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eetings of professional/clinical interest are scheduled four-five times during each academic year. They are usually held on the second or fourth Friday of the month in September, October, December, January, March, and May/June. (Upcoming Events)These meetings are held at the Behavior Health Center (formerly the Psychiatric
Institute) of Westchester County Medical Center, in Valhalla, New York at Noon. The
meetings last for 2 hours. The format is informal. A buffet luncheon of Chinese food is
served. There is a brief business meeting followed by a presentation by an invited guest
or guests.
The following have been the presentations since March, 2007:
Every September (annual meeting): Community Meeting where members informally presented clinical work experiences, writings or ideas in progress. This allows us to give feedback and support and learn more about each other’s work.
March 30th, 2007: "Children and Families Dealing with a Traumatic Event", 3-hour workshop presented by Maureen Underwood, LCSW, CGP (Presented in partnership with The AGPA and funded through a grant by the Jacob and Valeria Langeloth Foundation)
May 11th, 2007: "Treatment of Anxiety Disorders Utilizing Cognitive Behavioral Group Psychotherapy", Ken Reinhard, PhD, ABPP, CGP
June 1st, 2007, Greek dinner meeting, at the home of Dr. Paul Kymissis, for all members (included in dues' renewal).
September 7th, 2007: "Assessment and Treatment of Sexual Compulsivity Utilizing a Combined Individual and Group Treatment Approach", Michael Crocker, MA, LCSW
October 12th, 2007: "Dissociative Processes in Group, Individual or Couples Treatment which pertain to Self-Sabotaging Behavior, including Eating Disorders, Substance Abuse and Self-Injury", Sharon Farber, PhD
November 30th, 2007: "Group Therapists’ Introduction to Executive Coaching", Ben Dattner, PhD
January 11th, 2008: "Surviving and Working Through Anger and Resistance in Group", Leo Leiderman, PhD, ABPP, CGP
March 14th, 2008: "Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Patients in Group Psychotherapy: Understanding the Essentials", Peter J. Taylor, PhD, CGP
May 9th, 2008: "Building Metaphoric Communities in Group Work with Traumatized Disconnected Children and Adolescents", Emily Nash, LCAT
May 30, 2008: WGPS General Membership & Networking Dinner Meeting at the home of Ken (WGPS president) and Chris Reinhard
September 12th, 2008: "Expand your group therapy horizons with WGPS -Come network, discuss group therapy practice issues, and join our community."
October 24th, 2008: "Meeting and Reclaiming the Missing Self in Groups", Carol Kramer Slepian, LCSW
December 12th, 2008: "Group Theory in Family Practice: An Interactive Workshop in Family Sculpture", Susan Conte, PhD, LCSW & Robert Schavrien, LCSW
January 23rd, 2009: "Group Process in Developmentally-Focused Parent/Infant Groups" , Martha Edwards, PhD
March 13,
2009: "On Knowing and Being Known: Considerations
for the Use of Self", Robin Good, PhD, FAGPA, CGP
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Additional presenters have included: Janet Baumann, MSW; Richard Beck, RCSW; Susan Bello, PhD, ATR; Shoshana Ben-Noam, PsyD,CGP; Bruce Bernstein, PhD; Martha Broderick, MSW; James Cosse, PhD; Carol Dallinga, CSW; Patty Donovan-Duff, RN, BFN, CT; Sheila Ehrlich, PhD.; Sharon Farber, PhD.; Dr. Christopher Farmer, MD; Diane C. Feirman, CAE; Marcia Geller, Ph.D.; Craig Haen, MA, RDT; Dr. Mike Harris; David Janeway, DO; Gloria Kahn, EdD; Karl Kessle, MD; Howard Kibel, MD; Jeffrey Kleinberg, PhD.; Marilyn Kotcher, CSW, Paul Kymissus, MD; Avril Lindsay, LCSW; Ellen Litman, PhD.; Anne McEneaney, PhD, CGP; Robert Milich, PhD; Alec L. Miller, PsyD; Zerka Moreno; Lita Moses, MSW, Bert Pepper, MD; Robert Pepper, MSW, PhD; Margaret Postlewaite, PhD; Arnold Rachman, PhD.; Ken Reinhard, PhD: Ona Robinson, PhD; Bob Schavarien, MSW; Ellen Singer, LCSW, CGP; Roberta Slavin, PhD,LP; Henry Spitz, MD; Peter Taylor, PhD; David Weiser, MD; Nancy M. Witt, MS; Zeke Youcha, MSW
Additional topics have included: Animal Assisted Therapy; Use of Group Skills Training in Dialectical Behavior Therapy with Multi-Problem Patients; Money & Taboos, Bereavement, Treating Childhood Trauma; Self-Disclosure, Parenting; Marketing your group psychotherapy practice; Biodanza-Healing Movements, Applying Group Dynamics to Business Consultation, Eating Disordered Patients, Self-mutilators, Psychodrama, Cognitive Behavioral Group Therapy, Working with Male Survivors of Sexual Abuse, Holocaust Survivors, Groups within Managed Care, Sandor Ferenczi and Group Therapy, Dealing with Work Inhibitions, Homogenous Groups, Group Psychotherapy for Patients with Major Impairments, Counter Gang for Inner-City Youth, Management of Anger & Violence, Goal-Focused Group Psychotherapy for Older Adults, The Medical Community under the Nazis, PTSD, Critical Incident Stress Debriefing Groups, Developmental Play Therapy Groups for Children, Erotic Imagination In Group Therapy, Help for Helpers Drop-in support group, Fall, 2001
Previous conferences and panels:
April 27, 2001, Day-long conference on "Sharing the Circle of Life
with Adolescents: Group Dynamics and Practices", Westchester Country Club, Harrison,
New York. Co-sponsored with the Westchester Medical Center
Department of Behavioral Medicine.
June 7, 2002, End of the year Membership Bash: Gourmet Dinner & Panel: "Group Process and Medication Issues: How Do They Mix?"
May 2, 2003, "Troubled Youth in Troubled Times: Group Therapy for Youth with Sexualized Behavior", co-sponsored with The Children's Village, Dobbs Ferry, New York
June 13, 2003: End of the year dinner: Ruth Chris' Steak House, Paul Kymissus, MD, "Issues in the Management of Schizophrenia: the Convergence of Group Therapy and Psychopharmacology."
January 21, 2004: Joint meeting with the Psychiatric Society of Westchester, Crowne Plaza, White Plains; Howard Kibel, MD, CGP, FAGPA, spoke on his group experiences following 9/11/01.
July 3-5, 2008: WGPS Conference in Cyprus; all WGPS, EGPS and AGPA members were invited to attend.