66th Annual Conference

 

Sessions and Workshops

Thursday, February 19

 

Thursday, February 19

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

 

Session 201: The Large Group

Felix de Mendelssohn, M.S.W.

This session is also being held on Friday (12:45-1:45 pm) and Saturday (1:30-4:00 pm)

 

Session 202: Playing with Imagery: Novice Therapists’ Use of Countertransference within Interpersonal Group Psychotherapy

Lorraine Mangione Ph.D., Chair; Anders Goranson, B.A.; Megan Phillips, M.S.

 

Session 203: Mindfulness-Based Process Group Psychotherapy

Sarah Kallick, Psy.D., James O'Keefe, M.S., JD, LCPC, CGP

 

Session 204: The Interface of Psychic Trauma and Cultural Identity within Arab American Groups Post 9/11

Nora Alarifi Pharaon, Ed.D., CGP

 

Session 205: Group Psychotherapy for Smoking Cessation Treatment

David W. Brook, M.D., CGP, LFAGPA

 

Session 206:Vissicitudes of Identification Processes in a Mixed Group of Perpetrators and Victims of Sexual Abuse

Werner Knauss, Dipl.Psych.

 

Session 207: A Look at Drop-In and On-Line Groups for Men with Prostate Cancer and their Significant Others

Wendy A. Lebowitz, Ph.D., M.P.H., CGP, Joel Nowak, M.S.W., M.A.

 

Thursday, February 19

Early Morning Colloquies

7:15 - 8:15 A.M.

 

Colloquy 1: Boundaries, Ethics and Chaos Theory in Group Psychotherapy

Robert Pepper CSW, Ph.D., CGP

 

Colloquy 2: Dual Relationships in Process Groups During Training:  Working Together on the Wards while Working Through in the Group

Seamus Bhatt-Mackin, M.D.

 

Colloquy 3: Using the Group: Increasing the Effectiveness of Group Supervision for Novice Supervisors

Catherine Iacuzzi, M.S., M.A., Jennifer Roberts, M.S.

 

Colloquy 4: Transgender Therapy Groups: Building Communities of Support

Sheri Lyn Clark, Ph.D., Carol Lynn O’Saben, Ph.D., Jessica Walker, Ph.D.

 

 

Thursday, February 19
Conference Opening Plenary
8:30 – 9:45 A.M.

 

Strengthening Family Resilience: Building Vital Kin and Community Bonds

Froma Walsh, Ph.D.

 

Thursday, February 19
All-Day Workshops
10:00 A.M.– 12:30 P.M. & 2:30 – 5:00 P.M.

 

Workshop 1a: Examining the Need to be Liked and Working with Anger and Conflict in Groups

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

 

Workshop 2a: Love and Loss in Group Psychotherapy

Allan Elfant, Ph.D., ABPP, CGP, FAGPA, Jennifer Harp, Ph.D., CGP

 

Workshop 3a: The Co-Creation of Leadership: The Interface Between Psychotherapy Groups and Sociopolitical Groups

Robert Klein, Ph.D., ABPP, CGP, DLFAGPA; Cecil Rice, Ph.D., CGP, LFAGPA, Victor Schermer; M.A., LPC, CAC, CGP, FAGPA

 

Workshop 4a: The Ties that Bind: An Early Parental Loss Group (Ages Prenatal to 35) for Adults

Mary Sussillo, LCSW, BCD

 

 

Thursday, February 19
Morning Open Sessions
10:00 A.M. – 12:30 P.M.

 

Session 301: Starting Your First Group:  Resistances and Transferences

Richard Billow, Ph.D., ABPP, CGP, Chair; Melinda Blitzer, Ph.D., Libby O'Connor, LCSW, Heather Perrin-Boyle, Psy.D., Mark Sammons, Ph.D., Panelists; Eleanor Counselman, Ed.D., CGP, FAGPA, Bernard Frankel, Ph.D., ABPP, LCSW, FAGPA,  Discussants

 

Session 302: I Know You, I Love You: Emotional/Cognitive Resonance in Group Psychotherapy: A Peer Group  Supervision

Fern Cramer Azima, Ph.D, CGP, DFAGPA, Chair; Patricia Barth, Ph.D., CGP, FAGPA, Leonard Horwitz, Ph.D., DFAGPA, Christer Sandahl, Ph.D., Ivan Urlic, M.D.

 

Session 303: Fear and Loathing in Group Therapy

Joseph Shay, Ph.D., CGP, FAGPA, Chair; Jerome Gans, M.D., CGP, FAGPA; Lise Motherwell, Ph.D., Psy.D., FAGPA

 

Thursday, February 19

Morning Workshops
10:00 A.M. – 12:30 P.M.

 

Workshop 5: “The Nice Group,” Investigating The Conscious and Unconscious Agreements that Leaders and Group Members Employ to Avoid Conflict and Seek Approval

Judith Schaer LCSW, CGP, FAGPA

 

Workshop 6: Bridging the Gender Gap for Strong Group Foundations-A Countertransference Workshop

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

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

 

Workshop 7: Co-Leadership and Building a Vital Partnership

Chera Finnis, Psy.D., CGP, Dan Raviv, Ph.D., CGP

 

Workshop 8: Building Stronger Communities: Mapping Alternatives to Reactive Communication

Claudia Byram, Ph.D., CGP

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

 

Workshop 9: Redecision Therapy

Vann Joines, Ph.D.,CGP

 

Workshop 10: The Interface Between Group Therapy and Psychopharmacology

Henry Spitz, M.D., CGP, DFAGPA

 

Workshop 11: Dancing with the Unconscious

Nanine Ewing, Ph.D., ADTR, CGP, FAGPA

 

Workshop 12: Group Therapy Applications for Returning Veterans

David Foy, Ph.D., Barbara Niles, Ph.D., Melissa Wattenberg, Ph.D.

