APTC has a tradition of building our members up, making the
most of our individual and shared skills, and strengthening
Training Clinics from the inside out. In February 2014, APTC
will convene for our Annual Conference, Today’s Psychology
Clinic Director – Leadership in a World of Constant Change.
Attending the Annual Meeting is about more than CEs and
tropical locale. You will take home practical tools that have
meaningful impact in your own clinic. (I noticed a stark
contrast recently when I attended a day-long Risk Management
course. I did get 6 pricey CEs, but I also got high-blood
pressure and heightened symptoms of anxiety.) Thanks to
President-Elect Tony Cellucci, we are fortunate to have Dr.
Nadine Kaslow as the keynote speaker. Her talk,
Transformational Leadership for the Future of Professional
Psychology Education and Training, is sure to be inspiring.
She is also offering a special roundtable to discuss her
Pipeline Initiative-- Opening Doors Summit: Facilitating
Transitions from Doctoral Education to First Job. But
wait, there’s more! It’s election season, and I can say with
confidence that we are running far better than the Fed. Time
to share your skills with the group and consider running for
APTC Executive Office or joining a service committee. Serving
on an APTC committee is a wonderful way to benefit and
contribute at the same time. I got recruited to make an APTC
brochure at my very first Annual Meeting. Creating the
brochure allowed me to get to know the group history and many
of our awesome founding members. Plus, we had a nifty color
tri-fold that was, inevitably, replaced by superior technology
in about 6 months. (Oh well!)
Camaraderie
has been a central draw to APTC for me over the years. More
and more, I find that exposure to other Clinic Directors has
helped me continuously find new avenues to pursue at work. My
hope being that this enriches the graduate students’ training
experiences and that, collectively, we enrich the field as a
whole. It’s easy to feel isolated as a Clinic Director. So,
come to the 2014 meeting in sunny Puerto Rico to see old
friends and make new ones.
