Thor-Kristian Island, MD

Siri Johns, OT

This session is also being held on Friday (12:45-1:45 pm) and Saturday (1:30-4:00 pm)

Session 202: A Brief Small Group's Power to Reject-Group Therapy for People with Psychosis

Janja Mihoci, MSc

Marjeta Blinc Pesek, MD

Session 203: The Integration of Cognitive Behavioral and Positive Group Psychotherapy for Sexually Abused Female Adolescents - From Crisis to Resilience, to Growth and Flourishing

Jacinto Inbar, PhD

Session 204: Integrated Group Therapy for Anxious and Depressed Elderly Patients

Erica O'Neal, MD

Ingrid Sochting, PhD, RPsych

Session 205:  Bringing Group Psychotherapy into the Public Eye

Judith Cochè, PhD, ABPP, CGP, FAGPA, Chair

Diane Feirman, CAE

Thursday, March 8

Early Morning Colloquies

Thursday, March 8
Conference Opening Plenary Address

8:30 – 9:45 A.M.

The Use and Impact of Empathic and Other Listening/Experiencing Perspectives in Group Psychotherapy

James Fosshage, PhD

All-Day Courses

Thursday, March 8
10:00 A.M.– 12:30 P.M. & 2:30 – 5:00 P.M.

C1. Experiencing a Practice-Based Evidence Group: It’s Even Less Scary Than Before!

Director:

Thomas Golightly, PhD

Faculty:

Mark Beecher, PhD

Gary Burlingame, PhD, CGP, FAGPA

Robert Gleave, PhD, ABPP, CGP

Dallas Jensen, PhD

C2. Themes in the Study of the Social Unconscious: Beyond Individuals and Groups

Director:

Earl Hopper, PhD, CGP, FAGPA

Panelists:

Heloisa Fleury, PsyD

Anna Marie Knobel

Juan Tubert-Oklander, MD, PhD

Roundtable Participants:

Jorge Burmeister, MD

Sue Einhorn, BA, CQSW

Marina Mojovic, MD, MA

Gila Ofer, PhD

Carla Penna, MA

Mohamed Taha, MD

Haim Weinberg, PhD, CGP, FAGPA

Two-Day Course

Thursday, March 8, 10:00 A.M.– 12:30 P.M. & 2:30 – 6:15 P.M. and

Friday, March 9, 10:00 A.M.– 12:30 P.M. & 2:30 – 6:15 P.M.

C8. A Model for Group Leadership Training: NRCGP 2008 Award Winning Center for Group Studies Weekend Program

Director:

Janet Resnick, MS, PhD

Faculty:

Gail Brown, MA, CGP

Jacqueline Fish, LCSW, CASAC, CGP

Sally Henry, LCSW, CGP

Rhoda Shapiro, LCSW, CGP

Thursday, March 8
All-Day Workshops
10:00 A.M.– 12:30 P.M. & 2:30 – 5:00 P.M.

Workshop 1a: Sexual Health and Group Psychotherapy

Douglas Braun-Harvey, MFT, CGP

Michael Vigorito, MA

Workshop 2a: Mindfulness, Interpersonal Neurobiology, and Process Group Psychotherapy

Sarah Kallick, PsyD

James O'Keefe, MS, JD, LCPC, CGP, NBCCH

Workshop 3a: A Theoretical and Experiential Introduction to Group Analysis

Anne Lindhardt, MD

Gerda Winther, MA

Workshop 4a: Adolescent Group Psychotherapy: Method, Madness, and the Basics - A Sampler

Seth Aronson PsyD, CGP, FAGPA

David Dumais LCSW, CGP

Craig Haen MA, RDT, CGP

Andrew Pojman, EdD,  CGP

Thursday, March 8
Morning Open Sessions
10:00 A.M. – 12:30 P.M.

Session 301: A Play Reading to Illustrate Principles of Dynamic Group Therapy

Molly Donovan, PhD, CGP, Co-Chair

Robert Schulte, MSW, CGP, Co-Chair

Maryetta Andrews-Sachs, MA, CGP, FAGPA

John Dluhy, MD, CGP, FAGPA

Mary Dluhy, MSW, CGP, FAGPA

Hallie Lovett, PhD, CGP

Liz Marsh, MSW

Yavar Moghimi, MD

Rosemary Segalla, PhD, CGP

Paul Timin, MSW

Barry Wepman, PhD, CGP, FAGPA

Rob Williams, MSW, CGP

Session 302: A Systems-Centered Group through the Lens of Interpersonal Neurobiology

Paul Damian Cox, MD, CGP, Chair

Yvonne Agazarian, EdD, CGP, DLFAGPA

Susan Gantt, PhD, ABPP, CGP, FAGPA

Session 303: Training and Supervision in College Counseling Centers

Bryan Duncan, MEd, PhD, Chair

Maria Aguirre, PhD

Jessica Buckland, MA

Michelle Gates, MA

Joshua Gross, PhD, ABPP, CGP, FAGPA

Kasi Howard, PhD

Leslie Klein, PhD

Hai-Van Karin Sponholz, MSW, PhD

Thursday, March 8

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

Workshop 5: Did I Just Say That? A Close Look at Leader Interventions

Chera Finnis, PsyD, CGP, FAGPA

Robin Good, PhD, CGP, FAGPA

Workshop 6: The Intersection of Ethical and Clinical Issues in Group (Ethics CE credits)

