68th Annual Conference

The Conference is held on Thursday, Friday, Saturday,  March 3, 4 and 5; it is composed of several formats, including courses, open sessions, limited registration workshops and special presentations on a variety of topics.

Special Plenary Presentations

Mitchell Hochberg Memorial Public Education Event:  Karen Maroda, PhD, ABPP will be presenting "The Role of Emotion in Therapeutic Action: Implications for Individual and Group Psychotherapy"

 

 Conference Opening Plenary Address:  Marianne Legato, MD, FACP will deliver the opening address entitled, "The Gender Divide: The Impact of Neurobiology, Hormones, Age and Experience on Human Behavior"

Annual Anne and Ramon Alonso Plenary Address:  Frank Lachmann, PhD will present the Annual Anne and Ramon Alonso Plenary Address, "Affective Engagement between Therapist and Patients: The Basis for Therapeutic Action"

Courses: These courses are designed to cover a variety of topics in-depth; two-day courses meet in four sections on two consecutive days and one-day courses meet in two sections for one full day. Participants must attend all sessions in order to receive continuing education credits.

Continuing Education: Two-day: 12 credits/1.2 units; One-day: 5 credits/.5 units 

Open Sessions (300 series): These meetings will be presented in a variety of formats, including panels, papers and demonstrations. Audience participation and exchange with the presenters is encouraged. (See links below for session details.)

Continuing Education: 2.5 credits/.25 units

Early Morning Open Sessions (200 Series): These events will be presented on specialized areas of interest for the group therapist. (See links below for session details.)

Continuing Education: 1 credit/.1 unit

Workshops (1-100 Series): All-day and half-day meetings provide a context in which participants exchange information among themselves and with the chairperson. These meetings are designed for varying levels of experience including master workshops for senior clinicians. (See links below for session details.)

Continuing Education: All-day: 5 credits/.5 units; Half-day: 2.5 credits/.25 units

Registration:  Online Registration is available; you may also download and print this pdf version of the registration form and fax or mail it to us.

Click the links below for details on the daily sessions and workshops

Thursday, March 3 (Overview)

Event Descriptions:

Early Bird Open Sessions

Early Bird Colloquies
Conference Opening Plenary
All-Day Workshops
Morning Open Sessions

Morning Workshops
Afternoon Open Sessions

Afternoon Workshops

Friday, March 4 (Overview)

Event Descriptions:
Early Bird Open Sessions

Early Bird Colloquies
Anne and Ramon Alonso Plenary Address
All-Day Workshops
Morning Open Sessions

Morning Workshops

Lunch Time Open Session
Afternoon Open Sessions (2:30-4:00 pm)

Afternoon Open Sessions (4:30-6:00 pm)

Afternoon Workshops (2:30-4:00 pm)

Afternoon Workshops (4:30-6:00 pm)

GPF Dance Party

Saturday, March 5 (Overview)

Event Descriptions:
Early Bird Open Sessions

Early Bird Colloquies

All-Day Workshops
Morning Open Sessions

Morning Workshops
Group Psychotherapy Foundation Luncheon
Afternoon Open Session
Afternoon Workshops