66th Annual Conference

Sessions and Workshops

Saturday, February 21

Christine Kieffer, Ph.D., ABPP, FAGPA

Carol Lark, Ph.D., ATR-BC, CGP

Paul Rinaldi, Ph.D., Joe Ruggiero, Ph.D.

Kim Johancen-Walt, M.A., LPC

Wright Williams, Ph.D., ABPP, CGP

Stephanie Fariss, JD, LCSW, CGP; Marcia Nickow, Psy.D., CADC, CGP

Ruth Geller, M.D.

Sararivka Liberman, M.S., LCSW

Kenneth Martin Schwartz, M.D., FRCPC

Lorelei Joy Goldman, M.A.

Saturday, February 21
All-Day Workshops

9:00 – 11:30 A.M. & 1:30 – 4:00 P.M.

Workshop 66a: The '3 R's': Resistance, Rebellion, and Refusal in Group

Richard Billow, Ph.D., ABPP, CGP

Workshop 67a: Laughter, Mindfulness, Trauma-Sensitive Yoga, Breathwork and Poetry: Diverse Techniques for Self-Care

Gaea Logan, M.A., Siddharth Shah, M.D., MPH

Workshop 68a: The Deeper Psychology of Home: Where We Come From, Where We Live Now

Peter Taylor, Ph.D., SEP, CGP

Workshop 69a: Crossing the Gender Divide: Understanding Differences to Build Lasting Community

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

Saturday, February 21
Morning Open Sessions
9:00 – 11:30 A.M.

Session 313: New Paradigms in Group Analytic Treatment: Intersubjectivity, Dissociation and Enactment

Fred Wright, Ph.D., Chair; Robert Grossmark, Ph.D.

Session 314: Resistance and Affect in Groups for Medically Ill Patients

Kathleen Hubbs Ulman, Ph.D., CGP, FAGPA, Chair; Samuel Klagsbrun, M.D., CGP, Deborah Schwartz, M.D., Sharan Schwartzberg, Ed.D., FAOTA

Louis R. Ormont Lecture

Session 315: Progressing While Regressing in Relationships

Ronnie Levine, Ph.D., CGP, FAGPA

Saturday, February 21
Morning Workshops
9:00 – 11:30 A.M.

Master Workshop 70: Aging in AGPA: Hopes and Fears, Reality and Fantasy

Bruce Bernstein, Ph.D., ABPP, CGP, FAGPA, Donald  Fuhrmann, Ph.D., LFAGPA

Open to participants with more than ten years of group psychotherapy experience

Workshop 71: Sexual Feelings? What Sexual Feelings? Therapist Erotic Countertransference in Group Therapy

Nancy Kelly, Ph.D., LCSW, CGP, Robert Murphy, M.A., LPC, LMFT, CGP

Workshop 72: Mentalizing, Self States, and the Building of Community: Group Therapy with the Dissociative Mind

Karis Klassen, M.A., K. Brynolf Lyon, Ph.D., CGP

Workshop 73: A Visit to the Here and Now

Allan Sheps, M.S.W., RSW

Workshop 74: Creating Your Own Style of Leadership

Jim Ellis, Ph.D., CGP, Neal Spivack, Ph.D., CGP

Open to participants with less than four years of group psychotherapy experience

Workshop 75: The Over-Functioning Therapist: From Narcissistic Injury to Sustainable Selfcare ™

Jeanne Bunker, LCSW, CGP, DeLinda Fox, LCSW, CGP

Workshop 76: Tango: Risk and Connection (A Metaphor for the Intersubjective Group Experience)

David Luna, J.D., M.B.A., Connie Vitale, M.A., FAGPA

Workshop 77: Group Cognitive Behavioral Model: Integrating Cognitive Behavioral with Psychodramatic Theory and Practice

Thomas Treadwell, Ed.D., TEP

Workshop 78: Generativity Versus Stagnation: The Experience of Meaning in Our Personal and Professional Lives

Art Raisman, Ph.D., CGP

Workshop 79: Making Space for Psychotic Folks: Radical Inclusion in Harm Reduction Groups

Anna Berg, M.S.W., Perri Franskoviak, Ph.D., Jamie Lavender, M.A.

Workshop 80: Using Team Building Activities to Advance the Goals of Group Therapy

Barney Straus, M.A., M.S.W., CGP

Workshop 81: Authority and Authenticity: Issues in Adolescent Group Treatment

David Dumais, LCSW, CGP

Workshop 82: Creating Resilient Organizations: A Jungian Perspective

Stephanie Fariss, JD, LCSW, CGP; Catharine Jones, LCSW, Sonia Sukenic, M.S.W., LCSW

Workshop 83: Serious Mental Illness in Agencies: Dealing with Acute Symptoms as they Emerge in the Group Setting

Kathleen Ault M.S., NP, CGP, Eric Oxelson M.S.W., LCSW, CGP

Saturday, February 21

Group Psychotherapy Foundation Luncheon
11:30 – 1:30 P.M.

IO Theatre

Saturday, February 21
Afternoon Open Session
1:30 – 4:00 P.M.

Session 316: The Large Group

Felix de Mendelssohn, M.S.W.

This session is also being held on Thursday (7:15-8:15 am) and Friday (12:45-1:45 pm)

Saturday, February 21
Afternoon Workshops
1:30 – 4:00 P.M.

Master Workshop 84: Personal Change in the Later Phases of Group Development

Ariadne P. Beck, M.A., CGP

Open to participants with more than ten years of group psychotherapy experience

Workshop 85: Keeping it Real: Transforming Theory into Technique in Group

Andrew Eig, Ph.D.

Workshop 86: Using Focal Conflict Theory in a Counseling Skills Training Group

Cecelia Winkelman, Ph.D.

Workshop 87: The Art of Mindfulness: Healing through Groups

Michele Ribeiro, Ed.D., Miriam Ribeiro, M.S.W., Joseph Tarantolo, M.D., CGP

Workshop 88: Beyond Words: The Group Therapist's Role in Facilitating and Deepening the Group Process

Jane Burbank, M.S.W., LCSW

Open to participants with less than four years of group psychotherapy experience.

Workshop 89: Cognitive Behavioral Group Therapy: A Collaborative, Consultation, Interactional Multi-Systems Approach

George Greenberg, Ph.D., LCSW, BCD, Marvin  Clifford, Ph.D., LCSW, BCD

Workshop 90: Group Therapy for Schizophrenic Patients

Nick Kanas, M.D., CGP, FAGPA

Workshop 91: Building Lasting Couple Relationships through Separate Group Therapy for Each Partner

Darryl Feldman, Ph.D., ABPP, CGP, Gloria Batkin Kahn, Ed.D., ABPP, CGP, FAGPA

Workshop 92: Memorializing Farewell: Endings and Anniversary Reactions

Jeffrey Mendell, M.D., MPH, Marsha Vannicelli, Ph.D., CGP, LFAGPA

Workshop 93: This Land is Your Land, This Land is My Land:  Fostering One’s Sense of Belonging in the Organizational Group

Karin Hodges, M.S., Donald Wexler, M.D., LFAGPA

Workshop 94: Group Therapy in the 21^st Century: Group Therapy at Warp Speed

Leslie Lothstein Ph.D., CGP

Workshop 95: Beyond Nagging and Begging: Overcoming Organizational Resistance to Internal Group Referrals in College Counseling and Other Agency Settings

Linda Muldoon, Ph.D., CGP, Sarah Nowak, Ph.D., Susan Walker, Ph.D.

Thursday Sessions and Workshops

Friday Sessions and Workshops