Letter from the Editors

Welcome to the early Spring 2007 edition of the CCAPS Newsletter. As the 2007 Joint Meeting of ACPA and NASPA in Orlando approaches, we grow increasingly excited about the chance to share experiences with colleagues, hear new ideas, and celebrate the work we do. Therefore, this newsletter will draw attention to events of the upcoming joint meeting and all it has to offer, and we hope it will help increase your anticipation and excitement about this year's conference. If you haven't yet decided to make the trip to Orlando, it's not too late! We’ll even throw in some tips for fun events in the area (do you hear Disney?).

This newsletter includes a schedule of joint meeting programs that are either sponsored by or related to the interests of the Commission for Counseling and Psychological Services. We’re excited to welcome as our guest, Dr. Mark Freeman, who will be sharing his expertise on using dream interpretation in counseling during the Sunday afternoon 3-hour continuing education program.  The newsletter also includes some very important announcements about special events and opportunities to get involved and network with your colleagues. Take a look and make your convention plans early!

We have two excellent feature articles for this edition.  The first is Intimate Partner Abuse in Gay/Lesbian Relationships: Clinical Implications, written by Amana Carvalho, Psy.D., who is a staff psychologist at University at Buffalo.  We hope that this article will provide useful insights in our work with the gay and lesbian population.  The second feature article is Sport Psychology and Performance Enhancement for College Athletes, written by Cathleen Connolly, M.S., who is currently a pre-doctoral intern at the Counseling Center at University of Central Florida.  It is an excellent introduction to understanding the unique issues facing college athletes and performing artists, as well as common interventions and approaches to treatment we can use from this discipline.   

Thank you to Jonathan Kandell for his From the Chair column, which includes information about the Orlando Joint Meeting and a welcome to join the Commission for Counseling and Psychological Services in service to our profession.  Finally, we would like to thank David Gilles-Thomas and the webpage committee for formatting and uploading this newsletter.

See you in Orlando (not soon enough for those of us in the great white north!)

Andrea Greenwood, Ph.D. Counseling Services University at Buffalo		Vivian Yamada, Psy.D. Counseling Center University of Central Florida
Jane Bost, Ph.D. Counseling and Mental Health Center The University of Texas at Austin