2025 CPA Awards
The Catholic Psychotherapy Association is pleased to announce the 2025 Membership Awards. Every year, we receive nominations for four separate distinctions.
St. Hildegard of Bingen Outstanding Supervisor Award
This award reflects the Catholic Psychotherapy Association’s commitment to supporting the growth of our interdisciplinary psychotherapy practice through outstanding mentorship and supervision. The supervisor is a primary gatekeeper of ethical clinical practice and provides his/her supervisees with meaningful, personalized support as they develop their therapeutic self.
Congratulations – Dr. Peter Martin
Our Mother of Good Counsel Clinical Excellence Award
The Catholic Psychotherapy Association recognizes outstanding clinical psychotherapy practice that embodies the mission of the organization. The recipient of this award displays exceptional clinical skills in psychotherapy, marked by their upstanding reputation within their local community and diocese.
Congratulations – Dr. Gerry Crete
Pope St. John Paul II Academic & Research Excellence Award
The Catholic Psychotherapy Association recognizes outstanding academic literature and research that honors the dignity of the human person and embodies the Mission of the Catholic Psychotherapy Association. The recipient of this award has positively contributed to our understanding of Catholic psychotherapy and made a substantial effort to narrow the gap between research and clinical practice.
Congratulations – Dr. Thomas Plante
St. Martin de Porres Intrinsic Dignity Award
Foundational to the ministry of the Catholic Church, acknowledges the intrinsic dignity of each human being and actively supports the needs of the underserved, oppressed, and/or marginalized persons in society. Catholic psychotherapists, researchers, educators, administrators, and spiritual leaders who minister to these persons have an essential role in the ministry of the Church as a whole. Therefore, the Catholic Psychotherapy Association recognizes those who have made laudable efforts to reduce discrimination and uphold the dignity of all human persons.
Congratulations – Dr. Gladys Sweeney
Please join us in congratulating the recipients.