In Venezuela, cognitive therapy has become the most recently disseminated therapeutic approach as compared to behavior therapy, psychoanalysis, gestalt, or client-centered therapy. It was first promoted by Romulo Aponte, M.D., and Luzmaya Colina, M.D., who studied at the Center for Cognitive Therapy in Philadelphia and later founded the Unidad de Terapia Cognitiva y Sexual (Cognitive and Sex Therapy Unit) in Caracas in 1982. Since that time, Dr. Aponte has conducted many well-attended workshops across the nation on various aspects of cognitive therapy. In 1985, the AVACC (Asociacion Venezolana para el Avance de las Ciencias del Comportamiento) (Venezuelan Association for the Advancement of Behavioral Sciences) was founded and is currently directed by Felicitas Kort, a Venezuelan psychologist who studied with Joseph Wolpe, M.D., at Temple University. AVACC is an interdisciplinary organization devoted to research and the teaching of applied learning principles to psychosocial problems from a cognitive-behavioral perspective (e.g., Kort, 1981). At present, training in cognitive therapy has been included as part of two psychotherapy graduate courses: one through the Psychiatry Specialty at the Universidad Central de Venezuela, and the other through the Cognitive Psychology Specialty at Universidad Catolica Andres Bello. Also, the Masters degree program in General Psychology at Universidad Simon Bolivar includes cognitive therapy training as part of its component in behavioral medicine. These three universities are located in Caracas. In 1992, the Universidad Rafael Urdaneta in Maracaibo launched the first Masters degree program in Clinical Psychology in the country. This 2-year graduate program, directed by Jesus A. Salas, follows a scientist-practitioner model and was designed within a broadly conceived cognitive-behavioral systemic approach. Also, graduate courses in Personality and Social Psychology (Normality and Psychological Well-Being; Social Cognition and Social Influence Processes) have been designed as an integral part of the program in order to promote a psychosocial perspective in Clinical Psychology. Students are expected to master empirically validated therapeutic techniques (e.g., Beck's cognitive therapy for depression, Clark and Barlow's cognitive-behavioral treatment of panic) and their related theories concerning adult psychosocial disorders as classified according to DSM-III-R. Equal emphasis is placed on the development of practical knowledge (assessment and intervention skills), as well as on the development of research skills. Given the nature of the program, professors are invited from various parts of the country, as well as from abroad (e.g., USA, England). In October 1994, the Sociedad Zuliana de Psicologia Clinica (Zulia State Society for Clinical Psychology) will publish the inaugural issue of Revista Venezolana de Psicologia Cl´nica. This will be the first journal in Venezuela devoted to basic and applied research in clinical psychology from a cognitivebehavioral perspective. A substantial portion of the journal will also be devoted to the publication of clinical case studies. This journal, published biannually, is edited by J. A. Salas, and the editorial board includes scholars from Venezuela, the United States, Canada, Mexico, and the United Kingdom. This initial issue will consist of 500 copies that will be distributed mainly in Venezuela, but international subscriptions for individuals and institutions will also be available outside of the country. Unfortunately, at present, graduate students as well as professionals in the field are limited to periodicals and texts that are printed primarily in English. …