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November 2025 | Newsletter Reminders
November 2025 | Newsletter Reminders

Reminders | Community Events & News | Job Postings Reminders November 23 | Convention Scholarship Deadline November 30 | Member Survey Deadline December 1 | CTA Interest Group Student Research Grant Deadline December 1 | Deadline for Apply for VISA Grant December 1 | JPA Special Issue... Continue Reading

Date posted11/21/2025


November 2025 | Newsletter Updates
November 2025 | Newsletter Updates

Psychoanalytic Webinar | Grand Rounds | 2026 SPA Convention | CTA Webinar | Scholarships | JPA Special Issue-CPA | Community Events & News | Job Postings Psychoanalytic Interest Group Presents- When Psychodiagnosticians Wishes Their Patient Had Testing: Hoops, Pitfalls, and End... Continue Reading

Date posted11/3/2025


October 2025 | Newsletter Reminders
October 2025 | Newsletter Reminders

Reminders | Community Events & News | Job Postings Reminders October 24–25 | Expert Insights Virtual Conference November 4 | Psychoanalytic Interest Group Presents- When a Psychodisgnostician Wishes Their Therapy Patient Had Testing: Hoops, Pitfalls, and End Results November 5 |... Continue Reading

Date posted10/23/2025


Phebe K. Cramer
Phebe K. Cramer

Phebe K. Cramer was a consummate researcher, clinician, administrator, and athlete. Her most notable contribution as a psychologist was the creation and validation of a model of defense mechanism development and 30+ years of experimental, longitudinal, and cross-sectional research providing... Continue Reading

Date posted10/7/2025


October 2025 | Newsletter Updates
October 2025 | Newsletter Updates

2026 SPA Convention | SPA Ballot | Psychoanalytic Webinar | Grand Rounds | Assessment Throwdown | SPA Grants | Expert Insights | CTA Webinar | Scholarships | JPA Special Issue-CPA | Community Events & News | Job Postings 2026 SPA Convention Deadlines Vary We're accepting workshop, general... Continue Reading

Date posted10/2/2025


September 2025 | Newsletter Reminders
September 2025 | Newsletter Reminders

Reminders | Community Events & News | Job Postings Reminders September 30 | JPA Special Issue on DEISJ Call for Papers Deadline October 1 | SPA Grand Rounds Season 2 - Assessment of Dissociation (Dr. Eve Carlson) October 6 | 2026 SPA Convention General Proposal Deadline October 6 | Call... Continue Reading

Date posted09/22/2025


September 2025 | Newsletter Updates
September 2025 | Newsletter Updates

2026 SPA Convention | Grand Rounds | JPA Special Issue-DEISJ | SPA Grants | Expert Insights | JPA Special Issue-CPA Community Events & News | Job Postings 2026 SPA Convention Deadlines Vary We're accepting workshop, general convention programming, and poster proposals for the 2026 SPA... Continue Reading

Date posted09/4/2025


August 2025 | Newsletter Reminders
August 2025 | Newsletter Reminders

Reminders | Community Events & News | Job Postings Reminders August 25 | SPA Awards Deadline September 3 | SPA Grand Rounds Season 2 - Bridging Neuropsychology with Psychoanalytic Treatment Planning September 30 | JPA Special Issue on DEISJ Call for Papers Deadline October 1 | SPA Grand... Continue Reading

Date posted08/25/2025


August 2025 | Newsletter Updates
August 2025 | Newsletter Updates

2026 SPA Convention| Assessment Throwdown | SPA Awards | Grand Rounds | JPA Special Issue | SPA Grants | Expert Insights | Community Events & News | Job Postings 2026 SPA Convention Proposal Deadlines Vary We're accepting workshop, general convention programming, and poster proposals for... Continue Reading

Date posted08/6/2025


July 2025 | Newsletter Reminders
July 2025 | Newsletter Reminders

Reminders | Community Events & News | Job Postings Reminders July 29 | Assessment of Behavioral and Social-Emotional Functioning Children (Dr. Vincent C. Alfonso, Miriam W. Carlson, & Ridge Joseph Bynum) | 1 CE July 31 | Assessment Throwdown Application Deadline August 12 | 2026 SPA... Continue Reading

Date posted07/25/2025


July 2025 | Newsletter Updates
July 2025 | Newsletter Updates

Culture in Assessment | SPA Grants | Expert Insights | 2026 SPA Convention | Community Events & News | Job Postings Culture in Assessment Webinar Series February 14–July 29 This webinar series is presented by SPA and the Society for Clinical Psychology, Division 12 of American... Continue Reading

Date posted07/3/2025


Culture, Complexity, Context: Skills and Applications at the Limits of Assessment Practice
Culture, Complexity, Context: Skills and Applications at the Limits of Assessment Practice

Psychological assessors face unique challenges conducting assessments across a range of cultural contexts. Even when standard indicators of reliability and validity for use of a measure with a particular patient are present, it continues to be important to interpret assessments and their results... Continue Reading

Date posted06/13/2025