Self-Help Book Recommendations Committee

Committee Year 2024-2025 (Nominations are accepted annually)

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Committee Members:

• Chair: Kimberli Treadwell, Ph.D., University of Connecticut
• Robin Abrams, Ph.D., Robin Abrams Ph.D. LLC
• Francine Broder, Psy.D., Beck Institute
• Charlie Davidson, Ph.D., Akin Mental Health
• Celenia DeLapp, Ph.D., Montefiore Medical Center
• Tom DiBlasi, Ph.D., Long Island University
• Nic Doucette, B.A., Southern New Hampshire University
• Rebecca Elias, Ph.D., Children’s Hospital Los Angeles
• Regine Galanti, Ph.D., Long Island Behavioral Psychology
• Emily R. Gonzalez
• Jolene Jacquart, Ph.D., University of Arizona
• Anne Limowski, Ph.D., Montefiore Medical Center
• Chris Molnar, Ph.D., Mindful Exposure Therapy for Anxiety and Psychological Wellness Center
• Tim Ritzert, Ph.D., Longwood University
• Cara Settipani, Ph.D., Lumate Health
• Linda Spiro, Psy.D., Private Practice
• Jennifer Taub, Ph.D., Taub Psychotherapy
• Deirdre Waters, Psy.D., D Waters and Associates LLC
• Miryam Yusufov, Ph.D., Harvard Medical School/Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Committee Purpose

The Self-Help Book Recommendations Committee assists the public by providing a resource for quality self-help books, while also supporting and facilitating ABCT’s strategic planning objectives of disseminating information to professionals and educating the public. The Self-Help Book Recommendations Committee accepts nominations via an online portal and books are reviewed by two ABCT members on the committee and recommendations are forwarded to the board for final approval.

Benchmark 2024-2025

• Identified and invited members to sit on the Committee to expand committee membership.
• Conducted business meeting at ABCT in November 2024 for committee members.
• Conducted reviews of books submitted in 2023-2024 membership cycle.
• Conducted reviews of backlog books from 2021-2023 membership cycle.
• Conduct reviews of backlog books from 2013-2021.
• Continue to review newly submitted books.
• Explore the possibility of conducting book review for journal.
• Explore development of Associate Chair to organize reviews of a subset topic of books, such as Anxiety topic.