64th Annual Conference

Sessions and Workshops

Friday, March 9

Session 207: Master's Circle—Attachments and Their Role in Individual and Redecision in Group Therapy

John Gladfelter, Ph.D., CGP, FAGPA

Session 208: Fathers and Daughters: The Promise of Intimacy

Lisa Mahon, Ph.D., CGP, FAGPA, Chair; Shelley Korshak, M.D., CGP

Session 209: The Future of Group Therapy in Psychiatry Residency (Breakfast Meeting)

George Saiger, M.D., CGP, FAGPA, Chair; Nelly Katsnelson, M.D., CGP

Session 210: The Therapist's Professional Will: Ethical and Clinical Benefits of Planning for Therapist Absence

Barry Helfmann, Psy.D., CGP, FAGPA, Chair; Ann Steiner, Ph.D., MFT, CGP, FAGPA

Session 211: Confronting the Relationship between Private Troubles and Public Issues as Group Psychotherapists

Kathleen Hubbs Ulman, Ph.D., CGP, FAGPA, Chair; Zorena Bolton, M.S.S.W.

Session 212: "En Espanol" Group Psychotherapy with Hispanic Clients

Diane Reid, Ph.D., FAGPA, Chair; Margarita Leonor Diaz, Ph.D.; Mariela Fuenmayor, M.D.; Sandra Piedrahita, M.A.

MINDFULNESS TRACK PART 1

Session 213: Mindfulness-Based Structured Group: An Experiential, Didactic and Research-Based Session

Sarah Sloan, M.S.S.W.; Mary Vance, Ph.D.

Friday, March 9

Plenary Address

8:30 - 9:45 A.M.

The Supreme Court: A Study in Small Group Processes

Peter Irons, Ph.D.

Friday, March 9
All-Day Workshops
10:00 A.M. – 1:15 P.M. & 2:45 – 6:00 P.M.

Workshop 37a: Coming to Our Senses: Harnessing the Power of Sensory Awareness in Ourselves and Our Groups

Suzanne Cohen, Ed.D., CGP, FAGPA

Workshop 38a: Harm Reduction Groups: Working with Dual Diagnosis and Ambivalence

Jeannie Little, M.S.W., CGP

Workshop 39a: The Power and the Promise: Using Group Therapy for Lifelong Relationship Skills

Judith Coche, Ph.D., ABPP, CGP, FAGPA; Rae Perls, Ph.D., FAGPA

Friday, March 9
Morning Open Sessions
10:00 A.M. – 1:15 P.M.

Session 307: Using a Stage Play to Illuminate Competitive and Affiliative Dimensions of Group Life

Session 308: Conflict and Repair in Group Psychotherapy for Addictions: Synthesizing Perspectives from the Psychodynamic and Cognitive Behavioral Frames

Jeffrey Roth, M.D., CGP, FAGPA, Chair; Joseph Gerstein, M.D.; Suzan McVicker, M.A.

Session 309: Embracing the Rainbow: GLBT Issues and Group Process

Joel Frost, Ed.D., CGP, FAGPA, Chair; Heather Davies, LMSW; Patricia Florence, LMSW; Ian Forslund, LCSW; Rick Laskowski, LCSW; Derek Leighton, M.A., LMFT-A; Jill Pressley, M.A., LPCI; Stacee Reicherzer, Ph.D.; Shane Whalley, LMSW

Friday, March 9
Morning Workshops
10:00 A.M. – 1:15 P.M.

Workshop 40: A Beginner's Guide to Utilizing Role Play in Therapy and Training Groups

Craig Haen, M.A., RDT, CGP

Workshop 41: No Way to Say Goodbye: Disruptive Endings in the Life of the Group

Jennifer Harp, Ph.D., CGP

Workshop 42: Ethical and Legal Issues in Group Psychotherapy

Rebecca MacNair-Semands, Ph.D., CGP

Master Workshop 43: More on "The Group from Hell"

Priscilla Kauff, Ph.D., CGP, DFAGPA

Workshop 44: Leading Psychoeducational Groups

Nina Brown, Ed.D., LPC, NCC, FAGPA

Workshop 45: Money and Me: The Group Therapist's Personal and Professional Relationship with Money

Mary Nicholas, LCSW, Ph.D., CGP, FAGPA

Workshop 46: Navigating the Transition from Individual Treatment to Combined Individual and Group Psychotherapy

Workshop 47: How to Teach the Principles of Group Psychotherapy Course

Jeanne Pasternak, M.S.W., CGP, FAGPA

Workshop 48: Turning Fantasy into Reality: The Magic of Role Play

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

Workshop 49: Redecision Therapy: A Brief, In-Depth Approach

Vann Joines, Ph.D., CGP

Workshop 50: This is Your Brain... This is Your Brain in Group: The Neurobiology of Group Psychotherapy

John Denninger, M.D., Ph.D.; Janet Witte, M.D., MPH

Workshop 51: The Promise of the Group Om: The Integration of Yoga Awareness in Group

Michelle Collins-Greene, Ph.D.

