A College of Education professor was appointed to the Georgia State Board of Examiners of Psychologists in January 2002.

Linda Campbell, an associate professor of counseling psychology, joins the six-member board selected by the governor to provide consumer protection, public health and welfare through regulation of the profession. The board consists of five psychologists and one consumer member.

The board processes licensure applications and receives, investigates and adjudicates complaints issued against licensed psychologists. There are currently 1,709 licensed psychologists in the state.

Campbell, who is also president of the Georgia Psychological Association, is director of the counseling and human development department's Center for Counseling and Personal Evaluation which provides services for about 70 clients a week including adults, families, couples, adolescents and children. Group services are provided in collaboration with other UGA departments.

The center also offers consultative services to community personnel including school counselors, principals, teachers, DFACS case workers, the juvenile court system and parole officers. These services include assessment and counseling for school placement, behavioral problems, diagnosis of learning problems, substance abuse, domestic violence and rehabilitative potential.

Campbell, who recently received a Distinguished Psychologist Award from the American Psychological Association, has served the profession of psychology in a number of leadership roles both at the state and national levels.

She has served in various high offices of the American Psychological Association and has been editor of the APA's Division 29 newsletter, Psychotherapy Bulletin, since 1994. She also represents Georgia on the APA's Council of Representatives. In addition, she was recipient of the APA's 1998 Karl Heiser Award recognizing her extensive legislative work in the advocacy of psychology.

Campbell was sworn in by Gov. Roy Barnes on Jan. 8 at the State Capitol in Atlanta in a ceremony attended by state Reps. Louise McBee (D-Athens) and Pat Gardner (D-Atlanta), former Executive Director of the Georgia Psychological Association. Others in attendance included her family and colleagues from UGA and Georgia State University.

Other members of the board include H. Ted Ballard of Alpharetta; John Stuart Currie of The Psychology Center of Atlanta, located in Smyrna; F. Karl Douglass of AFLAC, 2nd Vice President, Director of Licensing, of Columbus; Donald S. Meck, of Bonaire; and Carol L. Webb of Atlanta.
 

Tuesday, January 22, 2002
Writer: Michael Childs, 706/542-5889, mchilds@coe.uga.edu
Contact: Linda Campbell, 706/542-4076, lcampbel@arches.uga.edu