63rd Annual Conference

Beyond Survival: The Role of AGPA in the "Bowling Alone" World of the 21st Century
 

Elizabeth Knight, LMSW, CGP, FAGPA

How does an organization based on the belief that people heal and prosper in group settings survive in a culture that some assert (Putnam, Bowling Alone) has lost the social glue that allows our personal relationships, families and social groups to adhere?  We preach the benefits of open and intimate group relationships to a nation of alienated strangers, glues to cell phones and computers. 

This presentation will focus on survival strategies for AGPA, where we've been in the past, what we've done recently that's been successful and the choices we will face in the very near future.

Elizabeth Knight, LMSW, CGP, FAGPA, is in private practice in Houston, Texas and is a Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry at Baylor College of Medicine and University of Texas Health and Science Center of Houston.