63rd Annual Conference

 

Sessions and Workshops

Thursday, February 23

 

Early Bird Open Sessions
7:15 – 8:15 A.M.

 

Session 201: The Large Group

This session is also being held on Friday (1:30-2:30 pm) and Saturday (2:15-5:30 pm)
Beatrice Liebenberg, M.S.W., CGP, DFAGPA, Chair;

Haim Weinberg, M.A.; Martha Gilmore, Ph.D., CGP 

 

Session 202: Preschoolers, Parents, and Teachers: Building Competencies, Strengthening Relationships

Judith Tellerman, Ph.D., CGP, Chair; Kay Draper, Ph.D.;

Faye Mishna, Ph.D.

 

Session 203: Perspectives on Triangulation in Psychodynamic and Family Therapy
Ruth Hochberg, Ph.D., CGP, DFAGPA, Chair; Claire Rosenberg, LICSW

 

Session 204: CBT at the Movies: An Elderly Depression Group

Marian Yeager, Ph.D., FAGPA, Chair; Gayle Basten; Michael Drexler; Wendy Walker, Psy.D.

 

Session 205: Hypnosis for Treating the Chemically Dependent Inpatient Group

Elaine Leader, Ph.D., CGP, Chair; Tenley Fukui, M.A.

 

 

Thursday, February 23
Conference Opening Plenary
8:30 – 9:45 A.M.

 

The Social Brain in Human Relationships: Insight from Interpersonal Neurobiology
Daniel Siegel, Ph.D.

 

Thursday, February 23
All-Day Workshops
10:00 A.M.– 1:15 P.M. & 2:45 – 6:00 P.M.

 

Workshop 1a:  Dreams, Affect, Memory, and Creativity in the Group: Freud, Winnicott, and Modell

Walker Shields, Jr., M.D., CGP, FAGPA

 

Workshop 2a:  Therapist Self Disclosure
Bernard Frankel, Ph.D., BCD, FAGPA

 

Workshop 3a: The Art of Culture Building in the Group: An Experiential Journey
Barbara Squire Ilfeld, MSN, RNCS, CGP; Fred Ilfeld, Jr., M.D., CGP

 

Thursday, February 23
Morning Three-Hour Open Sessions
10:00 A.M. – 1:15 P.M.

 

Session 301: Current Research in Group Psychotherapy

Jennifer Johnson, Ph.D., Chair; Berhard Strauss, Ph.D., Discussant; Trudy Duffy, M.S.W., Ph.D.; Judith Langmuir, MT-BC, MTA; William Piper, Ph.D., CGP, DFAGPA; Christer Sandahl, Ph.D., Zipora Shechtman, Ph.D.

 

Session 302: Intensive Psychotherapy in Groups: The European Model of Group Analytic Psychotherapy in Twice Weekly Groups

Phyllis Cohen, Ph.D., Psy.D., CGP, Chair; Howard Kibel, M.D., CGP, DFAGPA, Discussant; Sue Einhorn, B.A., CQSW; Sheila Ernst, M.A.; Robi Friedman, Ph.D.; John Schlapobersky, B.A., MSC

 

Session 303: Popular Group Programs to help Kids Make Friends and Survive Bullying

Patricia McCaffrey, M.S., MFT, Chair; Connie Concannon, M.S.W., CGP, FAGPA, Discussant; Rich Dutra-St.John, Ph.D.; Kate Kretzmer, LCSW; Robert Tyminski, DMH, Ph.D.

 

 

Thursday, February 23
Morning Continuous One-Hour Open Sessions

 

Session 206: The Elaboration of Cognitive Meaning via Victor Frankl (10:00-11:00 am)

Fred Fehr, Ph.D.

 

Session 207: Spirituality and Chronic Illness: What Do You Believe? (11:00 am-12:00 noon)
Carolyn Roberts, Ph.D.; Kenneth Nowack, Ph.D.

 

Session 208: Assessment of Ego Development in Long-Term Psychotherapy Groups for Men (12:00 noon-1:00 pm)

Elliot Geller, LCSW, CGP

 

 

Thursday, February 23

Morning Workshops
10:00 A.M. – 1:15 P.M.

 

Workshop 4: Deciding How to Choose: An Embarrassment of Riches
David Altfeld, Ph.D., CGP, FAGPA

 

Workshop 5: The Need to be Liked: Implications for Group Therapists and Members

Jeffrey Hudson, M.Ed., LPC, CGP; Andrea Pully, M.Ed., LPC, CGP

 

Workshop 6: Values and Ethics: Personal and Professional Beliefs in Group Psychotherapy

Eleanor Komet, Ph.D., CGP, FAGPA; D. Thomas Stone, Ph.D., CGP, FAGPA

 

Workshop 7: The Impact of the Digital Age on Us and Our Clients---Learning from a Case Example of a Global Media Enterprise

Herman Gyr, Ph.D.; Lisa Friedman, Ph.D.

 

Workshop 8: Co-Therapy Led Group Psychotherapy: Countertransference, Conflict and Cohesion

Barbara Kidder, M.A.; Eugene Kidder, M.Div.

 

Workshop 9: Mind-Body Skills

James Gordon, M.D.

 

Workshop 10: Bridging the Gap: Incorporating Psychodramatic Procedures in Traditional Group Therapies

David Kipper, Ph.D., ABPP, CGP, FAGPA

 

Workshop 11: Multiple Family Therapy Groups

Joan Medway, Ph.D., LCSW-C, BCD, CGP

 

Workshop 12:  Group as Transformational Space: Building a Systems-Oriented Context for Creative Play

Katherine Straznickas, Ph.D.

