UGA Counseling Psychology Student Association (CPSA)

Counseling Psychology Student Association - CPSA

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COUNSELING PSYCHOLOGY STUDENT ASSOCIATION CONSTITUTION ARTICLE I: Counseling Psychology Student Association (CPSA) ARTICLE II: The purpose of CPSA is to promote professional development and to enhance the educational process of graduate students enrolled in the Counseling Psychology program at the University of Georgia. CPSA is to serve as a liaison between students and faculty members in order to ensure that the needs and concerns of the students within our department are adequately addressed in accordance with the guidelines established by APA. These goals are to be accomplished through the use of workshops, training programs and opportunities within the community that are related to the principles of counseling psychology. Additionally, current graduate students within the program are encouraged to form professional relationships with incoming students by serving as mentors to students outside of their cohort. ARTICLE III: Membership shall be limited to regularly enrolled graduate students in the Counseling Psychology doctoral program. Membership shall not be denied to any person because of age, race, sex, religion, handicap, sexual orientation or national originage, gender, gender identity, race, ethnicity, culture, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, disability, language, or socioeconomic status. All graduate students in the Counseling Psychology program are required to participate in CPSA. All students who wish to participate will be assigned to a vertical family consisting of members from each cohortmentors. Through this process, students will have the opportunity to participate by engaging in activities with their vertical familiesmentor and by disseminating information regarding program requirements (publishable papers, comprehensive exams, dissertation, etc.) to incoming students. ARTICLE IV: There are no dues required for participation in CPSA. ARTICLE V: The Officers of the CPSA shall consist of a President, a Vice President, a Secretary, and a Treasurer who, with the Adviser to the Organization, shall constitute the Executive or Steering Committee (herein so-called) of CPSA. The Officers of CPSA shall be elected by majority vote of the Members present during a meeting to be called in the seventh week of the spring term for the express purpose of electing the officers. Any Officer of the Organization may resign at any time by delivering a written notice of such resignation to the President, or in the case of the resignation of the President, to the Vice President. Comment [MJM1]: Modified to align with 2002 APA ethics code Comment [MJM2]: Removed mandatory requirement At the next regular meeting following the resignation, an election shall be held to elect an Officer to fill the position made vacant by such resignation. Any Officer of the Organization may be removed from such office by a two-thirds affirmative vote of the members. All student concerns will be addressed initially within CPSA. Once these concerns have been voiced and discussed in CPSA, the president and vice-president will be responsible for expressing these concerns to the faculty during their regularly scheduled faculty meetings and retreats. Students are required to adhere to the structured process of voicing their student concerns in order to ensure that the needs of our students are addressed in a professional and organized manner. CPSA leadership will be responsible for planning and scheduling a variety of speakers and workshops throughout the course of the semester that will facilitate the educational and professional development of the students in the counseling psychology department. ARTICLE VI: CPSA meetings are to be held the last Wednesday of each month at 12:15 pm in Aderhold Hall. Meetings shall be presided over by the President unless he/she is absent, and in that case the Vice President shall preside over the meeting. All Members shall be notified of any Meeting and the nature of the business to be transacted thereat at least one day before such Meeting. No Meeting shall be called with the intent to exclude any one Member or any portion of the Membership. The Executive Committee of the Organization shall meet at least once before any Meeting of the Membership at such time and place to be determined by the President. At such Meetings of the Executive Committee a quorum shall be deemed to be the attendance of any three (3) members of the Executive Committee. ARTICLE VII: The quorum for CPSA is set at 40 percent attendance by members and at least two officers must be present to conduct business. If quorum is not met the current business will be postponed until the next official meeting time. ARTICLE VIII: Amendments shall be presented by any member of the organization. Members shall be notified at least two weeks in advance of a pending vote on an amendment. The amendment shall be read aloud and discussed on the day of the vote and at the meeting two weeks previous. Amendments shall be passed by a two thirds vote of the members present. ARTICLE IX: This Constitution shall have been presented to the Membership of CPSA and shall be ratified by a majority vote thereof. This Constitution may be amended or repealed by a two-thirds (2/3) majority vote of the Members of CPSA BY-LAWS 1. Membership in CPSA is voluntary voluntary. Attendance at monthly meetings is optional. 