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by the Bay

Northern California Group Psychotherapy Society

presents the

24th Biennial Training Institute

June 3-4, 2017Pre-Institute

evening, June 2

Executive Inn and SuitesOakland, California

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Institute Schedule

Friday, June 2 (Pre-Institute)Registration ..........................................................................4:00-5:30 pmDinner ..................................................................................5:30-6:45 pmMovie and sharing stories in response ................................7:00-9:30 pm

Saturday, June 3Continental Breakfast for hotel guests ..............................8:00 – 9:00 amRegistration and Coffee break ..........................................8:30 – 10:15 amCommunity gathering ...................................................10:15 – 11:00 amFirst Group Session ......................................................... 11:00 – 1:00 pmCatered Buffet lunch ......................................................... 1:00 – 2:00 pmSecond Group Session ....................................................... 2:00 – 3:30 pmCoffee break ...................................................................... 3:30 – 4:00 pmContinuation of Second Group Session ............................ 4:00 –6:00 pmCatered dinner .................................................................. 6:15 – 7:30 pmThird Group Session ......................................................... 7:30 – 9:00 pmSocial Gathering ................................................................... 9:00 – 10 pm

Sunday, June 4Continental Breakfast for hotel guests ..............................7:30 – 8:30 amFourth Group Session .......................................................8:30 –10:00 amCoffee break ...................................................................10:00 – 10:30 amContinuation of Fourth Group Session ..........................10:30 – 12 NoonCatered lunch.................................................................. 12:00 – 1:00 pmFree time ............................................................................ 1:00 – 2:00 pmFifth Group Session ............................................................ 2:00 –3:30 pmCoffee break ...................................................................... 3:30 – 4:00 pmContinuation of Fifth Group Session ............................... 4:00 – 5:00 pmClosing Session ................................................................. 5:00 – 6:00 pm

INSTITUTE CO-DIRECTORSVivian Nelson, LMFT, Member AGPA and Bill Roller, LMFT, LFAGPA

INSTITUTE COMMITTEE Laine Demetria, LMFT Lucy Fine, LMFT Jim Fishman, LCSW, CGP Andrew Pojman, PsyD, CGPl FAGPA

INSTITUTE SUB-COMMITTEE Elizabeth Dietrich ASWi Gloria Park, JD Tho Vong, PsyD student Hebberly Ahatlan, EE Justin Marschke, BA

The Training Institute is a two day program in which each participant becomes a member of a group for the entire period. The Institute provides an opportunity for 12 hours of intensive experiential learning as well as theoretical discussions relevant to the experience. Of the twelve groups being offered, three focus on psychodynamic group process and nine address specific approaches to working with groups. While the group experience promotes personal as well as professional learning, this experience cannot be considered psychotherapy. The leader’s role is that of teacher, rather than therapist. It is anticipated that there will be considerable interpersonal and intrapersonal learning. Unless otherwise indicated, each group will be limited to a maximum of 12 members.

Leaders have been selected for their demonstrated expertise in clinical group psychotherapy, experiential training, and the special focus of each of their groups. Leaders will meet individually and as a staff with members of the Institute Committee to review the progress of their groups. All groups will be observed by a member of the Institute Committee, and their observations will be discussed with the group leaders.

We hope to reach out and include many young people who will become the new generation of group therapists. Several of our institutes will focus on topics that address issues vital to the city of Oakland and beyond, including race, income inequality, and gender.

To be eligible for the $50 Discount, the Institute registration fee must be paid by April 15. Institute meals and coffee breaks are included in the registration fee.

PRE-INSTITUTE – FRIDAY EVENINGPrior to the beginning of the training institute, participants will have the opportunity to gather their registration materials and for an extra charge, enjoy a dinner on site. At 7 pm that evening, all those who have registered for the Institute are invited to attend a special screening of Karina Epperlein’s documentary film, Finding the Gold Within (GoldTheFilm.com). This is a ground-breaking film that offers its audience an opportunity to intimately experience a long-term, large group conducted by older black males that supports black male youths from 12 to 20 years of age. Both the individual and group-as-a-whole narratives reveal poignantly the risk entailed in coming out of invisibility. As group members, these courageous young souls share their efforts to set out on their own paths and to withstand a challenging constellation of racial and other prejudices. The filmmaker will be present and two group leaders will facilitate the discussion that follows.

