Learn more about consulting psychology from Div. 13's e-newsletter

Div. 13 (Consulting) features an online e-newsletter available by clicking on "The Consulting Psychologist"™ at www.apa.org/divisions/div13. Access to this online informational source is free.

Issues include information about topics such as consulting with CEOs, building and growing a consulting practice, vignettes about and interviews with practicing consulting psychologists, e-consulting and programs at annual and mid-winter conferences. The newsletter is edited by consulting psychologist Steve Gravenkemper, PhD.

Make your membership in Div. 17's newest section official

Members of the Counseling Center Special Interest Group and Section-in-Formation members need to formally join Div. 17's Section on College and University Counseling Centers by completing a membership application. For the application, visit www.div17.org/scucc or contact membership chair Michael Johnston, EdD, communications officer, by e-mail: mjohnsto@csulb.edu. Annual dues are $10. More than 170 people were subscribed to the listserv; a new listserv is being created for section members as a benefit of membership.

For more information about the section or about subscribing to its listserv, contact Rebecca R. MacNair-Semands, PhD, (704) 687-2142; e-mail: rrmacnai@email.uncc.edu; or at the Counseling Center, 9201 University City Blvd., The University of North Carolina at Charlotte, NC, 28223.

Div. 31 news

Div. 31 (State Psychological Association Affairs) has several new developments to report:

The division is working to update its bylaws to allow "provinces" in the division's title and to serve territories as part of its mission.

In collaboration with Div. 42 (Independent Practice), the division continues to enhance its bureau of speaker presentations at meetings as a resource to state and provincial psychological associations.

The division's diversity task force has been networking with APA's Office of Ethnic Minority Affairs and the Committee of State Leaders to provide continuing support for minority fellows brought to APA's Annual State Leadership Conference.

Div. 42 helps members reach out to their communities

The Public Relations and Public Education Task Force of Div. 42 (Independent Practice) is in its fifth year of issuing monthly topical pitch letters and public service announcements (PSAs) to more than 300 radio stations and 300 newspapers nationally.

Topics include shyness, marital relationships, alcoholism, stalking, parenting, grandparenting, depression, anxiety, breast cancer and holiday blues. The letters and announcements are aimed at informing the public that talking with a psychologist will help with everyday problems.

The division encourages its members to tailor the letters and PSAs for their own use to promote their practices in their communities.

"Psychologists in all interest areas will do our profession and the public a wonderful service by sharing our knowledge with the public," says Elaine Rodino, PhD, Div. 42 past-president and chair of APA's Public Relations and Public Education Task Force. "The more the public understands about psychology, the more they will be supportive of psychology in every way--through legislation, community mental health projects, research and independent practice."

--K. HEWLETT