Graduate Student Journal of Psychology


The Graduate Student Journal of Psychology is a publication of the Department of Counseling and Clinical Psychology, 
Teachers College, Columbia University.  
 
 
EDITORS 
Jessica A. Keith 
Traci R. Stein 
Clinical Psychology Program  
Teachers College, Columbia University 
 
EDITORIAL BOARD 
Ben Adams 
Samantha Boris Karpel 
Sadia R. Chaudhury 
Rachel Khurgin 
Jesse A. Metzger 
Rebecca P. Prince 
Erica Roizen 
Lisa Sara Rosenzweig 
Jeanette A. Sawyer 
Mun-Yi Shea 
Karen A. Shoum 
Vijayeta K. Sinh 
Anitha Venkataramani-Kothari  
 
DEPARTMENT ADVISOR 
Barry A. Farber, Ph.D.  
Director of Clinical Training, Clinical Psychology Pro-
gram, Department of Counseling and Clinical Psychology 
 
AIMS AND SCOPE. Founded in 1998, the Graduate Student 
Journal of Psychology (GSJP) is a peer-reviewed 
publication devoted to clinical and counseling 
psychological research and practice.  The GSJP is published 
annually and includes original empirical research articles, 
case studies, theoretical articles, and brief reports in the 
areas of adult and child psychopathology, the 
psychotherapeutic process, community mental health, 
multiculturalism, assessment, child development, ethics, 
professional development, and other topics with a 
relationship to research or practice in clinical or counseling 
psychology.   
 
MANUSCRIPTS. The manuscript submission deadline for 
next year’s volume is December 10, 2007.  Submit 
manuscripts according to the submission guidelines printed 
in this issue.  Please submit 3 printed copies of the 
manuscript along with an emailed electronic copy to: 
Editors, Graduate Student Journal of Psychology, 
Department of Counseling and Clinical Psychology, Box 
102, Teachers College, Columbia University, 525 West 
120th Street, New York, NY 10027; email gsjp@tc.edu; 
www.tc.columbia.edu/publications.gsjp.   
 
Cover photography: Jeanette A. Sawyer 
 

 
 
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Graduate Student Journal of Psychology, Department of 
Counseling and Clinical Psychology, Box 102, Teachers 
College, Columbia University, 525 West 120th Street, New 
York, NY 10027. 
 

 
 

Dear Reader, 
 

We are thrilled to present to you the ninth edition of the 
Graduate Student Journal of Psychology.  This year, for the 
first time, we invited submissions from counseling and 
clinical psychology graduate programs across North 
America. We received our greatest number of submissions 
yet, from a range of programs on a wide variety of topics. 
 

The articles in this volume of the journal address important 
clinical, ethical, and empirical issues within the fields of 
clinical and counseling psychology, including the challenge 
of treating adolescents with depression, the application of 
mindfulness techniques to parenting, and the importance of 
sound ethical decision-making in regards to multiple 
relationships with clients.  We are particularly pleased to 
include a special paper in this edition that focuses on 
strategies for graduate students interested in developing a 
career in academic psychology.  We believe that the 
recommendations of the authors of this paper, who are 
academic psychologists themselves, will be of great interest 
and value to our readership.   
 

We would like to offer our sincere appreciation to Professor 
Barry Farber for his ongoing support and mentorship, as 
well as to the Department of Counseling and Clinical 
Psychology for its financial support of the journal.  We are 
also grateful to our dedicated editorial staff for their 
considerable efforts, without which this journal would not 
be possible.  Much work has gone into this year’s journal, 
and we hope you enjoy the outcome.   
 

Sincerely, 
 
 
 
Jessica A. Keith    Traci R. Stein 
Editor    Editor