Aaron Kindsvatter, Ph.D., was formerly a tenured faculty member of counselor education in New England. During his time in higher education,he noted with concern the growing movement within counselor education to politicize counselor training and psychotherapy. In response to this movement he co-founded the Society for Ethical Practices in Psychotherapy. He sits on the Executive Board of the International Association of Psychology and Counseling. Kindsvatter lives and practices in Burlington, Vermont.

David King is an IT professional and civil liberties advocate with a passion for protecting the integrity of our institutions. Serving as theDirector of IT at the Foundation Against Intolerance & Racism and as the Technology Administrator for the Institute for Liberal Values, hebelieves firmly that institutions must adhere to their overarching goals and principles, not be co-opted by the social movements and political agendas of the day. David lives in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

SEPP description:

The Society for the Ethical Practice of Psychotherapy is a politically and culturally welcoming group of psychotherapy practitioners, educatorsand students invested in ensuring the welfare of psychotherapy patientsby holding ethics above agendas; putting clients' outcomes first and healing through science, honesty, and fidelity to the individual..

SEPP's core view is that psychotherapy is a field that supersedes in importance any political or social agenda, and that practitioners shouldpractice without regard to their own political or ideological beliefs and encourage a culture of doing the same.

SEPP has three aims: building community, creating quality continuing education materials, and assisting psychotherapy patients in finding practitioners who practice without imposing their own political or ideological beliefs in their practices. If you'd like to join, you can sign up at https://ethicaltherapy.org/#joinus.

Membership in SEPP is free of charge, and members can download SEPP logos for display in email signatures, on practice websites, or anywhereelse they'd like, to demonstrate to patients that you will put their healing first.

Visit https://ethicaltherapy.org to learn more, join us, and donate._____________________________________________________________________If you would like to contact me, my website is: https://theradicalcenterconsulting.com/ and I am on twitter @JLeslieElliott And if you appreciate this ongoing project and would like to support my continued work in this area you can chip in at any of the following (thank you very much!): https://www.paypal.me/jleslieelliott https://www.buymeacoffee.com/radicalcenterhttps://www.patreon.com/theradicalcenter

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