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President's Welcome
Delishia M. Pittman, PhD, MPH, ABPP, LPC, NCC, ACS, SCP President 2025 - 2026
It is with deep gratitude, humility, and fierce hope that I step into the role of President of the Society of Counseling Psychology.
Our field stands at an inflection point, both challenged and inspired by the turbulent socio-political realities of our time. We find ourselves navigating compounding global crises: the persistent entrenchment of White supremacy, the erosion of civil and human rights, climate catastrophe, and the commodification of education and healthcare. In this context, our field is being called—urgently and unapologetically—to rise to the occasion and radically reimagine the future of our discipline.
Decolonizing our field demands an intentional disruption of Eurocentric paradigms and a courageous embrace of global majority wisdoms that have long challenged, expanded, and enriched our understanding of human flourishing. Liberation psychology, rooted in the people’s struggle, reminds us that healing cannot be separated from justice. Transformation requires not only theory, but praxis: we must build new structures that reflect community, collectivity, and care.
Delishia M. Pittman, PhD, MPH, ABPP, LPC, NCC, ACS
(she/her)
President | Society of Counseling Psychology, Division 17, APA
What is Counseling Psychology?
Counseling Psychology is a specialty within professional psychology that maintains a focus on facilitating personal and interpersonal functioning across the life span. The practice of Counseling Psychology encompasses a broad range of culturally-sensitive practices that help people improve their well-being, alleviate distress and maladjustment, resolve crises, and increase their ability to function better in their lives. With its attention to both to normal developmental issues and problems associated with physical, emotional, and mental disorders, the specialization holds a unique perspective in the broader practice-based areas of psychology.
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The Benefits of Membership
With more than 2000 members and affiliates who live these values through a wide diversity of identities, interests, and professional activities and commitments, SCP can offer YOU a home. If you are not yet a member or an active participant in SCP, we heartily invite your involvement!
The success of our efforts rests heavily on the membership and the work of SCP volunteer leaders – our Executive Board, our committee chairs and members, our task group chairs and members, our student affiliate organization, and the staff of our central executive office.  We currently have 13
Sections
and
Special Interest Groups (SIGs)
tailored to specific foci in counseling psychology. I encourage you to browse our websites and join as many Sections or Special Interest Groups as you like, many of which offer free or very inexpensive membership. We also have a nationally ranked journal,
The Counseling Psychologist
, a useful blog,
SCP Connect
, and a
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for more frequent updates of SCP activities. I hope you will make use of these many means of communication and connection with SCP.
Depending on your needs, you have several membership options. Regardless of which option you choose, you will receive a welcome packet by email within 2-3 weeks of joining Division 17. You will begin receiving The Counseling Psychologist shortly thereafter or at the beginning of the new membership year.
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