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Scott Edwards Receives National Award

On Friday October 2, 2009 Associate Professor of Marriage and Family Therapy, Scott Edwards, received national recognition from the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy in Sacramento, California.  Scott’s Divisional Leadership Award reflected his key positions on four state AAMFT boards (including five-years for the Presidential term commitment in Washington) and in the development and passage of 2SHB 2674 which reorganized the registered counselor designation in Washington state. New state mental health credentialing titles, with the goal of protecting the public, began this year.  Scott also currently serves in a peer-elected position as the AAMFT Chair of Divisional Presidents. 

Upcoming Events

Graduate Programs Open House

Clinical Psychology

Marriage & Family Therapy

Industrial/Organizational Psychology

Join us at our next School of Psychology, Family, and Community Graduate Programs Open House event:

Date:  Tuesday, April 6th

Time:  3:30-5pm

Location:  Marston 127

Our master's, and doctoral programs are designed to meet the exacting standards of our professional guilds; and they bring vital expressions of Christian faith to rigorous training, substantive research, and effective practice of psychological and therapeutic disciplines.

• Talk one-on-one with graduate program representatives who will get you started in the right direction.
  
• Find out how you can begin coursework before formally applying.
• Get face-to-face answers to all your questions.

This is an informal open house.  So feel free to drop in at your convenience.

DRIVING DIRECTIONS
Marston Hall is building #37 on the campus map.

Free parking is available in any campus lot after 4:00 p.m.

For more information or to reserve your space, call (206) 281-2918.

Upcoming Deadlines

Graduate Program Application Deadlines

Clinical Psychology
Deadline is 12/15/09.

Industrial/Organizational Psychology
Master’s deadline is 2/15/10; Doctoral deadline is 1/15/10.

Marriage & Family Therapy
Deadline is 1/22/10.

Past Events

"Becoming Soul Mates" 2010

The School of Psychology, Family, and Community    (SPFC) was pleased to sponsor "Becoming Soul Mates" - a fun, thought-provoking, and immeasurably practical marriage enrichment and preparation seminar Saturday, January 16, 2010. 

SPU's own professor of psychology Les Parrott and marriage and family therapist Leslie Parrott, two of America's leading relationship experts, taught this SOLD-OUT event and offered valuable tips and tools throughout the day to 236 couples.  Topics included:  exposing the myths of marriage; cultivating the three ingredients of romantic love; saying what you mean and understanding what you hear; and, how to fight a good fight.

All seminar attendees received book and audio versions of Les' and Leslie's book "Trading Places." Gift certificates to restaurants, florists, and photographers - even a vacuum cleaner were given out as door prizes.  Whether dating, engaged, newly wed or married for decades, there were valuable tips and tools offered during this all day seminar. 

SPFC plans to offer this seminar annually. 

The next - January 15, 2011. 

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SPFC Research Conference 2009

On Wednesday, May 27, 2009 the School of Psychology, Family, and Community (SPFC) held its 7th annual Student Research Conference, Awards Ceremony and Psi Chi Induction Luncheon. This annual event allows undergraduate psychology students and graudate students in Marriage and Family Therapy, Clinical Psychology, and Industrial/Organizational Psychology to showcase their research, attend student research sessions and celebrate student achievements.

This year, 39 research presentations were displayed during a morning poster session, 22 in the afternoon, combined showcasing the research efforts of over 225 SPFC undergraduate and graduate students. Morning and afternoon paper presentations were also included in the event.

Research proposals included titles such as: "The Role of Anxiety in Sexual Addition," "Puppet Therapy with Grieving Children: A Qualitative Research Study," "The Effect of Music on the Mood of College Students," and, "Children's Executive Attention: Relations to Academic Performance and Behavior Regulation." A lunch buffett and awards ceremony celebrated the highest in student achievements this year.

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