 

Workshop 13:  The Body Knows, The Body Reveals

Nanine Ewing, Ph.D., CGP, FAGPA

 

Workshop 14: The Interpersonal Model of Group Psychotherapy

Molyn Leszcz, FRCPC, CGP

 

Workshop 15:  The Group in the Unconscious

Werner Knauss, Dipl. Psych

 

Workshop 16: The Reptilian Brain in Distressed Couples: Creating a Safe Environment for Change

Don Ferguson, Ph.D., CGP

 

Workshop 17: Bridging the Gender Gap: A Countertransference Workshop

Emanuel Shapiro, Ph.D., CGP, FAGPA; Alice Byrne, M.S.W., CGP; Jerome Leff, M.S.W.; Lois Kennedy, Psy.D.

 

Workshop 18: The Group Therapist as Corporate Trainer

Rick Tivers, LCSW, BCD, CGP

 

Thursday, February 23

Afternoon Three-Hour Open Sessions
2:45 – 6:00 P.M.

 

Session 304: The Many Aspects of Shame in Group Psychotherapy: Analysis and Treatment

Fern Cramer Azima, Ph.D., DFAGPA, Chair; Jerome Gans, M.D., CGP, FAGPA; Felix De Mendelssohn, M.S.W.; Sabar Rustomjee, M.B., FRANZCP, D.P.M,; Ivan Urlic, M.D., Ph.D.

 

Session 305: Advances in Self-Psychology and Intersubjectivity

Walter Stone, M.D., CGP, DFAGPA, Chair; Irene Harwood, M.S.W., Psy.D., CGP, FAGPA; Marty Livingston, Ph.D., CGP; Rosemary Segalla, Ph.D., CGP

 

Session 306: Groups for HIV/AIDS and Cancer: Contrasting Different Models

Allen Sherman, Ph.D., Chair; Catherine Classen, Ph.D.; Ron Franco Duran, Ph.D.; Bettina O'Brien, LMFT; Mary Jane Rotheram, Ph.D.; Stephanie Simonton, Ph.D., CGP

 

Thursday, February 23
Afternoon Continuous One-Hour Open Sessions
 

Session 209: Group Treatment to Promote Forgiveness: Comparing Explicit Interventions with General Psychotherapy (2:45-3:45 pm)

Nathaniel Wade, Ph.D.

 

Session 210: The Group Psychotherapy in Georgia: Past, Present and Future (3:45-4:45 pm)

Revaz Korintelli, M.D.

 

Session 211: Threats of Violence in Group Psychotherapy

Paul Ian Steinberg, M.D., FRCPC (4:45-5:45 pm)

 

 

Thursday, February 23
Afternoon Workshops
2:45 – 6:00 P.M.

 

Workshop 19: Group Dynamics for Leaders of Nonclinical Groups

Nina Brown, Ed.D., LPC, NCC

 

Workshop 20: The Application of Specificity Theory to Group Psychotherapy

Gil Spielberg, Ph.D., CGP, FAGPA

 

Workshop 21: The Psychodynamics of Scapegoating

Lawrence Malcus, Ph.D.

 

Workshop 22: Spirituality and Sexuality: Moments of Vulenerability, Intimacy and Shame

Joseph Fallon, Jr., Ph.D., CGP, FAGPA; Constance Vitale, M.A., MPS, CGP, FAGPA

 

Workshop 23: Helping Each Other Across the Bridge: How Group Supervisors Can Bridge Differences Among Therapists, and Between Therapists and Their Clients

Mary Pender Greene, LCSW, CGP; Lucinda Hotchkiss, Ph.D., CGP

 

Workshop 24: Caring for Caregivers: Experiences, Thoughts and Reflections

Trish Cleary, M.S., LCPC-MFT-ADC, CGP; Felicia Einhorn, M.S.W., CGP; Madelyn Miller, LCSW, ACSW, CGP

 

Workshop 25: Healing the Split Inside: A Systems-Centered Path to Happiness and Success

Richard O'Neill, Ph.D., FAClinP, CGP

 

Workshop 26: The Integration of Psychodrama with Family Systems Therapy

Chris Farmer, M.D.; Marcia Geller, Ph.D., CGP

 

Workshop 27: Object Relations, Spiral Groups and Other Strange Happenings

Cecil Rice, Ph.D., CGP, FAGPA

 

Workshop 28: Dissociation in Groups

Kathleen Adams, Ph.D., CGP

 

Workshop 29: How to Work with Different Personality Adaptations in Groups

Vann Joines, Ph.D., CGP

 

Workshop 30: The Influence of Politics in Group and Individual Therapy

Gillian Fynn, LCSW; Carla Haimowitz, Ph.D.; Rose Phelps, M.S., MFT, CGP

 

Workshop 31:  Group Therapy with Children: The Research and Clinical Base

Zipora Shechtman, Ph.D.

 

Workshop 32: Men and Women: Separate and Together (Understanding and Bridging the Differences)

Hylene Dublin, M.S.W., LCSW, CGP, FAGPA; Darryl Pure, Ph.D., ABPP, CGP, FAGPA

 

Workshop 33: Talking about Talking About Sex: Countertransference, Diversity and Process

Fracis Kaklauskas, M.A., LPC, CGP; Robert Zeszotarski, M.D., CGP

 

 

Friday Sessions and Workshops

 

Saturday Sessions and Workshops