[Ec] Document shared with you: "EC Notes.docx"
David A. Burks
davidaburks at gmail.com
Mon Dec 15 12:41:36 EST 2025
Hi y'all. Here is an email for this week and one after Christmas (like
12/30 or 12/31). If we want another one next week, let me know.
>>>> Here is some text for this week
*Subject Line Options (in my preferred order)*
1.
*As the year comes to a close, thank you for being part of EGPS*
2.
*Gratitude, reflection, and sustaining our shared work*
3.
*Ending the year in community*
Dear EGPS Community,
As the year draws to a close and many of us mark the season through
holidays, reflection, and gathering, we want to pause and say *thank you*.
This time of year invites us to look back on what has mattered most - the
relationships we’ve built, the learning we’ve shared, and the ways we’ve
shown up for one another. At EGPS, it is your engagement and generosity
that make this community possible.
Your end-of-year giving helps sustain the work at the heart of EGPS,
including:
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*Annual Conferences* that bring us together to learn, reflect, and grow
in community
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*Continuing education opportunities* that support ethical, thoughtful,
and effective practice
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*Professional networking and connection*, reducing isolation and
strengthening our field
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*Training in group leadership*, supporting clinicians at every stage of
their journey
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*Access to research and best practices* through scholarship and shared
learning
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*Advocacy for the profession*, ensuring that group psychotherapy remains
visible, valued, and evolving
Each contribution - no matter the amount - supports the spaces where
connection deepens, skills develop, and our shared work continues to move
forward.
If EGPS has been a place of learning, belonging, or professional growth for
you this year, we invite you to make a gift before year’s end. Together, we
can carry this work into the coming year with intention and care.
*www.egps.org/donate <http://www.egps.org/donate>*
With gratitude and warm wishes for the season,
*The EGPS Executive Committee*
*Wishing you peace, connection, and renewal in the year
ahead. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> *Here is a year end
*Subject Line Options*
1.
*Before the year closes — thank you for supporting EGPS*
2.
*A final year-end thank you (and invitation)*
3.
*As the year comes to a close*
Dear EGPS Community,
As this year comes to a close, we want to end where we began - with
gratitude.
EGPS exists because of people who believe in the power of group work and
the importance of connection, learning, and shared professional growth.
Throughout the year, your participation and generosity have helped sustain
conferences, continuing education opportunities, training in group
leadership, access to research and best practices, and advocacy for our
profession.
If you’ve already made a year-end gift, thank you - your support truly
makes a difference.
If you haven’t yet had the chance, there is still time to contribute before
the year ends.
Every gift, at any level, helps ensure that EGPS can continue creating
spaces where clinicians learn together, challenge themselves, and stay
connected in meaningful ways.
Thank you for being part of this community and for helping carry our work
into the year ahead.
www.egps.org/donate
With appreciation and warm wishes,
*The EGPS Executive Committee*
On Mon, Dec 15, 2025 at 11:11 AM David A. Burks <davidaburks at gmail.com>
wrote:
> Thank you all. I'm feeling better. I think I was just run down from all
> the coming and going. Changing my speed.
>
> Thanks for that. I'm working on something now.
>
> On Mon, Dec 15, 2025 at 7:40 AM Christine Schmidt <cschmidt535 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Yes, Fanita! Details and descriptions matter.
>>
>> Christine Schmidt, LCSW, CGP
>> Past President, Eastern Group Psychotherapy Society
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Dec 15, 2025 at 8:23 AM Fanita Henderson <
>> fanita.henderson at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi, David. Hope you are doing well.
>>>
>>> Mentioning holidays and the *end-of-year* saying. And mentioning how
>>> the giving sustains the organization: conferences, continuing education
>>> opportunities, networking opportunities, training in group leadership,
>>> access to research and best practices, and advocacy for the profession.
>>>
>>> Best,
>>>
>>> Fanita
>>>
>>>
>>> On Dec 15, 2025, at 8:10 AM, Christine Schmidt <cschmidt535 at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Sure, holidays are fine to mention.
>>> How are you feeling, David?
>>>
>>>
>>> Christine Schmidt, LCSW, CGP
>>> Past President, Eastern Group Psychotherapy Society
>>>
>>>
>>> On Mon, Dec 15, 2025 at 8:06 AM David A. Burks <davidaburks at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I'll draft a new appeal email: post Giving Tuesday, going beyond the
>>>> Reserve. Should I mention the Holidays?
>>>>
>>>> On Sun, Dec 14, 2025 at 4:15 PM Joe Hovey <joehovey at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> We have a series of Mailchimps going out this week.
>>>>>
>>>>> Monday: Group Journal
>>>>> Tuesday: January Seminar Event
>>>>> Wednesday or Thursday: EOY appeal. David do you have time to draft or
>>>>> should we just lightly refresh the last one?
>>>>>
>>>>> Also, a big thank you to Fanita! As of last Friday, she has officially
>>>>> gotten EGPS our new address:
>>>>> Eastern Group Psychotherapy Society
>>>>> 224 W 35th St Ste 500 #2015
>>>>> <https://www.google.com/maps/search/224+W+35th+St+Ste+500%0D%0A%232015?entry=gmail&source=g>
>>>>> New York, NY 10001
>>>>>
>>>>> I will do the final paperwork by tomorrow, and then we will update
>>>>> accounts/addresses soon.
>>>>>
>>>>> On Sun, Dec 14, 2025 at 4:58 PM Christine Schmidt <
>>>>> cschmidt535 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> No changes or suggestions. Clear and well-written paragraph about
>>>>>> "Organizational Updates and Communications Challenges".
>>>>>>
>>>>>> EC, do we have two dates for the end year appeal?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I plan to try to participate in our meeting this coming Thursday
>>>>>> 12/18 but will be traveling to my union event in Dyker Heights and will
>>>>>> either be on the subway or walking during our meeting.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Christine Schmidt, LCSW, CGP
>>>>>> Past President, Eastern Group Psychotherapy Society
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Sun, Dec 14, 2025 at 4:18 PM Fanita Henderson (via Google Docs) <
>>>>>> drive-shares-dm-noreply at google.com> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Fanita Henderson shared a document
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>>>>>>> *edit* the following document:
>>>>>>> Hi, everyone. EC Notes for December 11th are available.
>>>>>>> EC Notes.docx
>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> *Joseph Hovey, LCSW, CGP*
>>>>> LGBTQ+ | Relationships | Groups | Youth
>>>>> EGPS <https://egps.org/> President
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>>>
>>>
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