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Here and Now: A Day of Experiential Groups
April 6 @ 8:30 am – 5:00 pm
Co-sponsored by
the Northeastern Society for Group Psychotherapy and the Boston Graduate School of Psychoanalysis
IN-PERSON EVENT
There is no better way to learn about group process and leadership than to be in an experiential group with a clear contract and well-articulated boundaries and an experienced leader. This makes it a secure and effective environment to learn both about groups and oneself; it also means that the emotional experience can be intense. While these groups are process groups, they are not psychotherapy. This full day event involves experiential groups, limited to 12 members each, which offer the opportunity to reflect on both oneself as a member and the work of the leader. A brief period of didactic material and discussion will follow the experiential component of the day.
Participants choose to commit to a Special Interest Group or a General Experience Group. Register for one group below.
Group 1: Locating Oneself in an Expanding World
Group Leader: Sara Emerson, LICSW, CGP
Groups provide a unique opportunity to explore, examine, and experience oneself in relation to others. It affords the challenge of exploring differences to be open to alternatives in identity and self definition. In this experience group we will work to open dialogue around differences in gender identification, sexual orientation, socio-economic background, race, and ethnicity.
Sara Emerson, LICSW, is in private practice in Cambridge, MA where she works with individuals and groups. She has been actively involved in NSGP and AGPA as a presenter,, as well as at EGPS and NCGS. She is a past president of NSGP and currently on the Institute committee at AGPA Connect. She has trained at MIP, where she is currently on the Training Committee.
Registration closes Monday, April 1st at 11:59pm.
OBJECTIVES:
Participants will be able to:
- Explore and identify in themselves their own understanding of difference, acceptance and tolerance.
- Examine and explore their own world view, view of self and other and the origins of these definitions
- Examine and understand how their self definition and worldview impacts their clinical practice with groups.
Group 2: Entering the Heart of Group Psychotherapy
Group Leader: Corey Flanders, LMHC, CGP
In this group, we will consider the most available doorway to the here and now–our felt connection with our essential nature. Participants will be guided through short (10 minutes) awareness-based meditations at the start of each one and a half hour process group session. Together we will explore what effect this might have on both group content and group process. Do short meditations help participants delve into the present, here-and-now dimension of group? Do they facilitate connection with one’s inner emotional experience and/or other group members?
Corey Flanders, LMHC, CGP, is a group psychotherapist from Providence, Rhode Island who studies and practices modern group analysis in connection with the training program at the Center for Group Studies in NYC. Corey has 30 years experience in tantric, experiential meditation traditions including Dzogchen Buddhism and Shakta-Shaivism lineage streams. He seeks to understand how deepening one’s felt connection with our inmost nature may impact one’s way of being in group, especially as a facilitator.
Registration closes Monday, April 1st at 11:59pm.
OBJECTIVES:
Participants will be able to:
- Consider what effect simple awareness meditation has on their experience of being a group member.
- Explore whether such experiences increases or decreases their availability to their emotional experience.
- Explore the similarities and differences between the individual and group dimensions of the here-and-now.
Group 3: General Experience Group
Group Leaders: William Sharp, PsyaD, CGP and Leah Alexander, PsyaD
The general group experience allows the members’ wishes to emerge and unfold and creates a space for relationships and self to be better understood.
William Sharp, PsyaD, CGP, is a teacher and in private practice where he consults with individuals, families, and other groups. He has been running groups for the last 20 years in schools and in Brookline Village. He has taught the Group Dynamics course at the Boston Graduate School of Psychoanalysis and trained at the Center for Group Studies in NYC. He has previously published in the International Journal of Group Psychotherapy and GROUP (the journal of the Eastern Group Psychotherapy association). He is currently the treasurer for the Northeastern Society for Group Psychotherapy (NSGP).
Leah Alexander, PsyaD, is on the faculty at the Boston Graduate School of Psychoanalysis where she is the Assistant Director of the Therapy Center and teaches and supervises students. She is in private practice in Topsfield, MA where she has had the pleasure of running a psychoanalytic group for thirteen years.
Registration closes Monday, April 1st at 11:59pm.
OBJECTIVES:
Participants will be able to:
- Identify phases of group development.
- Describe the role of the leaders in various phases of the group.
- Define concepts of group process and group-as-a-whole dynamics.
- Explain the importance of group agreement, boundaries, and group culture.
- Discuss roles in the group, including one’s own role(s).
- List ways culture, diversity, equity, and inclusiveness play out in the group.
In-person event at the Boston Graduate School of Psychoanalysis (1581 Beacon Street, Brookline, MA 02446)
Students: $50
BGSP/NSGP Community Members: $150
General Admission: $175
Equity Payment Admissions
6 Continuing Ed units/clock hours are available for this event.
Questions? Email continuinged@bgsp.edu or call (617) 277-3915.
Please note: While these groups are process groups, they are not psychotherapy. This full day event involves experiential groups, limited to 12 members each, which offer the opportunity to reflect on both oneself as a member and the work of the leader. A brief period of didactic material and discussion will follow the experiential component of the day.
BGSP is authorized to provide CEs for: Psychologists (all levels), Social Workers, Counselors
Full refund available if you cancel one week prior to the event. If you have any questions, email continuinged@bgsp.edu.
Offering CEs for: Psychologists (all levels), Social Workers, Mental Health Counselors
Boston Graduate School of Psychoanalysis is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. BGSP maintains responsibility for this program and its content.
Boston Graduate School of Psychoanalysis has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 5676. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. Boston Graduate School of Psychoanalysis is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.
Application for social work continuing education credits is being submitted. Please contact us at ContinuingEd@BGSP.edu for the status of social work CE accreditation.
For information on continuing education credits for nurses, social workers, or marriage and family counseling, call 617-277-3915.
Direct inquiries may be made regarding the accreditation status by NECHE to the administrative staff of the institution. Individuals may also contact: New England Commission on Higher Education, 3 Burlington Woods Drive, Ste 100, Burlington, MA 01803-4514, 781-425-7785 or email: info@neche.org
The Boston Graduate School of Psychoanalysis is accredited by the New England Commission on Higher Education.
Direct inquiries may be made regarding the accreditation status by NECHE to the administrative staff of the institution. Individuals may also contact: New England Commission on Higher Education, 3 Burlington Woods Drive, Ste 100, Burlington, MA 01803-4514, 781-425-7785 or email: info@neche.org