AGPA Group Connections -- April 2013

AGPA Group Connections

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April 18, 2013

Our thoughts are with all of those affected by the tragic events in Boston. We hope that you and your family, friends and colleagues are safe and sound. Please know that AGPA has resources available for clinicians and the public dealing with traumatic events. We encourage you to share this link with those in search of information for themselves and others. If you would like more specific support, or if you are interested in conducting outreach in your community to provide services to those in need, our Community Outreach Task Force, co-chaired by Drs. Suzanne Phillips and Cecil Rice, is available for consultation. Please contact the task force at dfeirman@agpa.org.

2014 Proposal Submissions..."Group: Creating Connection in Turbulent Times" is the theme for the 2014 AGPA Boston Annual Meeting to be held March 3-8. In response to a number of inquiries, we will be accepting program proposals through Monday, April 22 for the 2014 meeting. Your presentation ideas are encouraged, please submit online at http://www.agpa.org/mtgs/onlineproposals/index.asp. If you have any questions regarding your submission, please contact Angela Stephens or Helen Li at the AGPA Office using our toll free number 877-668-2472 or phone 212-477-2677. You may also send us an email at astephens@agpa.org or helenli@agpa.org. We hope that you will be able to join us in Boston. An early bird registration form is provided here for your convenience.

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It's Membership Renewal Time. Renew your membership: online, by phone or by mail. To take advantage of online renewal, simply click on the link in the above box or go to the Members Only section of the AGPA website (www.agpa.org) log in, and select "Pay Dues." Contact the AGPA at 877-668-2472-toll free or 212-477-2677 to renew by phone and/or to have a renewal notice mailed to you. You can also email us at agpamembership@agpa.org.

Renew your membership before June 30, 2013 and you will be eligible for our monthly drawings to be held in April, May and June, where you could win a 5-Day Meeting Package for you, or to give to a colleague. The earlier you renew, the more chances you have to win!

Life Membership Available. Life membership is granted to Fellows, Clinical, Associate Clinical, Research and Academic members who have belonged to the Association for 30 years or those who, upon reaching the age of 65, have a combination of age and years of membership equaling 85. Life members continue to receive all the benefits of membership but at a reduced rate: 50% of their former dues payment. If you are also retired, registration for the Annual Meeting is offered at a 35% reduction. If you think you are eligible for this category of membership, please contact the AGPA office, toll free: 877-668-2472 or 212-477-2677; or email us at info@agpa.org.

Not a member? Here is an application for your convenience. This application is located on our website under the "Join Our Group" section; benefits of membership are also listed here.

Give the Gift of Just One Group Therapy Session to the Group Foundation. Your gift to the Group Foundation for Advancing Mental Health goes to support the Foundation grant to the AGPA Annual Meeting to insure that we can continue to support a conference that offers unsurpassed training and education. Your gift helps us continue to support grants for group research, offer scholarships to students, new professionals, agency and military mental health personnel, support publication of our training manuals, the redevelopment of our website, and provide community outreach. The outcome of these activities is to promote excellence in group work. In return, our group work helps clients change and communities heal. Please make your gift before June 30 to help us in the current funding year. Contributions can be made online at http://www.agpa.org/foundation/index.html (click on donate now), added to this year's membership renewal when you pay dues, called in to the office at 212-477-2677 with a credit card or mailed to the office at 25 E 21^st Street, 6^th Floor, NY, NY 10010.

Audio Recordings from the Annual Meeting are Available. If you missed the meeting or would like to recapture a session, order it on CD or download it to your computer or MP3! Click here for convenient online purchasing.

2012 Annual Reports. The annual reports for the AGPA, Group Foundation and Certification Boards are available for your information. To view the full report on 2012 accomplishments and to see how our organizations are approaching the current challenges that face us, please log on to the "members only" section of the AGPA website.

Upcoming Distance Learning Programs...The Distance Learning Task Force is busy planning events for the upcoming year. Topics to be covered will include: humor, scapegoating, and Lacanian Perspectives. Be on the look-out for announcements with details on these exciting new programs. Additionally visit the AGPA Online CE Center, where you have access to hundreds of programs on: ethics, trauma, couples principles of group psychotherapy, children and adolescent groups and much more.

Upcoming CE Events. Listed below are upcoming group meetings. AGPA Affiliate Society listings are complimentary. Other organizational listings are available for a fee (see AGPA website for details). This section includes dates, topics, presenter information, and links to the AGPA website for more details. To insure that your meetings are included, please provide complete program information to the AGPA office. You can email astephens@agpa.org.

April 19-20, 2013, Group Psychotherapy Association of Los Angeles--Annual Conference entitled, "Exploring Barriers to Intimacy in Group Psychotherapy" with Ronnie Levine.
April 26, 2013, Eastern Group Psychotherapy Society--Workshop hosted by the Manhattan Professional Discussion Group entitled, "A Group? A Team? An Organization? How the Organizational Clinician Works Psychoanalytically in For-Profit and Nonprofit Organizations with Marc Maltz.
April 26, 2013, Illinois Group Psychotherapy Society--Workshop entitled, "Do You Really Hear Me? Using Attachment Theory to Better Understand our Groups and their Members" with Darryl Pure.
May 10, 2013, Westchester Group Psychotherapy Society--Workshop entitled, "Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT) Group Therapy Strategies to Sustain Health & Weight Management" with Michelle Maidenberg.
May 17, 2013, Eastern Group Psychotherapy Society--Annual Membership Meeting entitled, "Of an Absence that Does Not Leave and a Presence that Does Not Happen: An Encounter with the Dialogues In/Of the Group."
May 19, 2013, Eastern Group Psychotherapy Society--Workshop hosted by the Brooklyn Professional Discussion Group entitled, "The Making of a Group Therapist."
May 19, 2013, Group Psychotherapy Association of Los Angeles--Workshop entitled, "This is Not Your Average Marketing Class...Learn How to Construct Profitable Groups in Private Practice" with Elana Clark-Faler.
May 31-June 2, 2013, Northern California Group Psychotherapy Society--Biennial Training Institute. There will be a choice of 11 groups including: Psychodynamic, Redecision, Jungian, Self Psychology, Gestalt, Inter-subjective and Depth Psychotherapy. Group leaders include: Geraldine Alpert, Elaine Cooper, Walter Stone, John McNeel, Martha Gilmore, Haim Weinberg, and other master group therapists.
June 14, 15 & 16, 2013, Northeastern Society of Group Psychotherapy--Annual Conference entitled, "Group Therapy: Face Time in the Age of Facebook."
July 14, 2013, Group Psychotherapy Association of Los Angeles--Workshop entitled, "The Why and How of Adolescent Group Therapy" with Elaine Leader.
September 8, 2013, Group Psychotherapy Association of Los Angeles--Panel entitled, "Becoming Real: Working at the Intersection of Clinical Theory and Human Connection in Group Therapy" with Roger Schwartz, Michael Frank, and Karen Shore.

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