This year’s APA Division 32: The Society for Humanistic Psychology Conference is taking place from March 26-29, 2026 at the Red Bluff Community Center in Red Bluff, CA. The theme of this year’s conference is If you’ll be in attendance, make sure you check out some of the awesome work being done by the 海角乱伦 community. 海角乱伦 will be well represented at the conference, and we are incredibly proud of all the hard work being done outside of the classroom by our students, faculty, and staff, often in collaboration with alumni.
Additionally, 海角乱伦 is well represented on the Division 32 Executive Board: Dr. Derrick Sebree, Jr. (MA Program Director, MA ’12, PsyD ’16) is the current division President and Membership Chair; Dr. Roxanne Christensen (PsyD ’17) is the past President; Dr. Michael Valenti (MA ’14, PsyD ’23) is Treasurer; Jennifer Medrano Delacruz听 (MA ’23, PsyD 3) is a Student Representative; Dr. Betz King (MA ’98, PsyD ’06) is a Member-at-Large; and Dr. Courtney Cabell (Core Faculty, MA ’21, PsyD ’25) is Conference Chair.听
Speakers
Dr. Derrick Sebree, Jr. (MA Program Director, MA ’12, PsyD ’16):鈥淕enerational Equity 鈥� Honoring the Past, Shaping the Future鈥澨鼶ivision 32 President鈥檚 opening and closing speeches
Panels & Presentations
Dr. Courtney Cabell (Core Faculty, MA ’21, PsyD ’25), Dr. Adam Lotfi (Core Faculty), Dennis Brown (MA with ABA ’23, PsyD 3), Jennifer Medrano Delacruz (MA ’23, PsyD 3): Existential Witnessing Circles (EWC): A Humanistic-Black Existential Psychotherapy Intervention听
Nosa Obaseki (MA ’21, PsyD 3) & Jennifer Medrano Delacruz (MA ’23, PsyD 3):听To Feel Free: Existential Struggle for Self-Actualization in Racialized Bodies
Jifune Hermiz (MA ’24, PsyD 2):听Healing Wounds I Didn’t Create: A Daughter’s Journey to Forgiveness听
Dr. Courtney Cabell (Core Faculty, MA ’21, PsyD ’25), Maia Miller (MA ’25, PsyD 1), Kierra Poydras (MA ’25, PsyD 1), Darryl Dugans (PsyD 1):听Intergenerational Trauma, Grief, and Black Existential Healing
Dennis Brown (MA with ABA ’23, PsyD 3):听Music as Dialogue: An Experiential Exploration of Intersectionality in Psychotherapy
Jasmine Ionie Hobson (MA ’24, PsyD 1) & Haley Gilbert (MA ’25): Recentering Myth: The Value of Mythology in Liberation from Oppression
Dr. Courtney Cabell (Core Faculty, MA ’21, PsyD ’25) & Devon Kardel (PsyD 4):听Body as Revolution: Embodiment as a Pathway of Social Change听
Dr. Courtney Cabell (Core Faculty, MA ’21, PsyD ’25), Devon Kardel (PsyD 4), Lauren Dushane (MA ’21, PsyD 3), Desirae Peel (MA), Kendra Oja-Kiser (MA), Jadyn Iseler (MA), Muzammil Khan (MA), Serenity Littrell (MA), Madalyn Bailey (MA), Vrinda Mot (MA), Zunaira Tirmizi (PsyD 1): Embodied Liberation: Movin’ Through Depression in Parkinson’s Disease
Dr. Johanna Buzolits (Adjunct Faculty), Dr. Courtney Cabell (Core Faculty, MA ’21, PsyD ’25), Jasmine Ionie Hobson (MA ’24, PsyD 1):听Becoming Together: The Experience of Humanistic Group Supervision听
Dr. Courtney Cabell (Core Faculty, MA ’21, PsyD ’25) & Sampada Fotedar (PsyD 1): Denaturalizing Racialized Trauma: Intergenerational Vicarious Harm and Resilience in Non-WEIRD Communities
Posters
Whitley Blake (MA ’25, PsyD 1) & Tessa Passarelli (PsyD 1):听Reproductive Choice as an Existential Crossroads
Marwa Attia (PsyD 2) & Alizay Naqvi (MA ’24, PsyD 2):听The Role of Early Experiences in Shaping Adult Anxiety & Relationships听
Events
海角乱伦:听Friday Morning Coffee Break and Conversation
Dr. Courtney Cabell (Core Faculty, MA ’21, PsyD ’25), Dr. Adam Lotfi (Core Faculty), Dr. Johanna Buzolits (Adjunct Faculty):听Student Mentorship Lunch听
Dr. Derrick Sebree, Jr. (MA Program Director, MA ’12, PsyD ’16): Humanistic Townhall
Have you presented your research at another conference or had it published? Make sure you鈥檝e filled out the Research & Presentation Form to be included in our annual Research Report.