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65th Annual Conference
Sessions and Workshops
Thursday, February 21
Early
Bird Open Sessions
7:15 8:15 A.M.
Session
201: The Large Group
Chair: Felix de Mendelssohn,
M.S.W.
This session
is also being held on Friday (1:30-2:30 pm) and Saturday
(2:15-5:30 pm)
Session 202:
The Art of Mindfulness:
Healing through Groups
Joseph
Tarantolo, M.D., CGP, Chair; Michele Denise Ribeiro, Ed.D.;
Miriam Margaret Beatrice Ribeiro, M.S.W.
Session 203: The Abject Self:
Abjection as an Enactment of Powerlessness
Kathleen Adams, Ph.D., CGP
Session 204: Fathers and Daughters:
Passion, Power and Politics
Shelley Korshak, M.D., CGP
Session 205:
Re-Empowerment from Ancestral PTSD: Wisdom Traditions in
Group Therapy
Hillel Swiller, M.D., FAGPA,
Chair; Suzan McVicker, MA; Teresa Ortiz, M.S.W., LCSW
Session 206: Do You Remember Me?
Working with Individuals with Cognitive Impairment in Your
Groups
Sharan Schwartzberg, Ed.D., OTR/L, FAOTA, Chair; Mary Barnes, BS,
OTR/L
Session 207: Sexual Intimacy: Lost
and Found in Group
Allan Elfant, Ph.D., ABPP, CGP, FAGPA, Chair; Sarah Brandel,
Ph.D.; Trish Cleary, LCPC-MFT, CGP, FAGPA
Session 208: Group Therapy Goes to
School
Connie Concannon, M.S.W., CGP, FAGPA, Chair; Laverne MacInnis,
MS, LCMHC, CGP
Session 209: The Challenge of
Creating Groups in an Urban Community Mental Health Setting
Monica Thompson Campbell, Ph.D.
Thursday,
February 21
Conference Opening Plenary
8:30 9:45 A.M.
I Versus We: The Developmental
Origins of Security and Insecurity in Groups--An Attachment
Perspective
Jeremy Holmes, M.D.
Thursday,
February 21
All-Day Workshops
10:00 A.M. 1:15 P.M. & 2:45 6:00 P.M.
Workshop 1a: Shakespeare, the Dream,
Modern Neuroscience and the Group Therapist in the 21st
Century
Walker Shields, M.D., CGP,
FAGPA
Workshop 2a: Co-Therapy: Harmonizing Two
Distinct and Equal Partners
Barbara Kidder, M.A.;
Eugene Kidder, M.Div., CGP
Workshop 3a:
The Group and
the Other: An Intense Exposure to Lacanian Theory and its
Application to the Psychoanalytic Group
Macario Giraldo, Ph.D., CGP
Workshop
4a: Sexual Desire, Intimacy and Love Conflicts Resolved
Through Couples Group Therapy
Barbara Feld, CSW, M.S.W., CGP,
FAGPA; Philip Luloff, M.D., CGP
Thursday,
February 21
Morning Open Sessions
10:00 A.M. 1:15 P.M.
Session 301:
Fear and Loathing in Groups
Joseph Shay, Ph.D., CGP, FAGPA,
Chair; Lise Motherwell, Ph.D., Psy.D., FAGPA; J. Scott Rutan,
Ph.D., CGP, DFAGPA
Session 302: The Treatment of
Political Persecution: Victims, Perpetrators and
Organizational Responses
Harold Bernard, Ph.D., ABPP, CGP, DFAGPA, Chair; Nina
Thomas, Ph.D., ABPP, CGP; Leanh Nguyen, Ph.D.; Michael Gelles, Psy.D.,
Panelists; Howard Kibel, M.D., CGP, DFAGPA, Discussant
Session
303:
Power and Change in Group Systems: Positive
and Negative Outcomes
Fern Cramer Azima, Ph.D., DFAGPA, Chair; Bonnie Buchele, Ph.D., ABPP,
CGP, DFAGPA; Francis Bonds-White, Ed.D., FAGPA; Jeffrey Kleinberg,
Ph.D., CGP, FAGPA; Isaiah Zimmerman, Ph.D., FAGPA
Thursday,
February 21
Morning Workshops
10:00 A.M. 1:15 P.M.
Workshop 5: Ethical and Legal Issues in
Group Psychotherapy
Rebecca MacNair-Semands, Ph.D.,
CGP
Workshop 6: Using Forbidden Affects in
Group: The Leader's Desire and Aggression
Andrew Eig, Ph.D.
Workshop 7: The Place of Theory in our
Interventions as Group Leaders
David Altfeld, Ph.D., CGP,
FAGPA
Master
Workshop 8:
Patient
Challenges: Supportive or Interpretive Therapist Responses
in Complicated Grief Groups
William Piper, Ph.D., CGP, DFAGPA; Rene Weideman, Ph.D.
Workshop 9: The Power of Psychodrama: A
Strength Based Approach for Connection, Hope and Healing
Merle Cantor
Goldberg, LCSW-C, BCD
Workshop 10: Individual Work in Groups:
It's More Than You Think
Shari
Porter Jung, LMSW, M.S.S.W.; Marti Kranzberg, Ph.D., ABPP,
CGP, FAGPA
Workshop 11: "My Name is...And I'm a Food
Addict"
Deborah Schwartz, M.D., CGP
Master Workshop 12:
The
Runaway Honey: Working with the Narcissistic Inability to
Form a Mature Relationship
Phyllis Cohen, Ph.D., Psy.D., CGP, FAGPA
Workshop 13:
The
Writer Meets the Internal Reader in the Group
Dominick Grundy, Ph.D., CGP
Workshop 14:
Beyond
Process: Techniques that Reduce Defenses and Develop Group
Climate
Zipora Shechtman, Ph.D.,
FAGPA
Workshop 15:
Cognitive Behavior Therapy Groups for Children: Fostering
Resilience and Social Skills
Mary Alvord, Ph.D.; Judy
Grados, Psy.D.