Workshop 52: Beyond the Grave—Early Parental Loss (Childhood to Age 25): Letting Go and Holding On

Mary Sussillo, LCSW, BCD

Workshop 53: Sexual Intimacy: Lost and Found

Sarah Brandel, Ph.D.; Trish Cleary, M.S., LCPC-MFT-ADC, CGP, FAGPA

Workshop 54: Group Analysts in the Trenches: Taking Modern Group Process into the Schools

Toby Chuah-Feinson, M.S.W., Ph.D., CGP; David Dumais, M.S.W.; Lucy Holmes, M.S.W., Ph.D., CGP; Leslie Quinn, Ph.D., CGP

Workshop 55: Creating Thriving Private Practice Psychotherapy Groups

Leon Hoffman, Ph.D., ABPP, CGP, FAGPA

Friday, March 9

Lunch-Time Large Group Session
1:30 – 2:30 P.M.
 

The Large Group

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

This session is also being held on Thursday (7:15-8:15 am) and Saturday (2:15-5:30 pm)

Friday, March 9

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

Session 310: Current Research in Group Psychotherapy

Jennifer Johnson, Ph.D., Chair; Anthony Joyce, Ph.D., Discussant; Richard Berke, Ph.D.; Einat Katz, Ph.D.; Shari Neul, Ph.D.; Karin Price, Ph.D.; Zipora Shechtman, Ph.D., FAGPA; Renee Van Der Vennet, Ph.D, LPC, ATR, CGP

Session 311: The Role of the Therapist's Theory on the Development of the Group Culture

Stewart Aledort, M.D., CGP, Chair; Sara Emerson, LICSW, M.S.W., CGP, FAGPA; Philip Flores, Ph.D., CGP, FAGPA; Elliot Zeisel, LCSW, Ph.D., CGP, FAGPA

Session 312: Developing the Group Mind Through Functional Subgrouping: Building Links Between Systems-Centered Training (SCT) and Interpersonal Neurobiology

Robert Klein, Ph.D., ABPP, CGP, FAGPA, Chair; Yvonne Agazarian, Ed.D., CGP,  FAPA, DFAGPA; Paul Cox, M.D., CGP; Susan Gantt, Ph.D., ABPP, CGP

Friday, March 9
Afternoon Workshops
2:45 – 6:00 P.M.

Workshop 56: The Need to be Liked: Implications for Group Therapists and Members

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

Workshop 57: Saying the Unspeakable: Working with Countertransference and Counterresistance in Involuntary Groups

Steven Henne, M.A., LPC, LAC; Jeffrey Price, M.A., LPC, LAC, CGP

Workshop 58: Dream Appreciation Group: An Experiential Workshop to Fulfill the Promise of Group Work with Dreams

Karen Shore, Ph.D., CGP

Workshop 59: Living with Cancer

Mary Dluhy, M.S.W., CGP, FAGPA; Hillel Swiller, M.D., FAGPA

Workshop 60: Yes, But What Good is it? The Use of an Improvisational Acting Group for Psychotherapists     (Part 1)

Elinor Dunn Grayer, M.S.W., Ph.D., BCD, CGP

Part 2 is scheduled for Saturday (8:45 - 12:00 noon)

Workshop 61: Put it in Writing: Survival and Growth in the Group

Dominick Grundy, Ph.D., CGP

Workshop 62: Great Teaching Ideas for Group Course Instructors

Lorraine Wodiska, Ph.D., CGP

Workshop 63: Working Relationally in Groups

Workshop 64: Positive Psychodrama: Connection, Hope and Healing

Merle Cantor Goldberg, DCSW

Workshop 65: Building a Working System: The Couples' Therapist as Member of a Small Group

Claudia Byram, Ph.D., CGP

Workshop 66: Let There Be Song: The Impact of Communal Singing on Group Cohesion and Group Development

Geraldine Alpert, Ph.D., CGP, FAGPA; C. Deborah Cross, M.D., CGP

Workshop 67: Social Skills Groups for Children and Adolescent with Autism

Dawn Holman, Ph.D.; Jessica Postil, M.A.

Workshop 68: Peri-Terror Backlash Mitigation: Working with Racially Targeted Communities

Siddharth Ashvin Shah, M.D., MPH

Workshop 69:  Clinical Interventions with Step-Families

Richard Reposa, LMSW, FAGPA; Alberto Serrano, M.D., FAGPA

Workshop 70: Sexual Desire, Intimacy and Love Conflicts Resolved through Couples Group Therapy

Barbara Feld, LCSW, CGP, FAGPA; Philip Luloff, M.D., CGP, FAPA

Workshop 71: Group Therapy with Childhood Trauma Survivors: Different Patterns, Different Approaches

Cara Beames, M.A.; Noel Larson, M.S.W., Ph.D.

Friday, March 9

Group Psychotherapy Foundation Dance Party

9:00 P.M.

Hotcakes

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