AGPA e-Learning Events
Registration information, learning objectives, and references for the events listed below will be posted to the AGPA e-Learning Library approximately one to two months before each event date. Most of these events will be recorded and made available in the e-Learning Library approximately one week after the live event.
Group Psychotherapy with Addicted Populations: An Experiential Approach
Date/Time: Saturday, June 6th, 2026 from 2:00 – 4:30 pm (Eastern)
Instructor: Barney Straus, MSW, MA, CGP, AGPA-F and Jeffrey Roth, MD, CGP, AGPA-F
This workshop will highlight the principles and best practices of treating addicted individuals in therapy groups. Excerpts from two online training groups will be used to illustrate specific interventions such as working with resistance, initiating role-plays, and building mutual support among group members. Participants will be introduced to these concepts and then watch them in action through recorded groups. Discussion and application to back-home groups will round out the workshop.
Learning Objectives
Following participation in this session, the participant will be able to:
Apply group dynamics including consideration of boundaries, authority figures, roles, and primary task into the process of addiction and recovery.
Describe addiction as an attachment disorder.
Identify addiction as a family disease and explain how the disease impacts family members of the primary addicted individual.
Continuing Education & Events
The Continuing Education programs of AGPA offer participants from diverse clinical disciplines the opportunity to advance their knowledge and skills in group psychotherapy and related fields.