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Join us for the 2025 EGPS Annual Conference!


Navigating Differences:

Authenticity, Self Expression and Restorative Practices in Groups

In today’s climate of cultural and social division, differences within groups can spark disconnection, tension, and misunderstanding. Yet, when approached with openness and reflection, these challenges can become powerful gateways to healing, connection, and growth. 

Group work offers a vital space to transform conflict into curiosity and division into dialogue. As group leaders, we are called to hold complexity: encouraging authentic expression while honoring safety and boundaries. Through restorative practices and compassionate accountability, we create containers where members can explore hard truths, deepen relationships, and remain grounded in integrity and care.

Join us for the Eastern Group Psychotherapy Society 2025 Annual Conference where together we will deepen our understanding of how group process supports movement through fear, repair of relational ruptures, and greater tolerance for difference. We will explore how cultivating empathy, active listening, and emotional honesty creates space for people to feel seen, heard, and understood, building a framework for both personal insight and collective transformation.

A Multi-day, Multi-modality Event
  • Thursday, November 13, 2025 Plenary, Live Online, 7:00 – 9:30 PM
  • Friday, November 14, 2025 Live Online Event - Worldwide (Eastern US Time)
  • Saturday, November 15, 2025 In-Person at The Riverside Church, New York City

Conference Program

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Register for the conference here!
Preview some of our conference highlights below!
Plenary Speaker: Daniel Jose Gaztambide, PsyD
Whole Group Experience: Theater of the Oppressed NYC

Upcoming Events

Oct 15
All day

Proposals Due: Expanding the Social Justice Frame in Group Work and Group Psychotherapy GROUP Journal Special Issue

Nov 13
7:00 pm - 9:30 pm

EGPS Annual Conference – Navigating Differences: Authenticity, Self Expression and Restorative Practices in Groups (Plenary)

Nov 14
8:30 am - 6:45 pm

EGPS Annual Conference – Navigating Differences: Authenticity, Self Expression and Restorative Practices in Groups (Live Online Day)

Nov 15
8:15 am - 7:30 pm

EGPS Annual Conference – Navigating Differences: Authenticity, Self Expression and Restorative Practices in Groups (In-Person Day)

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