2. CPSA meetings are to be held the last Wednesday of each month at 12:15 pm in Aderhold Hall. 3. CPSA will include 4 elected positions: president, vice-president, secretary & treasurer. The president and vice-president positions will be filled by students currently in the 2nd and/ or 3rd year of the program while the secretary and treasurer positions will be filled by students in the 1st year. Elections for these positions will be held during each spring semester. 4. All student concerns will be addressed initially within CPSA. Once these concerns have been voiced and discussed in CPSA, the president and vice-president will be responsible for expressing these concerns to the faculty during their regularly scheduled faculty meetings and retreats. Students are required to adhere to the structured process of voicing their student concerns in order to ensure that the needs of our students are addressed in a professional and organized manner. 5. CPSA leadership will be responsible for planning and scheduling a variety of speakers and workshops throughout the course of the semester that will facilitate the educational and professional development of the students in the counseling psychology department. 6. All students wishing to participate will be assigned to a vertical family consisting of members from each cohort. Students who participate in this process will engage in activities with their vertical families by disseminating information regarding program requirements (publishable papers, comprehensive exams, dissertation, etc.) to incoming students. Comment [MJM3]: Changed from mandatory to voluntary

Next CPSA Meeting Wednesday 3/17/2010 12:00 PM The next CPSA meeting will be Wednesday 3/17/2010 at 12:00 PM (location TBD). The third years will discuss internship and comps. March 11, 2010 Categories: Announcements . Tags: meetings . Author: ugacpsa . Comments: Comments Off Internship Match Day Results Internship Match Day Party Heather Dukes, Allie Smith, Jenny Wu, Alessandra Urbano, Cassaundra Govan, Uma Dorn, & Jay Manalo pose for a group photo on Internship Match Day 2/22/2010 for CPSA We are pleased to announce our internship placement results for the 2010 – 2011 year. Congrats everybody! Applicant Site City Uma Dorn Northwest Georgia Consortium Rome, GA Heather Dukes-Murray Child and Adolescent Behavioral Health Canton, OH Jay Manalo Western Carolina University Cullowhee, NC Allie Smith Suffolk University Boston, MA Alessandra Urbano Georgia State University Atlanta, GA Jenny Wu Georgia Tech University Atlanta, GA March 11, 2010 Categories: Announcements . Tags: internship, Match Day . Author: ugacpsa . Comments: Comments Off Dr. Debra Alvis visits CPSA Jessica Brooks & Dr. Debra Alvis CPSA President Jessica Brooks with Dr. Debra Alvis of CAPS Dr. Debra Alvis of UGA’s Counseling & Psychiatric Services (CAPS) was our guest speaker at the Wednesday 2/10/2010 CPSA meeting. She spoke and conducted some experiential exercises with us around the use of mindfulness and meditation in counseling. We thank Dr. Alvis for visiting with us! March 11, 2010 Categories: Uncategorized . Tags: CAPS, Debra Alvis, guest speaker, meetings . Author: ugacpsa . Comments: Comments Off 3rd Annual Counseling Psychology Poster Colloquium 2009 Ashely & Ryan @ poster session Ashley Kirk & Ryan Couillou pose in front of their posters at the 2009 3rd Annual CPSA Counseling Psychology Research Colloquium The 2009 3rd Annual CPSA Counseling Psychology Research Colloquium was held on 11/18/2009 and 12/4/2009. Thanks to all of our student poster presenters as well as Jenny Wu for organizing this event! Abstracts from Poster Session Visit our photos page to see all the photos from both days. December 7, 2009 Categories: Uncategorized . Tags: Announcements, colloquium, poster session . Author: ugacpsa . Comments: Comments Off Dr. Sylvia Knight discusses private practice Dr. Sylvia Knight @ CPSA Dr. Sylvia Knight visits CPSA meeting on 12/2/2009 to discuss private practice At the Wednesday 12/2/2009 CPSA meeting, Dr. Sylvia Knight, a member of the Athens Area Psychological Association and UGA Counseling Psychology program aluma, joined us to discuss private practice in psychology. Thanks very much to Dr. Knight for sharing her experience with us! December 2, 2009 Categories: Uncategorized . Tags: guest speaker, meeting . Author: ugacpsa . Comments: Comments Off Dr. Gerry Koocher’s Visit to UGA Dr. Gerry Koocher’s visit to CPSA and our counseling psychology program on 11/4/2009 was a great success! Dr. Koocher hosted a roundtable discussion with our students and addressed both ethical and professional development issues with the group. We appreciate the opportunity to have met with such a leader in the field and for giving us permission to post the video of his talk online. To see