UB Psychologist Jack C. Anchin to Receive APA's 2011 Distinguished Psychologist Award

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Jack C. Anchin, PhD, of Amherst, a clinical associate professor in the Department of Psychology at the University at Buffalo for the past nine years, is the 2011 recipient of the Distinguished Psychologist Award, presented by the American Psychological Association (APA) Division of Psychotherapy for contributions to psychology and psychotherapy.

He will receive the award at the APA annual conference in August in Washington D.C.

In announcing the award, Jeffrey J. Magnavita, PhD, chair of the division's Awards Committee, cited Anchin's work in "advancing the field through publications, scholarship, teaching, practice and service," which, he indicated, "represent a major contribution to the field of psychotherapy and psychology."

Last year, Anchin was named a Fellow of the APA, the 150,000-member professional association of psychologists in the United States.

Anchin conducts a private psychotherapy practice in Snyder, N.Y., focused on individual adult psychotherapy and couples therapy and the application of integrated psychotherapeutic approaches.

He has been a leader in writing about theoretical, philosophical, empirical and practice-related issues associated with development and application of a unifying paradigm for clinical science and psychotherapy. These unification-related foci are logical extensions of his long-standing interests in systems theory, interpersonal psychotherapy, psychotherapy integration and philosophy of clinical psychology.

His journal articles and book chapters, conference symposia and paper presentations range across these diverse but confluent areas of interest.

Anchin is co-editor of the "Handbook of Interpersonal Psychotherapy" (Pergamon Press, 1982, 1987), widely recognized as a seminal publication in the field of interpersonal theory, research, and practice. He has served as editor of a special double issue of the Journal of Psychotherapy Integration, co-editor of a special issue on the unification of psychotherapy and editor of a special section on philosophy and psychotherapy integration.

Anchin also served on the inaugural advisory council of Clinician's Research Digest: Briefings in Behavioral Science, and on the editorial boards of the Journal of Integrative and Eclectic Psychotherapy and the journal Psychotherapy: Theory, Research, Practice, Training. Currently he is an associate editor of the Journal of Psychotherapy Integration.

He also is co-founder and co-editor of the electronic Journal of Unified Psychotherapy and Clinical Science.

At UB he provides clinical supervision to doctoral students in the clinical psychology program and serves on doctoral students' clinical comprehensive committees.

The University at Buffalo is a premier research-intensive public university, a flagship institution in the State University of New York system and its largest and most comprehensive campus. UB's more than 28,000 students pursue their academic interests through more than 300 undergraduate, graduate and professional degree programs. Founded in 1846, the University at Buffalo is a member of the Association of American Universities.