76th Annual Conference Sessions and Workshops
Thursday, February 28 (Overview)

Early Bird Open Sessions
Early Morning Colloquies
Conference Opening Plenary
All-Day Courses
All-Day Workshops
Morning Open Sessions
Morning Workshops
Lunch-Time Open Session
Afternoon Open Sessions
Afternoon Workshops

 Event Descriptions for Thursday

 

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

Session 201: Contemporary Group Psychotherapy Research
Cheri Marmarosh, PhD, Chair

• Comparison of Individual and Group Treatment in Physiotherapy for Low Back Pain -- Zipora Shectman, PhD, DFAGPA

• Group Treatment with Patients with Somatic Disorders - Current State and Research Needs -- Bernhard Strauss, PhD
  

Session 202: Getting off the Runway: Forming and Launching your New Psychotherapy Group
Amy Matias, PhD, LICSW, CGP

Session 203: DBT and Modern Group Analysis
Claudia Arlo, MSW, LCSW-R, ICADC, CGP, FAGPA

Session 204: Power of Groups to Help Adolescents
Elaine Leader, PhD, CGP, FAGPA, Chair
Stella Cuomo, MSW
Cheryl Eskin, MA, LMFT

Session 205: What Does this Button Do? Understanding, Navigating, and Utilizing Social Media to Brand and Expand your Group/Agency Practice
David Songco, PsyD, CGP

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Early Morning Colloquies
7:15 – 8:15 A.M.

Colloquy 1: Physician Self-Care: Challenges of Keeping Group Process Training Alive in Residency Training as a Way of Preventing Professional Burnout
Nelly Katsnelson, MD, CGP

Colloquy 2: Processing Secondary Trauma in Adoptive Parents
William Hemphill, MDiv, LAPC, NCC, MMHC

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Conference Opening Plenary Address
8:30 –  9:45 A.M.

Forging Connections in Group Psychotherapy Through Right Brain to Right Emotional Communications

Featured Speaker: Allan Schore, PhD 

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All-Day Courses
10:00 A.M. – 12:30 P.M. & 2:30 – 5:00 P.M.

(Registration will only be accepted for both the morning and afternoon sessions.)

Course 1. Principles of Group Psychotherapy (Part 2)
Directors:
Misha Bogomaz, PsyD, CGP, ABPP
Jennifer Martin, PhD, CGP

Faculty:
Karen Cone-Uemura, PhD, CGP
Annie Weiss, LICSW, CGP, FAGPA
Tevya Zukor, PhD, CGP

Part I is offered by webinar; see AGPA website for schedule.

Course 2. Alcohol, Drugs, Gambling, Lusting, Intrigue, Eating, Rage, and More: A Cutting Edge Model of Addiction Treatment
Directors:
Shelley Firestone, MD, CGP, FAGPA
Marcia Nickow, PsyD, CADC, CGP
Barney Straus, MSW, MS, CGP, FAGPA

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

(Registration will only be accepted for both the morning and afternoon sessions.) 

Workshop 1a: Facilitating Justice: Anti-Racist Practice for White Group Facilitators
Mark Drummond Davis, MSW
A.J. Metthe, MS
Zachary Wigham, MSW

Workshop 2a: An Exploration of Competition, Cooperation, and Autonomy: Learning from the Pelaton
Cindy Aron, MSW, CGP, FAGPA
Paul Cox, MD, CGP

Workshop 3a: Sensing How to Speak and Be Silent: Working with Developmental Self-States as a Group Leader
Angelo Ciliberti, MA, LPC, CGP
Jordan Price, LCSW, MSW, CGP

Workshop 4a: Integrating CBT & Experiential Interventions:  An Innovative Short-Term Psychodramatic Group Model
Thomas Treadwell, EdD, TEP, CGP
Deborah Dartnell, MSOD, MA
Brittni Gettys, BA

Workshop 5a: Group Dynamics and the New Heroism: Creating a Group Context that Supports Courageous Nonviolent Action
Bill Roller, MA, LFAGPA
Yong Xu, MD

Workshop 6a: The Group Outside the Group: Family and Cultural Considerations in Child/Adolescent Group Therapy
Seth Aronson, PsyD, CGP, FAGPA
Craig Haen, PhD, LCAT, CGP, FAGPA
Kevin Hull, PhD
Shannon Jones, MSW
Qsheqilla Mitchell, PhD, MPH
Sam Steen, PhD

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Morning Open Sessions

10:00 A.M. – 12:30 P.M.

