Heidi A. Zetzer

Dr. Heidi A. Zetzer (she/her/hers) is a licensed psychologist, Teaching Professor, and the Director of the Carol Ackerman Positive Psychology Clinic in the Department of Counseling, Clinical, & School Psychology at the University of California, Santa Barbara. She is the former director of the department’s psychology training clinic (2006-2020). Dr. Zetzer taught Basic Practicum, Theories of Supervision & Consultation, and Advanced Fieldwork: Clinical Supervision for many years. She currently teaches undergraduate helping skills, positive psychology, and vocational psychology courses. She directs the department’s doctoral counselling and clinical externships and provides weekly consultations to trainees working in the community.<br><br>Dr. Zetzer was an instructor with the Southern California Regional Partnership and the Center for Professional Advanced Education at the University of Redlands (2019-2020). She provided instruction and group facilitation for Fundamentals of Competency-Based Supervision, which consisted of 18 two-hour classes over a 9-month period with Master’s Level Licensed Mental Health Clinical Supervisors from Southern California Behavioral Health Units. She has taught doctoral level supervision courses and provided supervision of supervision to trainees for 15 years as well as provided 6-hour workshops on multicultural clinical supervision to a wide range of licensed mental health professionals, including psychologists, MFTs, and LCSW’s. Dr. Zetzer has published articles and provided scholarly presentations on parallel process, client feedback, and competencies in clinical supervision.<br><br>Dr. Zetzer has held leadership positions in the Society for Counseling Psychology (SCP; Division 17) of the American Psychological Association. She is a former Chair of the Section for Supervision & Training of Division 17 and a member of the Editorial Board for the division’s flagship journal, The Counseling Psychologist (2021 – present). She is a former president of the Association of Psychology Training Clinics (APTC) and is a former Co-Editor of the APTC Bulletin: Practicum Education & Training (PET). Dr. Zetzer is also a former president of the Santa Barbara County Psychological Association.