Psychology

The science that deals with human mental processes and behavior.

Sub-headings:

Mental Health

Symptomatology and treatment of mental and emotional disorders.

Developmental

Resources in this category:

American Counseling Association
http://www.counseling.org/

"In 1997, the Counseling and Human Development Foundation was renamed the American Counseling Association Foundation (ACAF), with an expanded mission and a new, more focused dedication to preserving and enhancing the counseling profession." The site has an online news source, Counseling Today Online for professional counselors and an informational section for consumers and the media, including a section of commonly asked questions about counseling. Some other parts of the site are open to members only.

The American Academy of Psychoanalysis
http://aapsa.org/

"National organization of medical psychoanalysts. The site contains a roster and program, publication, and organization information."

American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy
http://www.aamft.org/index_nm.asp

The American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy (AAMFT) is a professional association within the field of marriage and family therapy. The website features publications, career resources and industry standard information.

American Board of Vocational Experts
http://www.abve.net/

"Professional organization and certifying body for those providing Vocational, Rehabilitative, Employability, and Earning Capacity analyses in litigated and similar matters."

Site includes ABVE's purpose and mission, a directory of members, a message board and a newsletter, journal abstracts, and membership information.

The American Dance Therapy Association
http://www.ADTA.org/

"The American Dance Therapy Association is the national professional support organization for Dance/Movement Therapists." This site provides links to information regarding local chapters, dance therapy definitions, contacts, articles, related sites and training.

American Evaluation Association
http://www.eval.org/

"We are an international professional association of evaluators devoted to the application and exploration of program evaluation, personnel evaluation, technology, and many other forms of evaluation. Evaluation involves assessing the strengths and weaknesses of programs, policies, personnel, products, and organizations to improve their effectiveness." This site include membership info, news, upcoming events, publications, information on education and training, and statements on standards and principles for evaluators.

American Family Foundation Home Page: Information About Cults and Psychological Manipulations
http://www.csj.org/

"AFF is a secular, not-for-profit, tax-exempt research center and educational organization founded in 1979. AFF's mission is to study psychological manipulation and cultic groups, to educate the public and professionals, and to assist those who have been adversely affected by a cult experience." The site contains periodicals of Cultic Studies, the latest news in Cultic Studies, and resources to help friends and family of cult members, former cult members, clergy, educators, therapists and counselors, and researchers. A list of links is also included.

American Music Therapy Association
http://www.musictherapy.org/

"AMTA was founded in 1998, its purpose is the progressive development of the therapeutic use of music in rehabilitation, special education, and community settings. AMTA is committed to the advancement of education, training, professional standards, credentials, and research in support of the music therapy profession." The site covers what music therapy is, including careers in music therapy.

The American Psychoanalytic Association
http://www.apsa.org/

"The American Psychoanalytic Association is a professional organization of psychoanalysts throughout the United States. The Association is comprised of Affiliate Societies and Training Institutes in many cities and has about 3,000 individual members." This site contains membership information, online newsletter, fellowship information, members directory, and a searchable bibliography of The Literature of Psychoanalysis.

American Psychological Association
http://www.apa.org/

The APA site provides educational information for the general public. It also has who to contact to join, division, and APA Conference information. It has available books, journals and information on the PsychInfo database.

American School Counselor Association
http://www.schoolcounselor.org/

"The American School Counselor Association is the national organization that represents the profession of school counseling. ASCA focuses on providing professional development, enhancing school counseling programs, and researching effective school counseling practices. Our mission is to promote excellence in professional school counseling and the development of all students." The site has an extensive list of related links.

Association for Death Education and Counseling
http://www.adec.org/

"The Association for Death Education and Counseling is a multi-disciplinary professional organization dedicated to promoting excellence in death education, bereavement counseling, and care of the dying. Based on theory and quality research, ADEC provides information, support, and resources to its multicultural membership and, through them, to the public." The site has a calendar of events and conference information. Some areas of the site, such as the membership directory, are for members only.

Association for Humanistic Psychology
http://www.ahpweb.org/

"The Association for Humanistic Psychology is an international community of people with diverse talents and interests who are dedicated to the exploration and healing of the human mind, body and soul and to building a society that advances our ability to choose, grow and create." The site has the text of selected articles from the Association's bi-monthly magazine. There is also an overview of humanistic psychology.