 

Workshop 13: Interpersonal Neurobiology as a Framework for Trauma Group Therapy: Personal Transformation Enhanced Through Transforming the Group

Cara Story Beames, M.A., LP, ABD, Wendy Whelihan, Ph.D.

 

Workshop 14: Addressing the Fear of Change: Integrative Group Therapy for Weight Regulation

Fran Weiss, LCSW-R, BCD, DCSW, CGP

 

Workshop 15: Sex, Drugs, and Technology: Ethical, Liability, and Practice Issues in Adolescent Group Psychotherapy

Seth Aronson Psy.D., CGP, FAGPA, Thomas Hurster, M.S.S., CGP

 

Workshop 16: Building A Stronger Rainbow: Facing Our Anxiety

Rita Drapkin, Ph.D., Joel Frost, Ed.D., CGP, FAGPA,  Erin Pederson, Ph.D.

 

Master Workshop 17: Strong Foundations/Strong Relationships Built Through Couples Group Therapy

Barbara Feld M.S.W., CGP, FAGPA, Philip Luloff M.D., CGP

Open to participants with more than 10 years of group psychotherapy experience

 

Workshop 18: Stimulating Community Change: A Systems Consultation and Training Model for Community Health Workers

George Gournas, Ph.D., ECP, CGP, Mina Polemi-Todoulou, Ph.D., ECP, CGP

 

 

Thursday, February 19

Afternoon Open Sessions
2:30 – 5:00 P.M.

 

Session 304: Foundations in Interpersonal Neurobiology Linking Group Psychotherapies

Paul Cox, M.D., CGP, Chair;  Mitchel Adler, Psy.D., Danielle Fraenkel, Ph.D., ADTR, NCC, LCAT, LMHC, CGP, Jeffrey Mehr, M.A., Wendy Walker, Psy.D. 

 

Session 305: Using A Stage Play to Illustrate Principles of Psychodynamic Group Therapy

Molly Donovan, Ph.D., CGP, Robert Evans Schulte, M.S.W., CGP, Co-Chairs; Maryetta Andrews-Sachs, M.A., CGP, John Dluhy, M.D., CGP, FAGPA, Barry Wepman, Ph.D., CGP

 

Session 306: Utilization of Group Psychotherapy to Improve Educational Outcomes with Diverse Populations in Schools

Connie Concannon, LCSW, CGP, FAGPA, Chair; Isela Garcia, M.S.W., Jeff Middleton, LCSW, Hector Rivera-Lopez, Ph.D.

 

Thursday, February 19
Afternoon Workshops
2:30-5:00 P.M.

 

Workshop 19: Metaphor and Narrative in Groups

Scott Conkright, Psy.D., CGP

 

Workshop 20: The Meaning of Money in Our Personal and Professional Lives

Michael Hegener, M.A., LPC, CGP, Mary Nicholas, M.Ed., LCSW, Ph.D., CGP, FAGPA

 

Workshop 21: Using the Power of the Moment in Understanding the Past

Gail Brown, M.A., CGP

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

 

Workshop 22: What Editors Want: The Dynamics and Politics of Editing Group Therapy Journals

Sheri Bauman, Ph.D., Michelle Collins-Greene, Ph.D., Les Greene, Ph.D., CGP, FAGPA, Zipora Shechtman, Ph.D., FAGPA

 

Workshop 23: The Personal Journey to Becoming a Group Therapist

Harold Bernard, Ph.D., ABPP, CGP, DFAGPA, Bonnie Buchele, Ph.D., ABPP, CGP, DFAGPA

 

Workshop 24: Leadership Dilemmas in Group Psychotherapy: A Consultation Group

Etta Martin, M.S.W., CGP, FAGPA

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

 

Master Workshop 25: Co-Therapy: Harmonizing Two Distinct and Equal Partners

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

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

 

Workshop 26: An Introduction to Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy: A Blending of Attachment Theory and Systems Work

Karen Shore, Ph.D., CGP

 

Workshop 27: Athletic Teams as a Community

Cindy Miller Aron, M.S.W., CGP

 

Workshop 28: Who Says I Have to Stop Drinking: Harm Reduction Groups and the Facilitation of Motivation

Jeannie Little, LCSW, CGP

 

Workshop 29: Vanquishing Monsters: Treating Childhood Trauma in the Group Therapy Setting

Craig Haen M.A., RDT, CGP, Maureen Underwood, LCSW, CGP

 

Workshop 30: The Intergroup Event: Power and Projection in the Relationships Among Groups

John Bair, Ph.D., Vivian Janice Gold, Ph.D., Dannielle Kennedy, Ph.D., Mark Kiel, Psy.D., CGP, Jeffrey Roth, M.D., CGP, FAGPA

 

Workshop 31: Exploring Reunions - Communities That Endure Beyond Pomp and Circumstance

Joan-Dianne Smith, M.S.W., RSW, FCGPA

 

Workshop 32: Keeping the Flame Alive: Semi-Structured Process Groups for College Counseling and Other Agency Settings

Chad Johnson, Ph.D.

 

Friday Sessions and Workshops

 

Saturday Sessions and Workshops