COURSES

12-Hour Courses

Friday, February 26 & Saturday, February 27

 

6-Hour Courses

Thursday, February 25

Friday, February 26

Saturday, February 27

 

6-Hour Courses

 

Thursday, February 25 (10:00 am-12:30 pm & 2:30-5:00 pm)

 

C1. AGPA’s CORE-R Battery Toolkit: Learning About What is (REALLY) Happening in Your Group!

Presented in cooperation with the National Registry of Certified Group Psychotherapists

 

Director: Gary Burlingame, Ph.D., CGP,  Professor, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah

Faculty: Rebecca MacNair-Semands, Ph.D., CGP,  Associate Director, University of North Carolina Charlotte Counseling Center, Charlotte, North Carolina

 

Today's mental health climate has been called the age of accountability (Lambert & Ogles, 2004).  Most clinicians are faced with the expectation that the effectiveness of the mental health treatment they provide will be documented by objectives, measures, and outcomes.  In short, reliable measures of patient change must be implemented to demonstrate that treatments are working.  This expectation is driven by several forces including regulatory bodies, public and private funding sources, and professional associations.   The goal of the CORE-R is to provide clinicians with recommendations regarding psychometrically sound and empirically tested outcomes and process instruments that have been shown to be of value in the group literature.  This course will provide an overview of the CORE-R.  (Participants are expected to bring a copy of the CORE-R Battery or purchase one at the conference to attend this course.)

 

 

Friday, February 26  (10:00 am-12:30 pm & 2:30-5:00 pm)

C2. Couples Group Psychotherapy: A Training Course

Presented in cooperation with the National Registry of Certified Group Psychotherapists           

 

Director: Judith Cochè, Ph.D., CGP, FAGPA, Clinical Professor, Medical School of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

 

Join the world of the couples group clinician! We will work with basic and advanced material to provide ongoing consultation in this crucial therapeutic modality. We will cover fundamentals and advanced questions. Join us as we do a live demo group. Receive support for beginning group work with couples in your locality.

 

 

Friday, February 26 (10:00 am-12:30 pm & 2:30-5:00 pm)

C3. Training in Group Psychotherapy Supervision

Presented in cooperation with the National Registry of Certified Group Psychotherapists

 

Director: Hylene Dublin, M.S.W., LICSW, CGP,  FAGPA,

Faculty:  Elaine Jean Cooper, M.S.W., CGP, FAGPA,

                David Hawkins, M.D., CGP, DFAGPA,

 

Although didactic theory and experiential learning are important components of group therapy, supervision is the critical ingredient in developing and maintaining psychotherapeutic skills.  This course will provide an overview of group psychotherapy supervision, including purpose, role delineation, qualities necessary in a group psychotherapy supervisor, and approaches. The supervisory relationship will be explored in relation to the contract, structure, different models, parallel process, and assessment of the supervisor-in-training. Special considerations will also be reviewed, including ethical knowledge, in addition to other areas outlined in the manual. The format will be didactic and interactional. (Participants are expected to bring a copy of the Supervision Course manual or purchase one at the conference to attend this course.)

 

12-Hour Courses

*Friday, February 26, (10:00 am-12:30 pm & 2:30-5:30 pm) and

Saturday, February 27 (9:00-11:30 am & 1:30-5:15 pm)

 

C4. Principles of Group Psychotherapy

Presented in cooperation with the National Registry of Certified Group Psychotherapists

 

Directors: Maryetta Andrews-Sachs, M.A., CGP, Private Practice, Washington, D.C.

              John Thomas, M.S.W., CGP, Private Practice, Reston, Virginia

 

This event meets the 12-hour course requirement for the National Registry of Certified Group Psychotherapists.

 

The course is designed to provide a basic understanding of the theory, principles and application of group work.  This didactic and experiential presentation will cover: group process and dynamics, foundations of group, types of groups, role of the group leader, ethical issues and short-term structured groups. (Participants are expected to bring a copy of the Principles Course manual or purchase one at the conference to attend this course.)

 

*PLEASE NOTE: The time schedule for two-day courses deviates slightly from regular conference schedule.

 

*Friday, February 26 (10:00 am-12:30 pm & 2:30-5:30 pm) and

Saturday, February 27 (9:00-11:30 am & 1:30-5:15 pm)

 

 

C5. Using Groups for Trauma Intervention

Presented under the auspices of the AGPA Community Outreach Task Force

 

Directors: Robert Klein, Ph.D., ABPP, CGP, DFAGPA, Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut

              Suzanne Phillips, Psy.D., ABPP, CGP, Adjunct Professor, Postdoctoral Program in Group Psychotherapy, Derner Institute, Adelphi University, Garden City,

              New York

 

Faculty:    Richard Beck, RCSW, BCD, CGP, FAGPA, Private Practice, New York, New York

               David Dumais, LCSW, CGP, Senior Facilitator, GroupWorks, Brooklyn, New York

               Earl Hopper, Ph.D., CGP, FAGPA, Private Practice, London, England

               Priscilla Kauff, Ph.D., CGP, DFAGPA, Clinical Associate Professor of Psychology in Psychiatry, Weill Medical College, Cornell University, New York, New York

               Jeffrey Kleinberg, Ph.D., CGP, FAGPA,  Training Analyst, Senior Supervisor, Postgraduate Center for Mental Health, New York, New York

               Kathleen Hubbs Ulman, Ph.D., CGP, FAGPA, Assistant Professor of Psychology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts

               

Trauma and disaster come in many forms, both natural and man-made. Since resilience and recovery takes place in communities, groups may be especially well-suited for trauma intervention intended to help survivors share and explore their experiences, begin to reconnect with others and reestablish a sense of trust, and learn to cope effectively going forward.

 

Course participants will have an opportunity to learn about the multiple emotional impacts of trauma, as well as a series of group intervention strategies and protocols designed to address the needs of particular populations, e.g., adults, children, organizations. Emphasis will be placed on applying what participants learn to their back home situations.

 

*PLEASE NOTE: The time schedule for two-day courses deviates slightly from regular conference schedule.

 

Saturday, February 27  (9:00-11:30 am & 1:30-4:00 pm)

 

C6. Cognitive-Behavioral Group Therapy      

Presented in cooperation with the National Registry of Certified Group Psychotherapists

 

Director: Greg Crosby, M.A., LPC, CGP, Clinical Program Coordinator, Kaiser Permanente (Mental Health), Portland, Oregon

 

The course will explore cutting edge trends to enhance CBT with psychodynamic, interpersonal and interpersonal neurobiology orientations. Practical steps and skills for designing thematic based CBT groups that attend to stages of group development and cultivate a therapeutic group climate will be addressed. The course delineates an effective model of an integrated cognitive-behavioral group therapy for adults with depression and anxiety that can easily be generalized to many other clinical populations.