The Association for the Study of Dreams
http://www.ASDreams.org/

The ASD is "an interdisciplinary society devoted to the study of night dreams." This site provides access to information regarding international and regional meetings, publications, educational materials, membership, programs, conferences, biographical information about board members, and a bulletin board.

Bereaved Families Online
http://www.bereavedfamilies.net/

"Bereaved Families is a self-help/mutual aid organization founded in 1978. 'We are the bereaved helping the bereaved learn to live with grief. When a child or parent dies, we can help the healing begin.' Our services include self-help support groups, bereavement support across the Internet, and educational resources for the bereaved, professional counsellors and self-help agencies." The site is divided into section for support, education, affiliates, resources, and chat & groups. There are online articles and brochures on various grief and bereavement-related topics, such as loss of a child or getting through the holidays. Atlhough the group is based in Ontario, the website links to resources and articles that are helpful to anyone.

California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists
http://www.camft.org/

"CAMFT is an independent statewide professional organization representing the interests of California licensed and soon to be licensed marriage, family and child counselors. It is dedicated to advancing the profession as an art and a science, to maintaining high standards of professional ethics, to upgrading the qualifications for the profession and to expanding the recognition and awareness of the profession." Site contains "information on the association, job listings, referrals, information on the scope of practice of family therapist."

Canadian Psychological Association
http://www.cpa.ca/

"The Canadian Psychological Association is a voluntary organization which represents the interests of all aspects of psychology in Canada and which promotes unity, coherence and a sense of identity across the diverse scientific and professional interests. The elected governing body represents science, education, practice, gender, geography, language and culture." This site contains career advertisement and coming events. It also has online Project Accolade, an experimental full-text version of Canadian Journal of Behavioural Science and Psynopsis, Canada¹s Psychology Newspaper.

Human Behavior and Evolution Society
http://www.hbes.com/

"Interdisciplinary, international society of researchers, primarily from the social and biological sciences, who use modern evolutionary theory to help to discover human nature - including evolved emotional, cognitive and sexual adaptations." Promotes "the exchange of ideas and research findings using evolutionary theory, including studies of animal behavior, to better understand human nature." Features a articles, abstracts, audio files, conference proceedings and membership information.

The International Association for Cross-Cultural Psychology
http://www.fit.edu/ft-orgs/iaccp/

"The International Association for Cross-Cultural Psychology (IACCP) was founded in 1972 and has a membership of over 500 persons in more than 65 countries. The aims of the Association are to facilitate communication among persons interested in cross-cultural psychology and to pursue more effectively the universal validity of psychological theories in all branches of psychology and related disciplines. IACCP is affiliated with the International Union of Psychological Science (IUPsyS). IACCP holds international conferences every two years and regional conferences in most years. The next international conference will be in Montréal, Canada in 1996. We are associated with several publications, including the bimonthly Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, the quarterly newsletter Cross-Cultural Psychology Bulletin, conference proceedings, and the Cross-Cultural Psychology Monographs series. Membership fees are based on annual gross income." Here you will find membership online application form, publications, congress and conferences information.

International Society of Political Psychology
http://ispp.org/

"ISPP's purpose is to facilitate communication across disciplinary, geographic and political boundaries...among those who have a scientific interest in the relationship between politics and psychological processes. ISPP seeks to advance the quality of scholarship in political psychology and to increase the usefulness of work in political psychology." The site contains a membership directory, newsletter, annual meeting registration, call for papers, and much more.

International Transactional Analysis Association
http://www.itaa-net.org/

"ITAA is a professional organization of psychotherapists, organizational consultants, educators and government personnel in approximately sixty five countries... The ITAA is an inclusive organization open to all individuals who are interested in transactional analysis and who wish to share this interest personally and professionally. As a membership organization, the ITAA strives to model how people from different cultures can respect differences and cooperate with one another." Information about transactional analysis in general as well as the organization itself are available on this site. You can also find out about upcoming conferences or read abstracts of recent Transactional Analysis Journal articles.

The Jean Piaget Society
http://www.piaget.org/

3[JPS] established in 1970, has an international, interdisciplinary membership of scholars, teachers and researchers interested in exploring the nature of the developmental construction of human knowledge. The Society was named in honor of the Swiss developmentalist, Jean Piaget, who made major theoretical and empirical contributions to our understanding of the origins and evolution of knowledge. The Society's aim is to provide an open forum, through symposia, books, and other publications, for the presentation and discussion of scholarly work on issues related to human knowledge and its development. The Society further encourages the application of advances in the understanding of development to education and other domains.2 This site proides the latest in publications and conferences. It provides information on membership and membership directory.

