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 for Proposal Reviewers Deadline 
• October 9 | SPA Ballot Deadline
• October 15 | SPA Grants Deadline 
• October 15 | Assessment Throwdown Live Competition 
• October 23–25 | 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 | SPA Grand Rounds Season 2 - Multimethod Assessment of Psychosis: What the Clinician Needs to Know (Dr. Ali Khadivi & Dr. Jim Kleiger) 
• November 9 | 2026 SPA Convention Poster Proposal Deadline 
• November 12 | C/TA Interest Group Presents- "The Point Where Everything Meets": Integration of the Crisi Wartegg System (CWS) Across the Stages of Collaborative/Therapeutic Assessment (CTA)
• November 23 | Convention Scholarship Deadline 
• December 3 | SPA Grand Rounds Season 2 - Collaborative Suicide Risk Assessment (Dr. David Jobes)
• December 15 | JPA Special Issue on the Utility of Clinical Personality Assessment Deadline
• January 7 | SPA Grand Rounds Season 2 - The Early Memories Procedure as an Assessment and Therapy Tool that Fosters Therapeutic Change (Dr. Serena Messina) 

Community Events & News 

Trainings, Workshops, Webinars, etc.

• Congress: ISSPD is hosting their 2025 International Congress November 9–11 in Boston. they will have featured assessment talks presented by experts such as Dr. Huprich, Dr. Wright, Dr. Ronningstam, and Dr. Sharp. Click here to learn more about this event. To register, 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/.
• Training: Rorschach Supplementary Scales Training with Dr. Jason M. Smith. This four half-day workshops on zoom will take place on Nov. 6, Nov. 13, Nov. 27, & Dec. 4, 2025. Click here for more information. 
• Training: Complete Crisi Wartegg System (CWS) Online Training Sept.–Nov. 2025 with Drs. Emiliano Muzio and Alessandro Crisi. Click here for more information.  

Other News

• 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

Job Postings

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