Workshop 16:
Using Group Therapy to Help
Adolescents with Co-Occurring Disorders: Combined Mental
Health and Addictive Disorders
Marvin Clifford, Ph.D., LCSW, CGP
Workshop
17:
Imago Relationship Therapy: Growth and Healing in the
Relational Paradigm
Rebecca Sears, M.Div., LPC
Workshop 18:
Creating Thriving Private Practice Psychotherapy Groups
Leon Hoffman, Ph.D., ABPP,
CGP, FAGPA
Workshop 19:
Modern
Group Process: An Antidote to Aggression and Attrition in
Schools (Kindergarten - University)
Toby Chuah Feinson, M.S.W.,
Ph.D., CGP
Workshop 20:
Amid
Chaos: The Role of the Mental Health Professional
Dianne Kane, D.S.W., CGP; Randy Lehrer, LCSW; Gerald
McCleery, Ph.D.
Thursday,
February 21
Afternoon Open Sessions
2:45 6:00 P.M.
Session 304:
Current Research in Group Psychotherapy
Jennifer Johnson, Ph.D.,
Chair; Mandy Blott, MA; Gerardine Curtin, Ph.D.; Jeffrey
Elder, Ph.D.; Melissa Greene, Ph.D.; Marilyn Lanza, Ph.D.;
Heather Schloss, MA; Zipora Shechtman, Ph.D., FAGPA
Session 305: Impasse in Group
Psychotherapy: An Opportunity
Sara
Emerson, M.S.W., LICSW, CGP, FAGPA, Chair; Stewart Aledort,
M.D., CGP; Phil Flores, Ph.D., ABPP, CGP, FAGPA; Elliot
Zeisel, Ph.D., LCSW, CGP, FAGPA
Session 306:
The Co-Creation of Leadership: The Interface
Between Psychotherapy Groups and Large Group Political
Processes
Robert Klein, Ph.D., CGP,
FAGPA, Chair; Stanley
Schneider, Ph.D., CGP, FAGPA; Rosemary Segalla, Ph.D., CGP;
Hala Taweel, Ph.D.; Panelists; Cecil Rice, Ph.D., CGP, FAGPA;
Victor Schermer,
M.A., LPC, CAC, CGP, FAGPA, Discussants
Thursday,
February 21
Afternoon Workshops
2:45 6:00 P.M.
Workshop 21: Passionate Engagements:
Creating Experience-Near Interventions
Richard Billow, Ph.D., ABPP
Workshop 22: Personal Experience: A
Neglected Component of our Professional Identity
Jerome S. Gans, M.D., CGP, FAGPA
Workshop 23:
How to
Teach the Principles of Group Psychotherapy Course
Judith Cochι, Ph.D., ABPP, FAGPA
Workshop 24: The Need to be Liked:
Implications for Group Therapists and Members
Jeffrey Hudson, M.Ed., LPC,
CGP, FAGPA; Andrea Pully, M.Ed., LPC, CGP
Workshop 25: Searching for Common Ground:
Working with Politicized Groups in Divided
Communities
David
Chrislip, BA, MS, MPA
Workshop 26:
A Beginner's Guide to
Utilizing Role Play in Therapy and Training Groups
Craig Haen, MA, RDT, LCAT, CGP
Workshop 27:
Transpersonal Group Psychotherapy
John Frederick
Hiatt, M.D.
Master
Workshop 28: Dance with the
Unconscious
Nanine Ewing, Ph.D., ADTR, CGP,
FAGPA,
Workshop 29: The Dynamic Interplay of
EMDR and Group Psychotherapy
Katie Steele, Ph.D., CGP
Workshop 30:
Family
Passions and Politics: Mother-in-Law / Daughter-in-Law
Patricia Doyle, Ph.D., CGP; Charlotte Kahn, Ed.D., CGP
Workshop 31: The Raging Adolescent:
Containment, Confrontation and Compassion
Andrew Pojman,
Ed.D., CGP
Workshop 32:
Group
Psychotherapy Experience with Seniors: Different Therapy and
Therapeutic Changes at Different Age Levels
Tybe Diamond, M.S.W.; Hindy
Nobler, M.S.W., Ph.D., CGP, FAGPA
Workshop 33:
Exploring Male Intimacy
Jamie Moran, LCSW, CGP
Workshop 34: Terrorism Wins? -
Xenophobia, Hate Crimes, Community Trauma and the Group
Therapy Response
Siddharth Ashvin Shah, M.D., MPH
Workshop 35:
The
Psychodynamics of Power and Politics in School Settings
Neil R.
Friedman, M.S.; Roberta Slavin,
Ph.D., CGP
Master Workshop 36: Shadow Families:
Transference and Countertransference Reactions When Issues
of Adoption Are Present
Miriam Iosupovici, M.S.W.;
Maurine Kelber Kelly, Ph.D; Mary Jago Krueger, M.S.Ed., CGP
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