NPI Committees

Reasons to Join an NPI Committee

• Connection – Working on a committee is a wonderful way to meet and get to know other NPI members.
• Contribution – Volunteering your time is being of service to other NPI members and furthers the mission of the organization.
• Personal Growth – Planning, implementing and collaborating with colleagues to achieve a meaningful goal is a satisfying learning experience.
• Professional Growth – Psychotherapists, counselors and psychiatrists make referrals to practitioners whom they know and trust.  Becoming active in NPI is a way to informally advertise your services.
• Fun – Volunteering to work along side smart and caring colleagues is gratifying.

NPI Development Committee

The NPI Development Committee is dedicated to the financial soundness of the organization. This involves the creation and ongoing maintenance and evaluation of revenue generating activities. Their work includes the creation of guidelines and selling of sponsorships to NPI programming, identifying opportunities to increase sales of new memberships to the larger community and other fundraising activities.

NPI Membership Committee

The NPI Membership Committee is dedicated to recruiting, introducing, and sustaining NPI members through outreach, planned social events, and social/networking activities.  The committee strategizes ways to increase membership numbers and membership involvement.

NPI Programming Committee

The mission of the NPI Programming Committee is to organize, plan, and execute continuing education activities that meet the needs of the organization’s members.  NPI members and psychotherapists in the greater Nashville community are targeted for attendance at all activities, and the Programming Committee aims to financially benefit the organization while providing quality speakers at a workshop rate that is accessible to all community psychotherapists.  The Programming Committee is responsible for Monthly Luncheon Programming, The Jules Seeman Fall Workshop, the Connections Retreat, and other continuing education opportunities. 

NPI Social Justice Committee

The NPI Social Justice Committee is dedicated to providing the organization’s membership with educational opportunities in diversity for greater self-awareness and greater multi-cultural proficiency, promoting honest investigation and conversation within the membership and with the larger community.  The role of the committee in the broadest sense is the active engagement by the NPI membership in the eradication of the plagues of racism, sexism and sexual repression.  

NPI ReSet Committee

The NPI Reset Committee acknowledges the systemic barriers within our society and profession that impact clients, providers, families and communities. We are dedicated to fostering a therapeutic community that is inclusive, equitable, and actively opposed to all forms of racism and oppression. This committee recognizes that our organization has not fully realized these values, particularly in terms of inclusivity and equity, and we are committed to bridging this gap by actively addressing the systemic privilege within our work. We pledge to continually engage in self-reflection, to listen and learn from those who experience systemic injustice, and to make our actions align with our values of equity, compassion and justice. The mission of the Reset Committee is to promote and support social justice awareness in our therapeutic community by 1) building diverse and meaningful relationships within the communities with which we work and live, 2) uplifting marginalized and minoritized voices through education, training, and consciousness raising efforts, 3) initiating and participating in conscientious objection to microaggressions, and 4) supporting avenues for social action and social change.

Interested in joining an NPI Committee or talking with a committee member about how you might contribute?  Contact NPI Executive Coordinator, Melissa Vickroy at npinashville@gmail.com.  Melissa will forward your communication to the appropriate Committee Chair/Co-chair.