Rebecca MacNair-Semands, PhD, CGP

Workshop 7: A Demonstration Process Group: Working with the Dark Side in Group Psychotherapy

Robert Pepper, LCSW, PhD, CGP

Workshop 8: Money and the Group Therapist's Countertransference

Gregory Chilenski, PhD, CGP

Lawrence Kron, PhD

Workshop 9: Co-Therapy: Harmonizing Two Distinct and Equal Partners

Barbara Kidder, MA

Eugene Kidder, MDiv, CGP, FAGPA

Workshop 10: The Group Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Model: Integrating CBT with Psychodrama

Thomas Treadwell, EdD, TEP, CGP

Workshop 11: What is Complexity Theory and Who Stuck it in Our Relationships? Seeing What We Think and Feel by Using the Artist's Canvas for Reverie

Allan Gelber, PhD, CGP

Florence Rosiello, PhD

Workshop 12: The Ninja Leader: Group Therapy and the Martial Arts

Workshop 14: Integrated Group Psychotherapy: Can Groups Accelerate Healing and Increase Resilience?

Jacqueline Kinley, MD, FRCPC, Diplomat ABPN

Workshop 15: Eat in Peace

Stacey Rosenfeld, PhD, CGP

Workshop 16: Interactive Sociodrama: Fostering Difficult Multicultural Dialogs

Karen Riu Cone-Uemura, PhD, CGP

Workshop 17: Couple Therapy: The Essentials

Bernard Frankel, PhD, ABPP, LCSW, BCD, LFAGPA

Workshop 18: Coming Alive in Grief Group: The Transformative Power of Mourning with Your Tribe

Mary Sussillo, LCSW, BCD,CGP

Thursday, March 8

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

Session 304: Dreams, Daydreams and Fantasies in Group Therapy

John Schlapobersky, BA, MSc, MembInstGA, Chair

Phyllis Cohen, PhD, PsyD, CGP, FAGPA

Robi Friedman, PhD

Molyn Leszcz, MD, FRCPC, CGP, FAGPA

Session 305: Applying Group Leadership Skills to Organizational Groups: Integrating Process and Task (AGPA Leadership Track)

Kathy Rider, LCSW, BCD, CGP, FAGPA, Chair

Joel Frost, EdD, CGP, ABPP, FAGPA

Jerome Gans, MD, CGP, DFAGPA

Elizabeth Knight, LCSW, CGP, FAGPA

Etta Martin, LCSW, CGP, FAGPA

Session 306: Self Experiences in Group -- Revisited: Affective Attachments and Intersubjective Regulations

Gloria Batkin Kahn, EdD, CGP, FAGPA, Chair

Barbara Feld, CSW, MSW, CGP, FAGPA

Darryl Feldman, PhD, ABPP, CGP

Louisa Livingston, PhD, CGP

Marty Livingston, PhD, CGP, FAGPA

Emanuel Shapiro, PhD, CGP, FAGPA

Thursday, March 8
Afternoon Workshops
2:30-5:00 P.M.

Workshop 20: Mirror, Mirror in the Group

Neal Spivack, PhD, CGP

Workshop 21: Your Body is Your Supervisor: Using Body Awareness and Expressive Movement (The Nia Technique) to Explore Therapeutic Dilemmas in Groups

Suzanne Cohen, EdD, CGP, FAGPA

Workshop 22: Murder In Disguise: The Over-Functioning Therapist

Jeanne Bunker, LCSW, CGP

DeLinda Fox, LCSW, CGP

Workshop 23: Creativity and the Group: Moving Beyond a Pathology Model

Dominick Grundy, PhD, CGP

Workshop 24: Expand the Mind! Rewire the Brain! Build Healthy Relationships! By Integrating Brain Science and Emotional Communication in Group

Martha Gunzburg, MSW, CGP

Workshop 25: Body Talk: Using Group to Deepen our Connections from Inside Out

Elizabeth Stewart

Matthew Tomatz, MA, MM, LPC, CACIII, CGP

Workshop 26: The Shaman’s Way: “Re-Membering” Who We Are and Reconnecting to the Roots of Healing

David Dybdal, MD, PhD

Rick Gossett, MDiv

Workshop 27: Finding a Common Ground to Integrate Psychodrama with Bowen Family Therapy

Christopher Farmer, FRCPsych, FRCP, UKCP

Marcia Geller, PhD, CGP

Workshop 28: Sex, Internet, Intrigue and More: All About Process Addictions for Group Psychotherapists

Shelley Korshak, MD, CGP

Marcia Nickow, PsyD, CADC, CGP

Barney Straus, MA, MSW, PCGC, CGP

Workshop 29: Group Therapy for Schizophrenic Patients

Nick Kanas, MD, CGP, FAGPA

Workshop 30: Lessons Learned from DoD and VA Treatment of Trauma: From the Trenches into your Practice and Community

Barbara Niles, PhD

Miguel Roberts, PhD

CAPT Edward Simmer, MD, MPH, CGP

Melissa Wattenberg, PhD

MAJ Todd Yosick, MSW

Workshop 31: Fire and Ice: Clinical Self Awareness in Couples Treatment

Judith Cochè, PhD, ABPP, CGP, FAGPA

Workshop 32: Failure to Launch Groups for Young Adult Men

Connie Concannon, LCSW, CGP, FAGPA

John Rochios, PhD, CGP

Friday, March 9:

• Overview of Friday Sessions

• Event Descriptions for Friday

Saturday, March 10:

• Overview of Saturday Sessions

• Event Descriptions for Saturday