REGISTER ONLINE AT NCGPS.ORG EARLY BIRD DEADLINE: APRIL 15

PSYCHODYNAMIC PROCESS GROUPS

Members of these small groups have an opportunity to experience, expand and review their knowledge and leadership skills in conducting group therapy. The principles of psychodynamic group therapy are basic to all group processes. These sections are divided into 3 levels of experience. Maximum participants: 12 members per group.

A. Entry Level: 0 – 3 Years of Group Therapy Experience

Ann Steiner, PhD, MFT, CGP, Fellow AGPA Private Practice, Lafayette Associate Clinical Professor, Dept. of Psychiatry, UCSF

B. Intermediate Level: 4 – 10 years of Group Therapy Experience

Connie Concannon, LCSW, CGP, Fellow AGPA Co-Director, Oasis Center, Walnut Creek Associate Clinical Professor Dept. of Psychiatry, UCSF

John Rochios, PhD, CGP Co-Director, Oasis Center, Walnut Creek Assistant Clinical Professor, Dept. of Psychiatry, UCSF

C. Advanced Level: 10 or More Years of Group Therapy Experience

Geraldine Alpert, PhD, CGP, Fellow AGPA Private Practice, San Rafael and San Francisco Associate Clinical Professor, Dept. of Psychiatry, UCSF

Elaine Cooper, PhD, LCSW, CGP, Distinguished Fellow AGPA Private Practice, Berkeley Clinical Professor, Dept. of Psychiatry, UCSF

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SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS

D. The Use of Metaphors in Bridging Difference

Alexis D. Abernethy, PhD, CGP, Fellow AGPA Professor of Psychology Graduate School of Psychology, Fuller Theological Seminary Pasadena, CA

Groups provide a rich context for interpersonal learning through attunement to one’s own story and others’ stories. Metaphors may serve as a bridge for creating common ground that allows for exploration of cultural differences. Members will share their stories, attend to others, and gain techniques for bridging differences.

E. Whose Lives Matter in the New Multicolored US?

VeLora J. Lilly, PhD, LCSW Clinical Psychologist, Private Practice

Participants will explore the unique life challenges of various ethnic/cultural groups living in the US or arriving in the US as refugees who may seek professional services from predominantly white providers in a system with limited preparation to address their needs. Members will examine how their own life experiences assist or impede their ability to empathize with these clients. The underrepresentation of diversity in the helping professions and possible resolutions will also be addressed.

F. Healing the Wounds of History: Unearthing and Transforming Generational Trauma through Drama Therapy

Armand Volkas, MFA, MA, MFT, RDT/BCT Clinical Director, Living Arts Counseling Center Director, Healing the Wounds of History Associate Professor, California Institute of Integral Studies

Healing the Wounds of History is a therapeutic process in which experiential techniques facilitate uncovering and transformation of generational and historical trauma. Participants learn methods for containment, exploration and resolution, from the individual to the collective level, using drama therapy, psychodrama, sociodrama, Playback Theatre and Transactional Analysis. Shy clinicians welcome!

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G. Psychodramatic Family Therapy

Judye Hess, PhD, CGP, Clinical Member AGPA Professor Emeritus, California Institute of Integral Studies Private Practice, Berkeley, California

Participants will experience psychodramatic family therapy, a method created by Judye Hess, described in her book, Core-Focused Family Therapy: Moving from Chaos to Clarity. This approach allows participants to deal with deeper family issues even when members are no longer alive or available for contact. A useful adjunct to individual and group therapy.

H. Gestalt Group Therapy: A Relational Approach to Healing, Integration and Change

Peter H Cole, LCSW, CGP, Clinical Member AGPA Co-Director: Sierra Institute for Contemporary Gestalt Therapy Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry: UC Davis School of Medicine

Daisy Reese, LCSW, CGP, Clinical Member AGPA Co-Director: Sierra Institute for Contemporary Gestalt Therapy Adjunct Professor: The Wright Institute, Berkeley CA

In this experiential workshop we will explore a relational approach that uses the group process to promote self-activation, intimate connection, and the integration of opposites or polarities that exist within each of us. Teaching of key concepts in Gestalt Group therapy will flow from our experiences together.

