December 2025 | Newsletter Reminders

December 17, 2025

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December 22 | Deadline for Grant Recipients to Confirm Acceptance
December 31 | Membership Renewal Deadline
January 4 | Deadline for SPAGS Board Nominations
January 7 | SPA Grand Rounds Season 2 - The Early Memories Procedure as an Assessment and Therapy Tool that Fosters Therapeutic Change (Dr. Serena Messina)
January 14 | Deadline for Early Bird Discounts on SPA Convention Tickets
February 4 | SPA Grand Rounds Season 2 - Ethical Considerations in Psychological Assessment (Dr. Catherine Grus)
March 4 | SPA Grand Rounds Season 2 - The Centrality of Self in Personality Conceptualization: Using the Wartegg to Assess Core Identity Characteristics, Adaptive Capacities, Self-Concept, and Defenses (Dr. Jacob Palm)
March 25–29 | SPA Convention in Toronto, ON
March 26 | SITAR Conference
March 28–29 | MMPI/MPQ Research Symposium

Call for Editor: The APA journal, Personality Disorders: Theory, Research, and Treatment is calling for nominations for Editor. Deadline for nominations is Friday, January 9, 2026! For more information, click here.

Training: Wartegg Level 1 Training: A virtual training sequence for the Crisi Wartegg System (CWS) will begin in September 2025! The CWS is an empirically validated and standardized methodology (administration, scoring, interpretation) for the clinical use of the Wartegg Drawing Completion Test (WDCT)—an easy, efficient, and non-overwhelming performance-based personality measure that can be completed in 5-10 minutes and is appropriate across the lifespan. The CWS is recognized as a valid performance-based personality test that can be used for certification in Therapeutic Assessment. The Level 1 workshop focuses on history and statistical foundations, reviews standardized administration procedures, and builds proficiency in the normative scoring system. Following completion of Level 1, clinicians are able to independently administer the test with clients but require consultation for accurate scoring and interpretation. Levels 2 and 3 of the training sequence (focused on interpretation) are further described in the attached flyer. Online registration can be made at: https://sc-cca-com.3dcartstores.com/.

Survey: The goal of this study is to estimate associations between DSM-IV/5 personality disorders and PID-5 maladaptive trait domains and facets. The study has been preregistered on OSF, click here to complete the survey.

Joint Letter: APA coordinated a letter that was sigened by many researchers, educators, and acadmics of the United States regarding the continued decline in public trust in scientists. A copy of the letter can be found here: https://unitedsciencealliance.org
Request to Contact Policymakers: APA has also organized this action alert to allow individuals to contact policymakers to stop proposed policy changes at NIH that would harm the ability to continue to do research: https://www.votervoice.net/APAAdvocacy/Campaigns/121382/Respond