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Group Foundation for Advancing Mental Health Awards

The Group Foundation for Advancing Mental Health provides a variety of awards that honor those whose ‎use of groups in clinical and community settings helps people in need. Recipients are honored at the Tri-‎Organizational Awards Ceremony that takes place each year in conjunction with AGPA Connect.‎

The different awards are outlined on the pages below. Please direct all inquiries and application ‎materials to the Group Foundation for Advancing Mental Health, email [email protected] or telephone ‎‎212-297-2143.

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Press Releases

Announcing 2025 Harold S. Bernard Group Psychotherapy Training Award Recipients

The International Board for Certification of Group Psychotherapists announced on March 4,...

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Celebration of Scholarship and Award Winners and Contributors During the AGPA Connect Meeting

The Group Foundation for Advancing Mental Health will honor scholarship and award...

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AGPA Celebrates 75th Anniversary of the International Journal of Group Psychotherapy

The American Group Psychotherapy Association (AGPA) celebrated the 75th anniversary of its...

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AGPA Releases Two New Books on Trauma Treatment and Diversity

The American Group Psychotherapy Association (AGPA) announced on April 15, 2025, the...

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Group Assets Newsletter – Summer 2025

The Group Assets Summer 2025 newsletter from the American Group Psychotherapy Association (AGPA) centers on...

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Group Circle Newsletter – Summer 2025

The Group Circle Summer 2025 newsletter from the American Group Psychotherapy Association (AGPA) focuses on...

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Talking with our Children About Traumatic Events

As time goes by, we start to reflect on the deeper meaning of such events,...

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Group Assets Newsletter – Spring 2025

The Group Assets Spring 2025 newsletter from the American Group Psychotherapy Association (AGPA) highlights the...

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Group Circle Newsletter – Spring 2025

The Group Circle Spring 2025 newsletter from the American Group Psychotherapy Association (AGPA) highlights the...

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AGPA Safe Environment Conduct Policy

This policy will be widely publicized on the website and in Meeting materials, including the...

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Some Guidelines for Using Groups in the Early Treatment of Trauma

The goals of group intervention in the early aftermath of trauma are safety, support, acceptance,...

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Guidelines for Working with First Responders in the Aftermath of Disaster

Suzanne B. Phillips Psy.D.,ABPP, CGPDianne Kane DSW,CGP As witnessed in response to the Oklahoma Bombing,...

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Group Interventions for Trauma: AGPA Disaster Outreach Resources

Group therapy, a widely accepted treatment option for over 50 years, is extremely beneficial in...

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Substance Use Disorders

Group Psychotherapy and Substance Use Disorder Close to 9 million Americans have problems with substance...

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Stress / Anger Management

The Science to Service Task Force recognizes that the following section, “Group Treatment of Problematic...

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Mood Disorders, Including Depression And Complicated Grief

Group Therapy for Mood Disorders Unipolar Depressive Disorders – An Overview of Effectiveness Evidence for...

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