I. Women’s Psychodynamic Process GroupLois Friedlander, LMFT, CGP, Clinical Member AGPA Prvate Practice, San Francisco and Mill Valley

Rose Phelps, LMFT, CGP, Clinical Member AGPA Private Practice, Oakland, California Faculty, The Psychotherapy Institute, Berkeley

This experiential interpersonal, psychodynamic group for women will focus on stages of group development, creation of norms, roles of members, transferences and counter-transferences, effect of leader interventions and styles on group process. Special emphasis on mother-daughter issues, internalized oppression, boundary confusion and fusion.

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J. Individual Consultation as an Adjunct to Group Therapy

Art Raisman, PhD, CGP, Clinical Member AGPA Assistant Clinical Professor, Department of Psychiatry, UCSF Private Practice, San Francisco and San Rafael, California

Research has shown that individual consultation with the group leader enhances member participation, increases group cohesion, and reduces group drop-outs. This psychodynamic process group will demonstrate the value of adjunctive consultation with the group leader through brief, individual meetings scheduled during the course of this two-day group.

K Redecision Therapy: A Path to Wholeness

Phyllis Jenkins, MA, LMFT, Fellow AGPA Private Practice, San Jose, California

Everyone wants to feel whole: to feel secure with others, content with oneself, and confident in work life. We can help ourselves and our clients achieve this by identifying acquired false beliefs that dampen the spirit and discourage feelings of emotional wellness and, importantly, learn how to change these beliefs for good.

L. Men Struggling with Intimacy

Jamie Moran, LCSW, CGP, Clinical Member AGPA Private Practice, San Francisco and Menlo Park

Men struggle with intimacy in sometimes confounding and complex ways. This institute will encourage men of all sexual orientations to speak to barriers and resistances to intimacy, which may include homophobia, rigid male boundaries/role modeling, discomfort with certain feeling states, power and competition (amongst others). In a supportive and stimulating environment, men will be nurtured, cared for and called on to challenge themselves and others in the group to achieve both understanding of and greater intimacy in their lives. For men only.

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CONFERENCE REGISTRATIONAll registration is online only. Registrants will be notified of their Institute placement upon arrival at the hotel. The Institute Co-Directors will only provide advance notification of Institute placement if they cannot provide any of the three choices requested.

Register online at NCGPS.org

LODGING RESERVATIONSRegistrants who choose to stay at the hotel must register by April 24 in order to take advantage of special rates for Institute participants. Let the hotel know you are a participant. Register early because rooms are limited.

Lodging reservations must be made through the hotel: executiveinnoakland.com

510-536-6633 or 510-536-9316

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INSTITUTE CONTRACT• I meet the experience requirements of the groups for which I

am applying.

• I am aware that my group will be observed during the Institute by a member of the Institute committee.

• I agree to be present for the full Institute, starting with the community gathering, and to complete the Institute evaluation form at the end of my group.

• I understand that if I do not attend the entire 12 hours of the Institute, I may be ineligible to receive any CE credit.

[For the health of those with allergies, NCGPS is a scent-free organization. Please refrain from using any scents (perfume, cologne, etc.) during the course of the Institute]

EXECUTIVE INN AND SUITESExecutive Inn and Suites, at 1755 Embarcadero, is Oakland’s premier waterfront hotel. It offers views of the bay and the San Francisco skyline and pleasant walkways by the water.

The complimentary shuttle service gives easy access from the hotel to Oakland International Airport, Jack London Square, as well as the San Francisco ferry, BART and Amtrak.

Driving Directions:

From the North: • Take I-80W • Follow signs toward San Francisco/Oakland • Merge on to I-880S • Take the 16th Ave, Oakland exit • Turn right, and hotel will be on your right

From the South: • Follow Signs for Oakland • Take I-880N • Once passed the Oracle/O.Co Coliseum, look for 5th Ave exit • Take 5th Ave exit, turn left • Hotel will be on the right about .5 miles from the exit

From the East: • Take I-580W • Merge on to I-238 and keep left • Follow signs for Oakland and Merge on to I-880N • Take 5th Ave exit, turn left • Hotel will be on the right about .5 miles from the exit

From the West: • Take I-80E toward Oakland • Merge on to I-880S • Take the 16th Ave, Oakland exit • Turn right, and hotel will be on your right

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SOCIAL ACTIVITIESSeveral social activities are anticipated during the Pre-Institute and Institute. Coffee and pastries will be available each morning and afternoon. Gatherings are planned following the workshops Saturday evening. Participants can walk the paths along the waterfront. Hotel guests can enjoy a fitness center, pool and Jacuzzi.