KidsPeace
http://www.kidspeace.org/

Private, not-for-profit organization that provides educational and treatment services to help children and their caregivers overcome crises. The site provides links to crisis intervention information and resources, and includes employment opportunities at KidsPeace and Healing Magazine, a semi-annual publication.

National Association of School Psychologists
http://www.naspweb.org/

"The mission of the National Association of School Psychologists (NASP) is to promote educationally and psychologically healthy environments for all children and youth by implementing research-based, effective programs that prevent problems, enhance independence, and promote optimal learning. This is accomplished through state-of-the-art research and training, advocacy, ongoing program evaluation, and caring professional service." The site has information on membership, their convention, advocacy, publications, certification, and hot topics in the field.

Recovery, Inc.
http://www.recovery-inc.com/

"Recovery Inc. is a mental health self-help program based on the ground breaking work of the late Abraham A. Low, M.D., our founder, a neuropsychiatrist. We are non-profit, non-sectarian and completely member managed. Recovery, Inc. has been active since 1937 and we have groups meeting every week around the world. Our members include people diagnosed with mood disorders including depression, dysthymia and bipolar (manic-depressive) disorders; psychotic disorders including schizophrenia; anxiety and obsessive-compulsive disorders; and personality disorders." This site contains an introduction to the Recovery methodology, professional articles regarding Recovery and self-help programs, information on joining your local Recovery program and a description of Dr. Abraham Low's principles of self-help.

Society for Consumer Psychology
http://fisher.osu.edu/marketing/scp/

³The Society represents the interests of psychologists and other researchers working in the fields of psychology, marketing, advertising, communication, consumer behavior, and other related areas. Some members of the Society perceive themselves as behavioral scientists interested in generating applied knowledge to solve specific marketing related problems, whereas others perceive themselves as behavioral scientists generating basic knowledge to contribute to theoretical and conceptual foundations of consumer psychology. The Society encourages participation by both groups to share their knowledge and contribute to the discipline of consumer psychology as a whole.² This site provides upcoming events, current newsletter, membership information, 1995 officers, and schedules of past conferences.

Society for Gestalt Theory and its Applications
http://www.enabling.org/ia/gestalt/gerhards/

"The Society for Gestalt Theory and its Applications (GTA) is a scientific association established for the purpose of promoting the Gestalt-theoretical perspective in research and practice. It was founded in 1978, and since then has grown to include many members from European countries and throughout the world. Most of the members are psychologists and psychotherapists, but the membership also contains researchers from many other disciplines as well." Information on Gestalt theory and the society are available. There's also news, event updates, and links to related sites. The site is available in English, German, Italian, and French.

Society for Personality and Social Psychology
http://www.spsp.org/

"The Society is the largest organization of social and personality psychologists in the world. The goals of the Society are to further the generation and dissemination of research in personality and social psychology." The site has information on membership, Society publications, and conferences.

Society for the Advancement of Behavioral Economics
http://www.usask.ca/economics/SABE/

"The Society for the Advancement of Behavioral Econoics is an association committed to the rigourous economic analysis of the world we live in. SABE members possess a deep and abiding interest in how people actually behave because an understanding of such behavior is a vital determinant in the micro foundations of economics as a social science." This site includes information on what behavioral economics are, newsletter and other publishing data, and ways to contact other indiviuals with in this field.

Society of Professionals in Dispute Resolution
http://www.spidr.org/

"An international membership association committed to the advancement of the highest standards of ethics and practice for dispute resolvers... SPIDR's intention is to expand the utilization of alternative dispute resolution (ADR) by private individuals, governmental agencies, and public and private organizations." The site includes info on membership benefits, available publications, SPIDR's sectors and chapters, current and upcoming events, and annual conference.

Virginia Association for Marriage and Family Tnerapy
http://www.vamft.org/

"The Virginia Association for Marriage and Family Therapy (VAMFT) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting the well-being of families, couples, individuals, and businesses through the advancement of the profession and practice of marriage and family therapy in the Commonwealth of Virginia.
This site provides information about membership, marriage and family therapy, the licensing process, an FAQ, a newsletter, and access to a referral directory."