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About the speaker

Jeffrey J. Magnavita, Ph.D., ABPP is a leading psychologist, psychotherapist, and theorist who has been in clinical practice for over 40 years. Dr. Magnavita is an influential leader and contributor to the cause of advancing psychotherapy and clinical science. His scholarly activities and contributions have spanned such diverse areas as psychotherapeutics, personality theory, unified psychotherapy, technology-based approaches, and clinical decision making. Dr. Magnavita has been recognized for his work by numerous awards, including APA’s award for Distinguished Professional Contribution to Independent Practice in the Private Sector (2006), Distinguished Psychologist of the Year award from the Community of Psychologists in Independent Practice (2010), and Distinguished Psychologist of the Year award (2016) from the Society for the Advancement of Psychotherapy. He is the recent recipient of the Rosalee Weiss Award from the American Psychological Foundation for outstanding leadership in psychology. Jeffrey has made significant contributions through the publication of highly regarded books, numerous journal articles and APA psychotherapy videos, while serving in various leadership roles. He was President of the Society for the Advancement of Psychotherapy in 2010. He was a member of the APA Clinical Treatment Guidelines Advisory Committee and was a member of the new APA Transdiagnostic Change Task Force. He is Chair of the Practice Advocacy Committee for the Society for the Exploration of Psychotherapy. Jeffrey is founder and CEO of Strategic Psychotherapeutics ®, LLC whose mission is to provide online training resources to make psychotherapists better and improve their outcomes.  He has written or edited 12 volumes including Unifying Psychotherapy: Principles, Methods, and Evidence from Clinical Science, with Jack C. Anchin (2014), Clinical Decision in Mental Health Practice (APA, 2016), and Using Technology in Mental Health Practice (APA, 2018).

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Jeffrey J. Magnavita, Ph.D., ABPP , reports that he has no relationships with any entity producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing health care goods or services consumed by, or used on, patients, during the past 24 months. He will not discuss any products, services, or off-label uses in this presentation. All relationships have been mitigated through review. 

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