AGPA Connect
We hope you are ready for AGPA Connect 2025 on March 3-8 — whether you are attending online for the virtual Connect or in person at the Hyatt Regency San Francisco! We invite you to join us as we explore this year's theme "Being Seen: The Many Faces of Group"
Registration is now open at 2025 Connect (agpa.org) (the same log in as your AGPA member account). You may make your hotel reservations by February 13, 2025, to receive the $259 group rate or $319 rate for club level rooms. Click here to reserve your hotel room online or call 1-800-233-1234 and reference AGPA Annual Meeting.
Scholarships are Available Through the Group Foundation: Over 150 students and new professionals attended AGPA Connect 2024 with assistance from the Group Foundation's donors. Now it's time to think about 2025. Start your application now, and/or be sure to share this information with your colleagues and students! Questions? Email [email protected].
E-Learning Events
December 15 4 - 5:30 PM (Eastern) Trauma-Informed Principles in Group Therapy and Psychodrama with Scott Giacomucci, DSW, LCSW, BCD, CGP, FAAETS, TEP - Open for registration with CE or without CE. This webinar is supported by a Gift from the Jacob & Zerka Moreno Foundation for Psychodrama, Sociometry & Group Psychotherapy to the Group Foundation for Advancing Mental Health.
Online Institute "Process Group Experience" with Stacy Nakell, LCSW, CGP on Sundays, January 5, 12, 19, and 26 from 4-7 p.m. (Eastern). Register Here.
Core Principles of Group Psychotherapy Part I: Sundays, January 19 and 26 and February 2, 9, and 16 from 12:00-2:00 p.m. (Eastern) each day with Director Katherine "Kat" Zwick, MA, LPCC, CGP
AGPA is pleased to offer the Principles of Group Psychotherapy curriculum in two parts. Part 1, the didactic portion, will be offered through five weekly webinars by experienced AGPA faculty. The webinar series is a prerequisite for Part 2, the experiential portion, which will be offered at AGPA Connect 2025. The completion of both parts fulfills the 15-hour group psychotherapy theory and practice course requirement for the Certified Group Psychotherapist (CGP) credential with the International Board for Certification of Group Psychotherapists. 10 CE credits available at $200 for members / $400 for nonmembers. A student discount is available ($130 for student members and $260 for student nonmembers). Please send verification of full-time student status to [email protected]. Register here
The Principles Course (the online and in-person portions) is supported by contributions in honor of AGPA CEO Emeritus Marsha Block, as part of the Group Foundation Education Endowment.
Interested in presenting online? AGPA's e-Learning Committee is always looking for great topics to present for our monthly webinars. If you have a topic you'd like to present, we invite you to submit a proposal.
Give a Gift to the Group Foundation
Your gift to the Group Foundation invests in building a powerful network of group practitioners, delivering unique experiential training that enhances group therapy skills and responding to those in need following traumatic events. As we approach the end of the 2024 year, please consider a gift to support this vital work. You can donate online or call the office at 212-297-2190.
BEHIND THE CIRCLE: GROUP THERAPISTS SHARE THEIR JOURNEY
Did you miss the first session? No worries — it was recorded and you can still join in for the upcoming sessions. You can register for individual sessions ($75 each) or the series in full ($225). Special consideration rates are also available at registration. Sponsorships of the full series are also available and can be selected at registration. Register today
October 13 — Ayana Watkins-Northern, PhD, CGP, AGPA-F (recording available)
January 12 — Molyn Leszcz, MD, FRCPC, CGP, AGPA-DF
April 6 — Elliot M. Zeisel, PhD, LCSW, AGPA-DF
June 8 — Donna J. Harris, MA, LCSW, CGP
Mental Health Awareness Is Vital
Group therapy is profiled, and AGPA Fellow Dr. Martyn Whittingham is quoted extensively as an expert, in the article, "Group Therapy Could Solve Behavioral Health Access Crisis, Cut Down on Spend," on the Behavioral Health Business website, a top source for industry professionals. Please share this broadly as yet another example of the valuable role group can play in addressing mental health nationally.
Don’t Miss these Articles in the Summer 2024 Issue of The Group Circle
"An Interview with Dr. Gary Burlingame on the new Evidence-Based Group Therapy Website (Page 3): Discover the story behind the creation of the Evidence-Based Group Therapy (EBGT) website in our latest Group Circle interview with Dr. Gary Burlingame, a leading figure in group psychotherapy research.
“Group Therapy Is an Effective, Evidence-Based Therapy that Increases Mental Health Access Let’s Make Sure Everybody Knows” (Page 4): This article shows how group therapy is meeting the growing demand for mental health care and increasing access to those in need. Discover more on how to advocate for group therapy and explore the resources we've made available to support mental health professionals