GROUP FOUNDATION
FOR ADVANCING MENTAL HEALTH AWARDS
Alonso Award
for Excellence in Psychodynamic Group Theory
Aaron Stein
Memorial Fund Award
Social Responsibility Award
Honor Your Mentor
Program
Alonso Award
for Excellence in Psychodynamic Group Theory
The Alonso Award
for Excellence in Psychodynamic Group Theory reasserts, in a concrete
way, the value of original thinking about psychodynamic group theory.
Individuals may qualify in a variety of ways. Suitable entries include
doctoral dissertations, videos, published papers, and other creative
research. Submissions of entries should be emailed or mailed to the Group
Foundation
office by November 1st of each year for consideration. An annual cash prize of $500 is presented.
2012 Recipient
Leanh Nguyen, Ph.D.
for her work “The Ethics of Trauma: Re-traumatization in Society’s
Approach to the Traumatized Subject.”
Past Recipients:
2011
“Neurobiology and Building Interpersonal Systems: Groups, Couples and
Beyond” - a special issue of the IJGP
Susan Gantt, Ph.D., ABPP, CGP, FAGPA and Paul Cox, M.D., CGP, Editors
2010
"Co-Creating Meaningful Structures Within
Long-Term Psychotherapy Group Culture" Robin Gayle, Ph.D., MFT
2009
"Practice Guidelines for Group
Psychotherapy"
Harold Bernard, Ph.D., Gary Burlingame, Ph.D., Phillip Flores, Ph.D.,
Les Greene, Ph.D., Anthony Joyce, Ph.D., Joseph C. Kobos, Ph.D., Molyn
Leszcz, MD, FRCPC, Rebecca R. MacNair-Semands, Ph.D., William E. Piper,
Ph.D, Anne M. Slocum McEneaney, Ph.D., Diane Feirman, CAE
2008
"Anniversary Reactions in the Therapy
Group"
Phyllis F. Cohen, Ph.D., Psy.D., CGP,
FAGPA
"The Edge of Chaos: Encactment,
Disruption, and Emergence in Group Psychotherapy"
Robert Grossmark, Ph.D.
2007
“In the Belly of the Beast: Traumatic
Countertransference”
Bonnie Buchele, Ph.D., CGP, DFAGPA and
Richard Beck, RCSW,BCD,CGP,FAGPA
2006
“Falling Forever: The Price of Chronic
Shock”
Kathleen Adams, Ph.D., CGP
2005
“Traumatic Experience in the Unconscious
Life of Groups”
Earl Hopper, Ph.D., CGP, FAGPA
“Vulnerable Moments: Deepening of the
Therapeutic Process”
Martin S. Livingston, Ph.D., CGP
2004
“Relational Group Psychotherapy: From
Basic Assumptions to Passion”
Richard Billow, Ph.D.
2003
“An Integrated Picture of Therapeutic
Relationships in AGPA Institute and Counseling Center Groups”
Jennifer Johnson, Ph.D.
2002
Group Psychotherapy for Psychological
Trauma
Robert H. Klein, Ph.D., CGP, DLFAGPA and
Victor L. Schermer, M.S., C.A.C, Editors
2001
Nancy Edwards, Ph.D., LFAGPA
Seymour Rubenfeld, Ph.D., FAGPA
For outstanding journal articles in group
psychotherapy
2000
Eleanor Counselman, Ed.D., CGP, FAGPA
Jerome Gans, M.D., CGP, FAGPA
Walker Shields, M.D., CGP, FAGPA
For outstanding journal articles in group
psychotherapy
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Aaron Stein
Memorial Fund Award
The Aaron Stein
Memorial Fund Award is given annually to honor the memory of Aaron Stein,
a pioneer in group psychotherapy, and an inspiring teacher. The award
recognizes organizations in the locale of the upcoming AGPA Annual Meeting that utilize the creative applications of group
theory and technique to benefit the community, particularly in
non-psychotherapeutic settings. Please contact the Group Foundation office if you would
like to recommend an organization. An annual cash prize of $500 is
presented.
2012 Recipient
Creative Alternatives of New York (CANY),
New York, NY
CANY is a non-profit organization that
blends group techniques with theatrical techniques to reach traumatized
and under-served populations including the homeless, AIDS victims,
chronic mentally ill, prisoners and others. Through the use of creative
expression in a therapeutic group setting, CANY helps children and
adults expand their self concept to build the social and emotional tools
they need in order to live meaningful lives.
Past Recipients:
2011 - Elders Share the Arts (ESTA) of
Brooklyn, NY
2009 - Music Theater Workshop of
Chicago, IL
CREATE Arts
Center, of Silver Spring, MD
2006 - WestCoast Children’s Grandparent-Child Support Program,
run by
2005 – ENACT, of New York
2004 – Face to Face/Faith to Faith, run by Auburn Theological
Seminary in partnership with Seeking Common Ground of New York
2003 – Hands on Parenting, run by Steps to Success, Inc, of
Louisiana
2002 – Talented Theater of Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana
2001 – Devotion Follies:
Hysterical Headlines of Boston
2000 – OPICA of Los Angeles
1999 – Bo’s Place of Houston
1998 – Focus on Children of
Chicago
1997 – Ravens of New York
1996 – Bread & Roses of San Francisco
1995 – Moving in the Spirit of Atlanta
1994 – Community Connections of Washington, DC
1993 – Caring School Project of San Diego
1992 – Awareness Theater of the Family Service of Rochester, NY
1991 – Twain-Trinity Cooperative of San Antonio
1990 – First Night of Boston
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Social Responsibility Award
The Group Foundation
for Advancing Mental Health Social Responsibility Award, inaugurated in 2010, is presented annually
at the AGPA Annual Meeting to an AGPA Member or group
of Members who has performed an exceptional service that ultimately
benefits the public-at-large, nationally or internationally. This
could include, for example, training professionals who have provided group
interventions or direct services to a community in need, or those who have
provided extensive pro bono work. Anyone can submit a nominee or an
applicant can be self-nominated.
The application must include the nominee(s) name, address, curriculum vita
(of all individuals being nominated, if more than one) and a detailed
reason for the award nomination. Additional letters of
recommendation are encouraged to accompany the award nomination.
Submissions are due to the Group Foundation office by October 1st of each year.
2012 Recipient
The
Boston-Threshold Group
Helmed by Patricia
Doherty, Cecil Rice and Kathleen Ulman, The Boston-Threshold Group was
honored for the establishment and long-standing delivery of training
conferences in Northern Ireland to support and deliver on the belief
that group psychotherapy can be beneficial in response to war and
long-standing civil conflict.
Past Recipients:
2010: Suzanne Phillips, Psy.D.,
ABPP, CGP, FAGPA
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Please direct ALL inquiries and application materials to:
Group Foundation for Advancing Mental Health
25 East 21st Street, 6th Floor, New York, NY 10010
Telephone: 212-477-2677 Toll-Free: 877-668-AGPA (2472) Fax:
212-979-6627
Email:
dfeirman@agpa.org
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