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College Talk Invited Speaker
Dr. Roberta Nutt
“I think practicing psychology brings a greater depth of understanding to the classroom and makes me a better teacher. It also keeps my therapy skills sharp. In turn, my practice allows me to make use of what I teach.�
The Counseling Psych faculty hosted Dr. Roberta Nutt as the 2011 spring diversity speaker. Dr. Nutt led a two-day seminar on Feminist Psychotherapy. Dr. Nutt is the Training Director of the Counseling Psychology program at University of Houston. She previously served on the faculty of Texas Woman's University for 31 years including as founder and Training Director of their Counseling Psychology program. Roberta Nutt has served in a variety of positions within the American Psychological
Association (APA) including member and Chair of the Commission for the Recognition of Specialties and Proficiencies in Professional Psychology (CRSPPP), member of the College of Professional Psychology, member and Chair of the Advisory Committee on Colleague Assistance, member and President of the Council of Specialties, President of Divisions 17 (Society of Counseling Psychology) and 43 (Family Psychology), and member of the editorial boards of the Journal of Family Psychology and Psychology
of Men and Masculinity. She is a Fellow of APA and seven of its divisions, ASPPB, and a diplomate of the American Board of Professional Psychology (ABPP). She is a former member and Chair of the Texas State Board of Examiners of Psychologists. Just prior to her appointment at U of H, Dr. Nutt served for two years as the Director of Professional Affairs for the Association of State and Provincial Psychology Boards (ASPPB) in Montgomery, Alabama before coming to Houston.
Congratulations to our most recently placed interns! Barbara Calvert (2007 cohort) Bowling Green State University Counseling Center Ashley Carroll (2007 cohort) Casa Pacifica Community Mental Health Center Rebecca Hoffman (2007 cohort) VA Maryland Health Care/University of Maryland School of Medicine William Reese Mayer (2007 cohort) VA New Jersey Health Care System Byron Simoneaux (2007 cohort) Central Arkansas VA Hospital Caitlin Singletary (2007 cohort) Central Arkansas VA Hospital