment and psychotherapy process and outcome empirical literature, the Social Cognition and Object Relations Scale-Global Rating Method (SCORS-G) has become one of the most commonly used clinician-rated measures to code object relational content via narrative material. This INTRODUCTORY workshop will teach participants how to score and interpret TAT protocols and integrate this information within a multi-method battery. Overall, this will be an interactive seminar and applicable to those with various levels of training.
(B3) | Using Performance-Based Tests to Help Clients Heal Unsolved Trauma–(Dr. Stephen Finn)
For years it has been known that performance-based tests--such as the Rorschach, Wartegg Drawing Completion Test, Adult Attachment Projective Picture System, Early Memory Procedure, and Thematic Apperception Test—are particularly sensitive to eliciting clients’ unresolved traumas, either via the content of their responses or in their comportment during the assessment situation. Recent brain research explains how and why performance-based tests elicit traumatic memories and emotions and provides insights into how to use such events to help clients heal. Dr. Finn will summarize the research in this area and teach the necessary elements for using performance-based tests therapeutically, including how to keep clients safe while doing this work. He will illustrate his points with case examples and videos of actual clients doing multiple performance-based tests. Participants will also work in small groups to try collaborative assessment techniques known to facilitate therapeutic change.
Objectives:
Participants will be able to:
- Summarize current neurobiological research on the power of performance-based tests to elicit unresolved trauma
- List ways to keep clients within the window of tolerance while using projective tests therapeutically
- Explain at least two techniques for using material from performance-based tests therapeutically
- Practice using performance-based tests therapeutically during role plays
(B4) | Turning Numbers into Narratives: Crafting Effective Psychological Reports and Delivering Impactful Feedback Part 2–(Dr. Connor Adams & Dr. Madeleine Starin)
THIS IS A TWO PART WORKSHOP, PART 1 WILL BE HELD WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.
This workshop focuses on clinical applications of multimethod test data across different applied settings. The workshop will highlight how to transform test data into meaningful assessment reports and feedback sessions. A multi-method assessment approach will be emphasized and various types of data (e.g. structural, thematic, and behavioral) will be defined and utilized. The workshop will use two practice cases, a forensic case example involving trauma and a psychiatric outpatient case involving psychosis, to illustrate concepts and practice application. Additionally, the needs of different clinical settings and patient populations will be emphasized, with attention to cultural considerations when selecting assessments, writing reports, and delivering feedback. The workshop will walk attendees through the process of taking raw assessment data and translating the data into personalized, tailored case conceptualizations. Then, we will discuss how to translate the case conceptualization into a well written assessment report, offering guidance on writing Personality Functioning, Diagnostic Impressions, and Summary sections. The workshop will then focus on guiding audience members through writing clear, effective, and highly personalized recommendations. The workshop will wrap up with a focus on delivering feedback. Audience members will be introduced to several approaches to structuring feedback sessions, ways to make feedback “stick,” and considerations for tailoring feedback to land with the individual. Empirical literature will be referenced throughout to support the practices used, and attendee discussion, participation, and applied practice of techniques taught will be highly encouraged. This was offered last year in a half-day format, although has been tailored for a full day workshop to foster better pacing, increased attendee engagement and allow time for thoughtful discussion.
Sunday
Morning Half-Day Workshop
(D1) | The MACI-II: Assessment to Intervention with Adolescents from the Millon Perspective–(Dr. Robert Tringone)
Full-Day Workshop
(D2) | Further Understanding the Bipolar Spectrum: Assessing Manic-Depressive Personalities Using a Psychodynamic Analysis of Speech–(Dr. Odile Husain & Dr. Yanick Pellerin)
Deep Dives
ABSTRACTS COMING SOON!- Deep Dive registration is included in convention registration.
Reimagining Personality Assessment Training: Teaching Ethical and Effective AI Use–(Dr. Ksera Dyette & Dr. Douglas Roberts)
Teaching and Practicing Advanced Integrative Assessment, Conceptualization, and Treatment Planning–(Dr. Radhika Krishnamurthy & Dr. Steven Smith)
LEAF (Lived Experience and Families) on the Process of Assessment–(Dr. Sharon Nelson & Panelist)
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