more photos from his visit, please visit our CPSA Photos page. To view the video, click the play button on the embedded video above, or visit our Vimeo page. November 6, 2009 Categories: Announcements . Tags: Announcements, guest speaker, Koocher, meetings, photos . Author: ugacpsa . Comments: Comments Off Team PhDiddy Flag Football Season Results CPSA Counseling Psych Flag Football Team End of Season Photo Team PhDiddy after their season closer: Ashley Kirk, Jon Harvey, Dara Williams, Amy Todey, Ben Snyder, Jessica Brooks, Ryan Couillou, Eckart Werther CPSA Flag football Team PhDiddy ended their season on Wednesday 11/4/2009 with a tough Round 1 tournament loss to Team Finally. Despite the loss, we are proud of our team’s accomplishments this past season! Here are the team’s season results: Regular Season 09/13/2009 Sun 5:30 PM Rec Sports Complex :: Flag Football FIeld 5a MBAHoles 18 5.00 PhDiddy 0 5.00 09/20/2009 Sun 5:30 PM Rec Sports Complex :: Flag Football Field 4b PhDiddy - - Rosemary Youngblood - - 09/27/2009 Sun 5:30 PM Rec Sports Complex :: Flag Football FIeld 5a DSP -1 5.00 PhDiddy 1 5.00 10/04/2009 Sun 5:30 PM Rec Sports Complex :: Flag Football Field 6b Team Alan Taylor 14 5.00 PhDiddy 12 5.00 Tournament 11/02/2009 Mon 9:00 PM Rec Sports Complex :: Flag Football Field 6b PhDiddy 1 5.00 InterVarsity -1 5.00 11/04/2009 Wed 8:00 PM Rec Sports Complex :: Flag Football Field 4a PhDiddy 0 5.00 Finally 42 5.00 View the full schedule, scores, and standings on the UGA Rec Sports website. All games are played at the UGA Intramural Fields/Rec Sports Complex. For more photos of the team, see our Photos page. Go Big Blue! November 6, 2009 Categories: Announcements . Tags: Announcements, flag football, photos . Author: ugacpsa . Comments: Comments Off Dr. Gerry Koocher Roundtable Discussion 11/4/2009 2:30 PM From Dr. Campbell: Gerry Koocher Dr. Gerry Koocher Dr. Gerry Koocher will be visiting CPSA and our program and meeting with students on Wednesday, November 4th from 2:00-4:30. Dr. Koocher is the preeminent expert on ethics and professional development in psychology. He is the author of the most frequently adopted textbook in ethics, “Ethics in Psychology and the Mental Health Professions.” His book is used in our doctoral ethics class. Dr. Koocher is also immediate past president of the American Psychological Association and has published hundreds of articles and book chapters in ethics, pediatric child psychology, and children with chronic illness. All of our CPSA counseling psychology students are encouraged to attend this round table, meet, and talk with Dr. Koocher. This is a very rare opportunity to meet and talk with a leader in our profession. A count of students who can attend will be taken about a week before his visit and at that time, several articles written by Dr. Koocher recently will be circulated so that students may be familiar with his recent work. The location of the meeting will be announced later. October 30, 2009 Categories: Announcements . Tags: guest speaker, Koocher, meeting . Author: ugacpsa . Comments: Comments Off CPSA Meets with Athens Area Psychological Association and Georgia Psychological Association Leaders CPSA meeting with Dr. Lodono-McConnell & Dr. Swagler CPSA Vice President Ashley Kirk, GPA Representative Dr. Angela Lodono-McConnell, AAPA President Dr. Michelle Swagler, President Jessica Brooks, 3rd Year Representative/Past-President Jay Manalo At the October 14, 2009 CPSA meeting, we had the opportunity to meet with two prominent Athens area psychologists, Dr. Angela Lodoño-McConnell and Dr. Michelle Swagler. Dr. Lodoño-McConnell is in private practice in Athens and is chair of the Public Education Committee of the Georgia Psychological Association. Dr. Swagler is also in private practice and is the current president of the Athens Area Psychological Association. We thank them for taking the time to visit us! October 30, 2009 Categories: Announcements . Tags: guest speaker, meetings . Author: ugacpsa . Comments: Comments Off CPSA Counseling Psychology Colloquium/Poster Session 11/18/2009 & 12/4/2009 It’s that time of the year again for our annual counseling psychology colloquium! Attached file is the guideline and proposal forms for your poster session submission. This year, we will have the colloquium on 2 dates (11/18 and 12/4). However the deadline is the same (11/6). Make sure to indicate which date you want to present your poster on your proposal form. Although this colloquium is a requirement for the 2nd year cohort to present their publishable papers, all students are encourage to present at this student-friendly colloquium. This is a great place to get feedback from your colleagues and faculty members. It is also a great place to practice your presentation before going off to the national conferences. For those of you who are not planning to present, please mark the dates on your calender and prepare to participate in the colloquium. Your colleague would appreciate your support and feedback. Thanks, Jenny October 30, 2009 Categories: Announcements . Tags: colloquium, conference, poster session . Author: ugacpsa . Comments: Comments Off