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• 2017 APF/APA Group Psychology and Psychotherapy Grants

  By Publisher on March 31, 2017

  

  The board of APA’s Division 49 – Society for Group Psychology and Psychotherapy is pleased to announce TWELVE opportunities for recognition and financial support for students and professionals engaged in activities related to group psychology and group psychotherapy. Please see below… Read More ›

• 2017 APF/APA Travel Grants

  By Publisher on March 31, 2017

  Up to $2,000 available for research/travel related to group psychology and group psychotherapy  Request for Proposals for the 2017 APF Division 49 Group Psychology/Group Psychotherapy Grants and The Division 49 Group Psychology/Group Psychotherapy Travel Grants  seeks to support research and scholarly… Read More ›

• Call for Nominations

  By Publisher on March 31, 2017

  Call for Nominations for Journal Editor of Group Dynamics: Theory, Research, and Practice The Society of Group Psychology and Group Psychotherapy (Division 49) of the American Psychological Association has opened nominations for the Editorship of the Division’s journal, Group Dynamics: Theory,… Read More ›

• Canadian Group Psychotherapy Update

  By Publisher on March 26, 2017

  I am happy to report that we accomplished many of our goals that we set out in the last year, and we are looking forward to building on our accomplishments. I like to thank our board of directors and our… Read More ›

• Special Issue – International Journal of Group Psychotherapy

  By Publisher on March 26, 2017

  Call for Submissions Group Dynamics and Race The International Journal of Group Psychotherapy will publish a special issue on group dynamics and race in 2018. We are interested in receiving original theoretical, clinical, or research-based articles, including literature reviews, relevant… Read More ›

• Finance Report

  By Publisher on March 26, 2017

  2016 End of the Year Financials  Dr. Nitza reviewed end of year financials; The division spent significantly less than we thought we would spend in 2016 and had more income than we thought we would. Part of the reason that… Read More ›

• Council of Representatives Report

  By Publisher on March 26, 2017

  The Council of Representatives met in Washington DC February 24-25th, 2017. A lot of business was conducted, some of which I cannot report on because it occurred in Executive Session. Sorry about that. Wish I could. But we have been… Read More ›

• Group Specialty Council

  By Publisher on March 26, 2017

  

  The petition to have Group Psychology and Group Psychotherapy recognized as a specialty was submitted in December 2016, and the public comment period ended on March 10, 2017.  There were more than 140 comments submitted and all were positive.  While… Read More ›

• Running Psychoeducational Groups: Ideas for Early Career Psychologists

  By Publisher on March 26, 2017

  Recently, a colleague and fellow ECP asked me to help her solve a problem with one of her groups.  She is a psychological assistant in an intensive outpatient program for a local hospital.  She noticed that in her new Distress… Read More ›

• Explaining Therapeutic Change in Residential Wilderness Therapy Groups

  By Publisher on March 26, 2017

  

  Residential wilderness therapy or adventure therapy is “the prescriptive use of adventure experiences provided by mental health professionals, often conducted in natural settings that kinesthetically engage clients on cognitive, affective, and behavioral levels.” (Gass, Gillis & Russell, 2012 p.1).  The… Read More ›