Session 301: Anger in Group Therapy: Grist for the Mill vs. When Rage Kills
Joseph Shay, PhD, CGP, LFAGPA, Chair
Stewart Aledort, MD, CGP, FAGPA
Molyn Leszcz, MD, FRCPC, CGP, DFAGPA
Ronnie Levine, PhD, ABPP, CGP, FAGPA
Oona Metz, LICSW, CGP, FAGPA

Session 302: Integrating Research and Theory to Inform Interventions
Sally Barlow, PhD, ABPP, ABGP, CGP, Chair
Les Greene, PhD, CGP, LFAGPA
Francis Kaklauskas, PsyD, CGP, FAGPA

Session 303: Stories We Carry: Exploring the Impact of Trauma and Loss on the Clinician and the Group
Mary Krueger, MSEd, LCPC, CGP, FAGPA, Chair
Catherine Brennan, MD
Paige LaCava, MA, LCPC, CGP
Shira Marin, PhD

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

Workshop 7: Microaggressions from the Inside Out:  Individual, Dyadic, and Group Impacts
Kavita Avula, PsyD
Sabrina Crawford, PsyD

Workshop 8: Breaking the Last Taboo In Group - Healing (Real) Money Issues
Richard Kahler, MSFP, ChFC
Michelle Davenport, MA, LMFT, CGP

Participants are asked to bring a small amount of cash that they would not mind losing

Workshop 9: From the Heart of the Dream to the Heart of the Group
Wendy Keren Vishny, MD, MA

Workshop 10: Mirror, Mirror on the Screen 2.0: The Images of Ourselves Reflected Back to Us by Online Groups
Robert Hsiung, MD

Workshop 11: Seeing and Being Seen in Group Therapy: A Polyvagal Theory Perspective
Philip Flores, PhD, ABPP, CGP, LFAGPA

Workshop 12: Co-Leading Groups: A Seesaw Between Collaboration and Narcissism: An Integrative Workshop Using Creative Arts
Mona Rakhawy, MD, CGP

Workshop 13: Group Psychotherapy Focused on Spiritual Development
John Hiatt, MD

Workshop 14: Expanding Diversity Dialogues: Treating Clients with Health Conditions and Disabilities
Wendy Freedman, PhD, CGP
Leslie Klein, PhD

Workshop 15: Calming the Hands: Working with Hair-Pulling and Skin-Picking in Psychodynamic Group Therapy
Stacy Nakell, LCSW, CGP

Workshop 16
Cancelled

Workshop 17: Processes in Trauma-Informed Present-Oriented Group Treatment
Daniel Gross, MSW
Melissa Wattenberg, PhD
 
Master Workshop 18: Coping with Aging in Ourselves and Our Clients: Continuing to be Effective and Connected Group Therapists
George Saiger, MD, CGP, LFAGPA
Kenneth Schwartz, MD, FRCPC

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Lunch-Time Open Session
1:00 – 2:15 P.M.

LG-1: The Large Group
Consultants are faculty members of the National Group Psychotherapy Institute of the Washington School of Psychiatry.

Active Consultants:
Mary Dluhy, MSW, CGP, FAGPA
Ayana Watkins-Northern, PhD
Leon Paparella, MSW, CGP
Robert Schulte, MSW, CGP, FAGPA,
Rosemary Segalla, PhD, ABPP, CGP, FAGPA

Observer Consultants:
Kavita Avula, PsyD
Reginald Nettles, PhD, CGP
 
Also being held on Friday (1:00-2:15 P.M.) and Saturday, (2:00-4:30 P.M.).
Attendance at all sessions is encouraged.

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