John D. Gavazzi, PsyD, ABPP, is a licensed psychologist and board-certified clinical psychologist in independent outpatient practice in Lemoyne, Pennsylvania. He has curated Ethics and Psychology since 2011.
For more than 25 years he has taught and written about professional ethics, mental health law, and clinical decision-making, through workshops for psychologists and through articles in the professional literature. He is a longtime member of the Pennsylvania Psychological Association, where he has served on many committees, done advocacy work, and co-presented on ethics, moral injury, leadership, and prescriptive authority. His recent work concerns artificial intelligence in psychological practice, including the 2026 report of the AI and Psychotherapy Work Group of the Society for the Advancement of Psychotherapy (APA Division 29), which he co-authored.
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