Affiliate Society Meetings
If you are interested in earning continuing education units related to group psychotherapy, please see listing below. An AGPA affiliate may be having an event in your area.

 

East

Midwest

Northeast

South

Southwest

West

 

EAST

 

New Jersey

On Friday, November 7, 2008New Jersey Group Psychotherapy Society hosts its Annual Group Psychotherapy Institute, from 9:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. at the Somerset Holiday Inn, featuring workshops on delivering groups for mindfulness stress-reduction, addiction recovery, sex offenders, "people of color," and eating disorders, in addition to offering process groups for graduate students & professionals. For more information you can contact Dr. Michael Andronico, Ph.D. at (732) 568-1960 or andronico7@aol.com.

 

New York

One-Year Training Program

This program is designed to meet the eligibility requirements for inclusion in the National Registry of Certified Group Psychotherapists.

Sponsor: Eastern Group Psychotherapy Society
Contact: Jan Vadell, Administrator, 631 385-0763; egps@optonline.net
Website: www.egps.org

 

On November 21 & 22, 2008, the Eastern Group Psychotherapy Society presents its Annual Conference entitled, "Mutual Growth, Mutual Desire: How Therapists Evolve with their Groups."  This event is taking place at Riverside Church in New York City. For further information, contact EGPS at 631-385-0763, egps@optonline.net, or the website, www.egps.org.

 

West Virginia
The Mid-Atlantic Group Psychotherapy Society wishes to announce is Fall 2008 conference entitled, Vicissitudes of Trauma in Group Psychotherapy: Little, Big and Hidden, scheduled for November 7-9. Guest presenter, Dr. Bonnie Buchele, Ph.D., ABPP, CGP, DFAGPA, will lead the fall conference in exploring the ubiquity of trauma and the powerful tool that group can be in trauma treatment. This event will be held at the Clarion Hotel & Conference Center in Shepherdstown, West Virginia. For online registration and additional information visit http://www.magps.org.
 

 

MIDWEST

 

Illinois

The Illinois Group Psychotherapy Society wishes to announce its Fall 2008 conference, scheduled for October 24th and 25th.  In anticipation of the American Group Psychotherapy Association's Annual Conference which will be held in Chicago in February, 2009, IGPS will be offering a variety of workshops spotlighting local talent.  For further information please visit the Illinois Group Psychotherapy Society website at www.illinoisgrouppsychotherapysociety.org.

 

 

NORTHEAST

 

One and Two-Year Training Programs

Sponsor: Northeastern Society for Group Psychotherapy

 

Breakfast Club, Sunday, October 19, 2008 "Pearls of Wisdom, Pearls of Laughter: Three Years of Supervision with Anne Alonso." Presented by Janet Witte, MD and Siobhan O'Neill, MD.

Breakfast Club Goes to Dinner, Sunday December 7, 2008

5:30 to 8 p.m.
"Meet Me Out on the Street - The Power of the Group in Bruce Springsteen's Music." Presented by Lorraine Mangione, PhD.

Contact: 617-484-4994 or groups@nsgp.com

Website: www.nsgp.com

 

 

SOUTHWEST

 

Texas

Fall and Spring Training Program

Sponsor: Dallas Group Psychotherapy Society
Contact: Marti Kranzberg, Ph.D., ABPP, CGP, FAGPA at (214) 528-1815 OR Betty Gouge, Ph.D., CGP at (972) 484-3342
Website: www.dgps.org

 

On Friday, October 24, 2008, San Antonio Group Psychotherapy Society presents its Fall Institute, "The Rageful Adolescent: Group and Family Interventions." Andrew P. Pojman, Ed.D., CGP, from the Oasis Center in Walnut Creek, CA will be leading this Institute in San Antonio. For more information you can visit http://www.sagps.org or email sagps@onebox.com.

 

On Friday, January 29, 2009, San Antonio Group Psychotherapy Society presents its Annual Ethics Workshop. Royce Calhoun, Ph.D., will lead this workshop entitled, "Ethical Practice with Difficult Clients." For more information you can visit http://www.sagps.org or email sagps@onebox.com.

 

On Friday, April 3, 2009 and Saturday, April 4, 2009 the Houston Group Psychotherapy Society will be holding its Spring Institute. Judith Coche, Ph.D., CGP will present, "Group Psychotherapy with Couples." For more information visit http://www.hgps.org or email office@hgps.org.

 

SOUTH

 

Georgia

On Saturday, December 13, 2008, Atlanta Group Psychotherapy Society presents, "Functional Subgrouping for Working with Differences and Conflicts in Groups" with Susan Gantt, Ph.D., ABPP, CGP, FAGPA and Heather Twomey, Ph.D. For more information you can contact Eleanor Brower, Ph.D., CGP at (404) 495-0630 or eibrower@bellsouth.net.
 

 

WEST

 

California

On Saturday, November 8, 2008, from 9:30AM to 5:30PM, the Northern California GPS will present a six hour workshop in San Francisco.  Dennis Zeitlin, M.D., a Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at the UCSF Medical School Department of Psychiatry will present, "The Challenge of Intimacy: Control-Mastery Theory in Group and Couple Therapy." It is approved for six CEU's for Psychologists, Social Workers, Nurses, and MFTs. You can visit http://www.ncgps.org to register. You may contact Geraldine Alpert, Ph.D., palpert@pacbell.net for further information.
 

 

Mastering Group Therapy Workshops

Sponsor: Group Psychotherapy Association of Southern California
Website: www.gpasc.org

November 9, 2008
Karen Cohen, MFT
“Multi-cultural multi-family group treatment”

On April 3 and 4, 2009, the Los Angeles Group Psychotherapy Society presents its Annual Conference entitled, Connection and Intimacy in Group: A Modern Object Relations Approach", with J. Scott Rutan. For more information visit http://www.lagps.org.