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From Lisa Grossman, your Division 42 President:

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Welcome to Division 42, the home for all psychologists in independent practice! 2010 is going to be an exciting year for our division with many new initiatives soon to be launched.

Some of these initiatives will utilize our listserv, so if you are not on it yet, contact me at LRGROSSMAN@aol.com or our Administrative Director, Jeannie Beeaff, at div42apa@cox.net to be placed on it. 

The theme for my presidential year is “Thriving in the New Normal.” During this year, you will hear about ways that we can enhance our practices in new and innovative manners. You will also hear about:

• mentoring opportunities for the senior clinical ABPP
• due process and regulatory recommendations for licensing boards
• ethics tips for the practitioner
• a multicultural toolkit to be used in our work

… and several other initiatives to be announced later in the year.

In addition, as you know, healthcare reform is on the brink of reality. For those of us who are health care providers, we must unite to have our combined voices heard so that we gain true parity, access to quality mental health services for all as well as appropriate reimbursements commensurate with our education and expertise. Our division must play a role in this historic legislation.

Our convention program in San Diego is shaping up to be really outstanding, so be sure to look for Division 42 programs in the convention book as well as announcements on 42’s website and list serv. And don’t forget about our Convention Social Hour and Early Career Social Hour, both which will be sure to enlighten, delight and allow important networking opportunities at convention.

And you won’t want to miss our bimonthly Virtual Happy Hour, which has been a huge success for several years. This is your opportunity to interact with experts on various topics relevant to the independent practitioner. So watch out for announcements for Virtual Happy Hour dates and times.

If you have thoughts or ideas for our division or projects you would like to suggest, please do not hesitate to contact me.

And, please consider more active participation in the division. Develop a proposal, formulate a working group and let’s talk about how to make our great division even greater and even more relevant to our independent practice needs. Please help us help you! 

Here’s to a great 2010 for our division and to us all!!

Best,
Lisa Grossman, JD, PhD, ABPP
2010 President, Division 42