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Published on Monday, May 17, 2021


The events of 2020-2021 - global pandemic, racial pandemic, social inequities, and continued divisions have illustrated how much work there is needed to mitigate the impact of the pandemics and systemic racism and inequality. In order to further this critical work, the Association of Psychology Postdoctoral and Internship Centers’ (APPIC) board of directors put forth two calls to action to the Health Service Psychology (HSP) education and training community. We were very pleased with the strong response to our request for proposals and are delighted to share the following list of successful proposals.   



  • A Preliminary Study on the Effectiveness of a Racial Trauma Support Group – Counseling and Psychological Services at Carnegie Mellon University

  • Podcast: Clinical Supervisors Suggestions for Responding and Supporting Supervisees' Distress during Political Unrest, COVID-19, and Black Lives Matter – Chicago School of Professional Psychology

  • Training Diversity Dialogue Facilitators in Health Care Settings – Emory University School of Medicine 
  • Practice Anti-Racism Clinically (Practice ARC) – Oklahoma State University Clinical Psychology Program

  • Development and Evaluation of Culturally Competent Intake and Case Conceptualization Tools for Clinical Psychology Training Programs – Purdue University

  • Psych Stats in R: Open, Accessible, ReCentered – Department of Clinical Psychology, Seattle Pacific University

  • Podcast: Clinical Supervisors Suggestions for Responding and Supporting Supervisees' Distress during Political Unrest, COVID-19, and Black Lives Matter – Chicago School of Professional Psychology
    • Sue H. Bae, Ph.D.
    • Kristin V. Kenefick, Psy.D.
    • Cynthia L. Langtiw, Psy.D.
  • Web-Based Self-Assessment Tool for Development of Social Justice Advocacy Training Goals in HSP Doctoral and Postdoctoral Trainees – University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center School of Medicine
  • Addressing Patient Discriminatory Behaviors in Training – University of Texas Health Sciences Center (UT Health) San Antonio

  • Social Justice Advocacy Training via Four Modalities: Didactic Training, Self-Reflective Practices, Discussion-based Learning, and Experiential Immersion – Durham VA
    • Jessica J. Fulton, PhD Jessica.Fulton@va.gov
  • Dismantling Racism in Health Service Psychology – University of Chicago Medicine
    • Byron D. Brooks, Ph.D
  • Multicultural Counseling Rotation Tool Kit – University of Pittsburgh University Counseling Center

  • Equity Caucus – University of Washington School Psychology Program
    • Alexa Matlack, Ph.D., NCSP
  • Dialogues about Race: Practical Skills for Clinical Practice – VA Northern California Health Care System

  • Psychologists HEAL Racism: Psychologists Heal from Effects, build Alliances and Listen about Racism – West Chester University
  • Webinars: Best Practices in Group Therapy, Child Therapy, and Supervision through Telehealth – Community Health Center, Inc.

  • LGBTQ-POC Mini-Rotation – Stony Brook University Consortium Internship Program

  • Development of a Formalized Training Program in Digital Mental Health – Florida International University

  • ADHD Assessment via Telehealth – Mississippi State University Counseling Services and Mississippi State University Clinical Psychology Program

  • Evaluating preference of supervision methods and supervisor competence among doctoral-level peer supervisors – Nova Southeastern University Clinical Psychology Programs

  • Introduction to Telepsychology Curriculum: TPSYC 101 – Texas A&M University, Educational Psychology Department, Counseling and Assessment Clinic
    • Krystal Simmons, Ph.D.

The APPIC board of directors believes that elevating diverse voices and strong practices from the HSP training community will benefit everyone in our community in addressing the racism pandemic. The forthcoming tools are meant to be shared with the HSP training community and grantees intend to disseminate their tools as part of their projects.