Monitor on Psychology - April 2012 - (Page 78)

NEW JOURNAL EDITOR Solving global challenges The editor of the Journal of Psychotherapy Integration will encourage a science-practice dialogue. BY A MY NOVOTNEY patients actively create the very interpersonal n his clinical and research work with conditions that bring about their psychiatric seriously disturbed and economically symptoms. In his clinical work, therefore, he disadvantaged adolescents and young often works hardest to assess, and short-circuit, adults, Golan Shahar, PhD, draws on multiple these vicious interpersonal cycles, tailoring his clinical perspectives and research methods treatments based on each patient’s individual to understand how and why his patients are needs. predisposed to psychiatric problems. Shahar, Shahar will foster communication among a psychology professor at Israel’s Ben-Gurion clinicians, researchers and theorists through University of the Negev, also embraces both Dr. Shahar a series of special issues that will focus on office-based treatment and community crime and poverty, discrimination, terrorism and chronic practice. With such a background, it’s no surprise that illness, among other global concerns. The issues will address Shahar’s goal as the new editor of the Journal of Psychotherapy these common problems from a variety of research and clinical Integration is to highlight research that transcends single-theory perspectives in order to identify common approaches and to approaches to psychotherapy and behavior change. encourage innovative thinking. “These are wonderful avenues “I want readers to feel that the journal is pushing their for a research-practice-policy dialogue, with a particular intellectual and professional envelope … and instilling reference to psychotherapy integration,” Shahar says. enthusiasm in them to identify similarities across theoretical Above all, Shahar says his goal as incoming editor is to make perspectives,” says Shahar, who began editing the journal in JPI a “not-to-be-missed” publication. “I want readers to ... use January. science and practice to inspire and empower each other.” n The best way to bring together various clinical theories, says Shahar, is to bring together clinical practice and empirical data. Amy Novotney is a writer in Chicago. In his own research, for example, Shahar has discovered that 78 MONITOR ON PSYCHOLOGY • APRIL 2012 I

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Monitor on Psychology - April 2012

Monitor on Psychology - April 2010
Letters
President’s Column
Contents
From the CEO
Internship Shortage Continues
Mental Health Services Remain Scarce at Community Colleges
Apa Weighs in on the Constitutionality of Life Without Parole for Juvenile Offenders
Apa Praises Court’s Support for Equality
New Mobile App Answers Psychologists’ Clinical Questions
Nih Offers Free Web Resources for Psychologist Researchers
New and Improved Psyclink
In Brief
Government Relations Update
Time Capsule
Questionnaire
Random Sample
Judicial Notebook
Early Career Psychology
Psychologist Profile
Coal Miners’ Dilemma
The Science of Political Advertising
Science Watch
Science Directions
More Support Needed for Trauma Interventions
The Case Against Spanking
Innovative Psychology at the High School Level
Speaking of Education
Apa Divisions Reach Out to New Psychologists
New Journal Editors
A Home Base for Multiple Fields
Division Spotlight
American Psychological Foundation
Awards and Funding Opportunities
Personalities

Monitor on Psychology - April 2012