ACCREDITATIONCEs for psychologists are provided by the Spiritual Competency Resource Center (SCRC) which is co-sponsoring this program. SCRC is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. SCRC maintains responsibility for the program and its content. The California Board of Behavioral Sciences accepts CE credits for license renewal by LCSWs and MFTs for programs from approved sponsors of CE by the American Psychological Association. It is also approved for 12 hours of CE credit by the California Board of Registered Nursing (provider #02193)

MONEY MATTERSIn order to attend the Institute, registrants must pay the entire registration fee. Institute Registration refunds (less a $50 administration fee) will be issued for requests received by email to Vivian Nelson (vivbill@aol.com) on or before April 15, 2017.

Agency Rate: A reduced registration fee is available when 4 or more members of the same agency register together by April 15. Such “agency applications” must be mailed together and include the registration fee for each individual.

CONTINUING EDUCATIONThis program is intended for psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, marriage and family therapists, nurses, and other mental health professionals who are either engaged in or training to do group psychotherapy. Upon completion of this program, participants can expect increased knowledge and skill in group psychotherapy, improved ability to integrate theory and practice, increased ability to formulate therapeutic strategies, and acquisition of new techniques for promoting change.

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NORTHERN CALIFORNIA GROUP PSYCHOTHERAPY SOCIETY

ncgps.orgNorthern California Group Psychotherapy Society (NCGPS) is a professional association for therapists interested in group psychotherapy. It is an affiliate society of the American Group Psychotherapy Association (AGPA). In addition to presenting an annual training institute and/or conference, NCGPS publishes a newsletter and a Directory of Group Psychotherapy in Northern California, and maintains a website (www.ncgps.org) and a facebook page. It also sponsors training experiences and provides a forum for discussion of professional issues related to group therapy practice.

NCGPS BOARD

OfficersSHIRA MARIN, PHD, LMFT ..............................................PRESIDENTRANDY DUNAGAN, LMFT ................ IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENTTREVOR AHRENDT, PHD ................................................ SECRETARYJOHN ROCHIOS, PHD, CGP ...........................................TREASURER

Board Members

GERI ALPERT, PHD, CGP ERICA ANDERSON, PHD

CARLA HAIMOWITZ, PHD, CGP

LATOYA PIPER, LCSWBETH COOPER TABAKIN, PHD

Past PresidentsDONALD A. SHASKAN, MD Distinguished Fellow AGPA

HYMAN S. MORGENSTERN, MD, Member AGPA

ERICK CHANCE, PhD Fellow AGPA

CHARLES O’SHEA, MSW Member AGPA

MARTIN STEINER, MD Fellow AGPA

FRANKLIN H. ERNST, JR., MD, Fellow AGPA

GORDON W. GRITTER, MD Member AGPA

ROBERT L. GOULDING, MD Distinguished Fellow AGPA

JOSEPH P. CONCANNON, ACSW, Fellow AGPA

IRVIN D. YALOM, MD Distinguished Fellow AGPA

JAMES E. YATES, MD Member AGPA

PHILIP MASS, MSW Member AGPA

DAVID A. ROVNO, MD Member AGPA

IVAN B. GENDZEL, MD Fellow AGPA

DONALD T. BROWN, MD Fellow AGPA

ELAINE COOPER LONERGAN, PhD, Distinguished Fellow AGPA

NICK KANAS, MD Fellow AGPA

CONNIE CONCANNON, LCSW Distinguished Fellow AGPA

SANDRA TODD, LCSW Member AGPA

JUDITH SIMON, PhD, LCSW Fellow AGPA

GEOFFREY SHASKAN, PhD, LCSWMember AGPA

ART RAISMAN, PhD Member AGPA

GERALDINE ALPERT, PhD Fellow AGPA

JOHN ROCHIOS, PhD Member AGPA

BARBARA SQUIRE ILFELD, MSN, RNCS Fellow AGPA

ROSE PHELPS, MFT Member AGPA

DAISY REESE, LCSW Member AGPA

HAIM WEINBERG, PhD Fellow AGPA

PHYLLIS JENKINS, LMFT Member AGPA

RANDY DUNAGAN, LMFT Member AGPA

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