{"id":232160,"date":"2025-06-24T11:13:28","date_gmt":"2025-06-24T15:13:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/?p=232160"},"modified":"2025-06-24T11:13:28","modified_gmt":"2025-06-24T15:13:28","slug":"next-president-of-society-of-clinical-psychology-is-from-uconn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/2025\/06\/next-president-of-society-of-clinical-psychology-is-from-uconn\/","title":{"rendered":"Next President of Society of Clinical Psychology is from UConn"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cCongratulation to Dr. Damion Grasso<\/a> on his election as President of the Society of Clinical Psychology,\u201d shares Department of Psychiatry Professor and Chair Dr. David C. Steffens. \u201cThere is little doubt that his term as President will be successful.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Society of Clinical Psychology (Division 12 of the American Psychological Association) is the professional home of clinical and health service psychologists.<\/p>\n

Grasso, an elected fellow of the Division 12 of the APA, has always had a strong, longstanding commitment to the Society of Clinical Psychology. Since graduate school he served as a campus representative for the Society. Over time, he took on several leadership roles \u2013 most recently as Secretary on the Board and co-chair of the Committee on Science and Practice. As the Committee\u2019s co-chair, Grasso has played an instrumental role in advancing SCP\u2019s efforts to evaluate and inventory empirically supported psychological treatments (ESTs).<\/p>\n

As President, Grasso plans to prioritize these efforts by expanding SCP\u2019s capacity to engage and inform the public with resources designed to promote ESTs, establish an informed consumer-base, and caution against the growing trend for non-efficacious and potentially harmful approaches.<\/p>\n

SCP\u2019s mission is to promote the integration of clinical psychological science and practice in education, research, application, advocacy, and public policy. Also, the Society seeks to engage students and clinical and health service psychologists at any stage of their career in support of this mission.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am honored to serve as the president-elect of the Society of Clinical Psychology. Since graduate school, the Society has been my professional home, connecting me with mentors and pioneers in our field I wouldn\u2019t have otherwise come to know. This community has truly helped shape my career,\u201d says Grasso. \u201cMy intent is to pay it forward and grow our community of students and early career professionals so that we can support the next generation of clinical psychologists \u2013 especially during these challenging times.\u201d<\/p>\n

Grasso serves UConn Health, Connecticut\u2019s only public academic medical center, caring for patients as a licensed clinical psychologist and associate professor in the Department of Psychiatry at UConn School of Medicine with a secondary appointment in its Department of Pediatrics.<\/p>\n

Additionally, his research broadly focuses on understanding biobehavioral mechanisms involved in trauma- and stress-related disorders in children and effective strategies for assessing and treating trauma-related impairment. He co-leads the UConn Health\u00a0Family Adversity and Resilience Research (FARR)<\/a>\u00a0Program and provides evidence-based psychotherapy interventions for treating trauma-related disorders in the UConn Health\u00a0Psychological Trauma Clinic<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Grasso graduated from Skidmore College with his undergraduate degree in psychology, earned his master\u2019s degree in general psychology at Wesleyan University, completed his Ph.D. in clinical psychology at the University of Delaware, and his clinical internship was performed at the Medical University of South Carolina.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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